Tuscany holidays: Recharge your batteries on a fabulous e-bike break

What is it about Tuscany that makes me go weak at the knees? Rolling hills ablaze with sunflowers, perhaps. Or maybe memories of the afternoon sun shimmering through silvery olive trees. I also recall my youthful calf muscles aching while I panted up to medieval hilltop villages in the heat on my road bike. Day … Read more

Retired electric car batteries to be used in mobile charging stations

One of the biggest criticisms of electric cars is what happens to their high-powered batteries once they degrade and have to be decommissioned from plug-in vehicles. Not only are EV batteries expensive for owners to replace, high-skilled workforces are required to extract valuable metals inside them, and even then they are difficult to recycle – … Read more

We reveal how quickly batteries in electric and hybrid cars degrade

Big announcements have been made this week about electric cars and the batteries that power them. Tesla’s Battery Day saw ceo Elon Musk promise ‘tabless’ battery in the next three years that will be up to six times more powerful than those currently used in the US firm’s vehicles, while VW said it guarantees that … Read more

mophie has 4 new powerstation external batteries (in case you’re going somewhere)

While most of us are probably staying put in our homes as the pandemic rages on, mophie has something new to offer for those who are in need of external batteries and may be going somewhere where they cannot charge devices on outlets. The best-selling battery case manufacturer has just announced four new products for … Read more

E scooters could catch fire and explode due to dangerous batteries

E scooters could catch fire and explode due to dangerous batteries, safety charity warns as trials begin on UK roads A new trial of controversial e scooters in the UK launched in Middlesbrough Charity has warned the batteries of the vehicles could catch fire and explode Currently, e scooters are illegal on public roads and … Read more

E scooters could catch fire and explode due to dangerous batteries

E scooters could catch fire and explode due to dangerous batteries, safety charity warns as trials begin on UK roads A new trial of controversial e scooters in the UK launched in Middlesbrough Charity has warned the batteries of the vehicles could catch fire and explode Currently, e scooters are illegal on public roads and … Read more

Thousands of users report Apple Music is draining batteries of iPhones running on iOS 13.5.1 

Is your iPhone losing power? Thousands of users report Apple Music is draining batteries of devices running on iOS 13.5.1 Apple’s iOS 13 has been plagued with problems since its release last year The latest problem is a bug in Apple Music that is draining batteries Devices running on iOS 13.5.1 are being affected by … Read more

Batteries in smartphones connected to 5G lose their charge as much as 50% faster, new study says

5G smartphones could become up to 50 times more battery efficient with new radio frequency switching system funded by the US Army Army-backed researchers developed a way to make 5G less of a battery drain The new design uses nanomaterials to make switching between 5G and other radio frequencies for other phone tasks less energy … Read more

Australian startup testing new fertilizer made out of repurposed alkaline batteries

New fertilizer made out of repurposed alkaline batteries being tested by Australian startup to help keep some of the 158 million batteries sold each year out of the landfill An Australian company has announced new testing of a new kind of fertilizer It’s made with a mix of zinc and manganese powder sourced from old … Read more