Important Innovations Collection

Record EPA Range of 520 Miles for Lucid Air Dream EV                                                Source:  Lucid Air This is the All Electric Record Range According to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Lucid Motors, a California based EV startup, has trounced the world's largest EV maker Tesla on range with a debut electric sedan at an officially rated 520 mile range.  That makes Lucid Motors the top winner on range on a single charge.  The win from the EPA for Lucid came on its battery electric Air Dream edition sedan.  The range win more than overshadows Tesla's highest range model - the S - which has an EPA estimated range of 405 miles.  Lucid plans to start building 500 Air Dream sedans with the 520 mile range.  That is a conservative start as Lucid is testing the market for the EV with the top EPA rat...

Revolutionary New Electric, Self-Heating Battery Source:  Penn State Recharges in 10 Minutes with Up to 300 Mile Range The future of driving green and emissions free is electric.  Now a team of engineers at Penn State University has invented a new battery to make that future a lot closer and more doable.  Their new lithium-ion battery can be charged in ten minutes, self-heats and provides a driving range up to 300 miles.  They envision this being done at local service stations with electric charges for EV's. Revolutionary New Tech This new battery is revolutionary.  It can be recharged over and over again for up to 500,000 miles of travel.  That's a big deal.  Some lithium-ion batteries rapidly degrade based on ambient temperatures.  This battery overcomes current limitations.  The Penn State team has installed nickel foil on the batteries, eliminating lithium plating. The nickel warms quickly through resistance to 140F. Tha...