The battery packs of electric vehicles are quite resilient; the lithium-ion type used in most modern EVs can last at least a ...

As I mentioned in my previous text in the series "Repairability and Replacement of Battery Packs," three battery electric vehicle (BEV) makers have cared to answer my questions about the subject. The ...

When properly designed and manufactured, lithium-ion battery packs are very reliable and will usually live up to the lofty expectations people have for them. However, when exposed to certain events or ...

Some Chevy Spark EV owners are still waiting for a replacement battery pack after the original battery pack in their vehicle failed, leaving the owners with a dead car. Some of these owners are ...

When you study journalism, you learn that you have to follow the facts and report them accurately so that society can be well-informed. Covering the automotive industry tends to be easier in the sense ...

When temperatures plunge, batteries are often the first technology to falter. From cars that refuse to start to phones that ...

If you have ever wanted to build your very own lithium battery pack you may be interested into tutorials created by Adam Bender describing the process in detail enabling you to build battery packs for ...

Lithium batteries have taken over as the primary battery chemistry from applications ranging from consumer electronics to ...

It turns out General Motors will continue to offer replacement batteries for the Chevy Spark EV after all. A recent report written by a current Chevy Spark EV owner for an electric vehicle enthusiast ...