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After storming up vertical zigzag gradients in turbo gear, the only thing that I could mutter was: ‘Alleluia!’ But I wasn’t the slightest bit tired. Indeed, thanks to my magical electric bicycle I had barely broken out a sweat. These e-bikes have become exceedingly popular, and I can understand why. Breathtaking: Switchbacks like these in … Read more
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
‘Zombie’ batteries cause hundreds of fires a year at recycling plants after owners throw them away carelessly The ESA launched a campaign urging people to correctly dispose of batteries It warns consumers to never throw away dead batteries with rubbish or recycling CCTV shows explosions triggered by ‘zombie’ batteries at UK recycling centres Around 250 fires at waste … Read more
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
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
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
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
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
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
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