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USA Update Dreamliner completes crucial test flight. How big a deal?
The FAA still needs to approve the results of the test flight and certify the battery system. Boeing's 787 Dreamliner has been grounded since mid-January because of smoldering batteries.
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Ultra-stretchy battery to power bionic life
An experimental type of tiny lithium-based batteries promised to wirelessly charge wearable gadgets, implantable brain-wave monitors, or other bionic devices.
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Energy Voices Boeing plan: Fix batteries to get Dreamliners flying again (+video)
Boeing plan includes redesign of lithium batteries as well as Dreamliner battery compartment to reduce risk of fires. Boeing plans to lay out its proposal to the FAA.
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Energy Voices Airbus to ditch lithium-ion batteries – for now
Airbus is telling airlines that its new A350 will use nickel-cadmium instead of lithium-ion batteries until questions about lithium-ion batteries have been resolved. The Airbus A350 should debut late next year.
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Monitor Breakfast NTSB chief: Don't write off Boeing 787's battery just yet
Deborah Hersman, chairwoman of the National Transportation Safety Board, says the investigation is ongoing into the cause of two battery fires on board Boeing 787 Dreamliners, but avoided categorically calling the lithium-ion batteries unsafe.
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Japan airline replaced 787 Dreamliner batteries 10 times due to problems (+video)
All Nippon Airways says problems with the lithium ion batteries prompted the airline to replace them 10 times. The NTSB wants more info about the 787 batteries from Boeing.
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Boeing 787 Dreamliner glitches: How serious are the problems? (+video)
A Boeing 787 Dreamliner owned by Japan Airlines began spewing smoke in Boston Monday. Another leaked fuel Tuesday. Experts say the rollout of any new airliner can be fraught with glitches.
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In Gear Can garden herbs improve your car battery?
The last place you'd expect to find garden herbs is in your car battery. But at least one, Rubia, can make car batteries more energy efficient, studies find.
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Energy Voices A123 sale to China: threat to US security?
The sale of advanced battery maker A123 to China's Wanxiang Group could recoup US taxpayer funds. But critics warn the threats to US security outweigh any benefits from the pending sale of A123.
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Energy Voices A123 Systems follows Solyndra into bankruptcy. New debating point for Romney?
High-tech battery-maker A123 Systems, which under Obama got $250 million in federal energy grants, filed for bankruptcy Tuesday. Mitt Romney may look to capitalize in future presidential debates, but he'll need to tread carefully.
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Energy Voices Romney zinger: Obama backs 'green' energy losers. Is he right? (+video)
Romney pans Obama's subsidies for 'green' energy, citing Solyndra and other high-profile failures. Obama has far more green energy winners than losers so far, but his strategy is risky.
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A domestic clean-tech industry? US aid backfired.
US taxpayers supported troubled battery firms Ener1 and A123 Systems. Ener1 is now owned by a Russian oligarch. A Chinese company owns 80 percent of A123.
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Smartphones: Postal service bans foreign shipments
Smartphones with lithium batteries will no longer be accepted for international shipment beginning Wednesday because of fire risks. Shipments of smartphones to US troops abroad will have to go via UPS or FedEx.
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GM: Explosion at battery research facility ‘unrelated to the Chevrolet Volt’
One person was hurt at the GM research site in Michigan during ‘extreme testing on a prototype battery’ unrelated to the Volt ‘or any other production vehicle,’ the company said.
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Electric cars: 'Plug-ins' look for spark in 2012
Automakers in 2012 will launch 13 plug-in vehicles, running on electricity alone all or most of the time. This is the year that will tell whether the electric car market has a roaring liftoff or a slow-rolling start, analysts say.
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Horizons Battery breakthrough could keep smart phones charged for an entire week
Scientists at Northwestern University announced new technology for batteries that could last 10 times as long and charge 10 times as fast as they do today. What would it be like to charge your laptop from empty to full in 15 minutes?
11/21/2011 04:35 pm -
Green Economics Will wind power stoke demand for batteries?
Batteries can store wind power accumulated at night, when people aren't using much electricity.
10/31/2011 05:00 pm -
Horizons Jelly batteries seen as safer, cheaper alternative to traditional cells
Jelly batteries have been successfully tested by a research team in the UK.
09/13/2011 04:14 pm -
Green Economics Reigning in lead poisoning in China
Battery factories in China have exposed nearby residents to high levels of lead. Even a free market optimist can see that there should be stricter regulations.
06/17/2011 02:44 pm -
Top 6 most triumphant stories of 2010
Most 2010 lists of major news will include the Gulf oil spill, the Haiti earthquake, the Republican midterm election sweep, and WikiLeaks. But we saw many events that also inspired or amazed or brought a smile. Here's our top 6 list.
12/29/2010 11:28 am -
Groupon and four other firms thrived in recession. Their secret?
Although the recession is technically over, many companies are still struggling to make up for lost profit, customers, and locations. But some companies have come out of the recession better than they went in, thanks to their adjustments to consumer demand and other smart business strategies. Here are five companies that have thrived despite the worst downturn since the Great Depression:
12/29/2010 09:12 am -
Unemployment up? Not in these four maverick cities.
The US lost jobs in September and the unemployment rate remains at a high 9.6 percent, the US Department of Labor reported Friday. But some metropolitan areas are bucking the trend and adding jobs. By making everything from food to music and band instruments, these four metros have seen the biggest year-over-year decline in their unemployment rates. Is your city on this list?
10/08/2010 03:36 pm -
Chevy Volt vs. Nissan Leaf: the electric car price war
Chevy Volt will sell for $41,000 before a federal tax credit, while the Nissan Leaf will go for $32,780 before the credit. The two cars are trying to jump-start the US electric-car industry.
07/27/2010 06:23 pm -
Why Obama is putting so much stock in battery technology
President Obama on Thursday made his fourth visit to a battery manufacturer since taking office. He's pouring money and political attention into an industry that's playing catch-up – but that is vital to the future health of the domestic auto industry.
07/15/2010 07:23 pm -
Pentagon X-37 space plane to launch amid secrecy
The X-37, an unmanned miniature space shuttle, is set to launch Thursday night. Slowly, some details have begun to emerge about the mysterious Pentagon space plane.
04/22/2010 06:58 pm
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