batteries

Jaguar halts production of electric I-Pace due to shortage of batteries

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Jaguar halts production of popular award-winning £61,000 electric I-Pace… due to SHORTAGE of batteries JLR confirmed it has been forced to ‘adjusted’ production schedules for I-Pace It blamed a ‘temporary’ supply problem with Korean battery provider LG Chem The car maker told us it is working to ‘minimise impact on customers’ Comes within a week … Read more

Hydrogel patch for phone batteries converts waste heat to electricity

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Scientists develop new regenerating hydrogel that can cool overheating phones and computers and convert waste heat into electricity  Thin hydrogel film straps to phone batteries to convert waste heat to electricity  The new polymer-based film transfers electrons when heated to generate power  Water inside the hydrogel then evaporates to cool the patch has a cooling … Read more