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Robert Masse

Geek of the Week: Univ. of Washington’s Robert Masse plugs into analytics to build better batteries

Robert Masse confesses that he didn’t always have an aptitude for science and technology, but that over time he’s become inspired… Read More

Cuberg CEO Richard Wang

Boeing HorizonX invests in Cuberg battery venture, targeting electric propulsion

Boeing’s HorizonX venture investment team says it has led a seed funding round for Cuberg, a California startup focusing on… Read More

Tesla battery bank

Australia powers up Tesla’s monster battery, with bigger boosts to come

South Australia’s state government turned on the switch for the world’s biggest lithium-ion battery today, marking a signal achievement for… Read More

Tesla Powerpacks

Tesla’s Elon Musk is thankful for beating deadline to build Australian mega-battery

It’s a rare day when Tesla CEO Elon Musk actually finishes a job before the deadline, but that’s what happened… Read More

Elon Musk’s tweets about a solar rescue plan spark interest from Puerto Rico

A Twitter conversation about beefing up Puerto Rico’s hurricane-hit power grid with solar power and heavy-duty batteries is turning into… Read More

Spacewalkers finish swapping batteries

Two astronauts made quick work of a battery upgrade today during the International Space Station’s second spacewalk in a week.… Read More

Astronaut Shane Kimbrough

Space station gets a boost from new lithium-ion batteries after spacewalk

The International Space Station got a power upgrade today when spacewalkers hooked three new lithium-ion batteries into the electrical system. NASA… Read More

BrightVolt raises $5M to open new funding round for ultra-thin, flexible batteries

BrightVolt, a Redmond, Wash., based startup developing ultra-thin batteries, announced the beginning of a Series B round of funding, starting… Read More

‘Tesla for Boats’: Seattle startup Pure Watercraft launches quiet, convenient electric outboards

Andy Rebele — investor, entrepreneur, and avid boater — enjoys a challenge. In 2011, Rebele founded Seattle-based Pure Watercraft to bring electric vehicle… Read More

Image: Lithium-air battery cutaway

Lithium-air battery comes one step closer to electric car nirvana

A decade from now, we could all be driving low-cost electric cars for hundreds of miles without recharging, thanks to… Read More

Tesla in the house: Elon Musk’s new batteries aim to transform home, industry, and the grid

Tesla is taking the expertise it developed in creating batteries for its electric cars and scaling it up for homes… Read More

New devices? Apple seeks patents on curved and irregular battery shapes

Newly surfaced patent applications from Apple hint at plans for new types of devices — or at least new shapes… Read More

Battery breakthrough: New technology promises to triple lithium ion capacity

Remember those Energizer Bunny commercials touting batteries that kept going, and going, and going? Well, researchers at Washington State University have developed… Read More

10 minutes to charge phone: Graphene battery project named a top innovation

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Wash., was recognized today for its work on a project that promises to significantly… Read More

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