Panasonic wants to build Tesla super battery in Kansas

Panasonic-Akkus The new battery generation of the type 4680 (left) is intended to replace the current 2170 batteries. (Photo: Archyde.com) Tokio Panasonic wants to build another battery factory together with the US electric car manufacturer Tesla. In the US state of Kansas, the Japanese are investing four billion dollars for another battery production, the group … Read more

Mercedes and Tesla rely on batteries with silicon

New battery material Automakers have high hopes for silicon. San Francisco It hisses, hums and whirrs: In the laboratory of the battery specialist Sila Nanotechnologies, one huge test station is lined up after the next. In ever new experiments, dozens of researchers are optimizing different batteries to make them even more powerful. “We are making … Read more

German suppliers are building factories of the future

Elon Musk in Grünheide Tesla works fundamentally differently than German car manufacturers. The hidden champions like that. (Photo: Archyde.com) Düsseldorf, New York For a good two years, Tesla has been building a “Gigafactory” in Brandenburg, a plant in which the electric mobility group wants to mass-produce its cars for the European market. On Friday, the … Read more

Annalena Baerbock is on the right track

Annalena Baerbock The foreign minister has announced an office for “hydrogen diplomacy” in the Ukrainian capital. (Photo: Archyde.com) Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock tried last week to send German support to the beleaguered Ukraine. Germany will soon set up an office for “hydrogen diplomacy” in the Ukrainian capital. As irrelevant as this promise is in view … Read more

EU Commission wants to classify gas and nuclear power as green under certain conditions

Brussels The EU Commission wants to classify investments in gas and nuclear power plants as climate-friendly under certain conditions. This emerges from a draft of a legal act by the Brussels authority, which became public on New Year’s Day shortly after it was sent to the EU member states. Because the proposal is considered a … Read more