The landscape of urban air mobility took a significant leap forward at CES 2025 in Las Vegas, where South Korea’s Sambo Motors Group unveiled the HAM III-2, the world’s first hybrid-powered air taxi.
The aviation industry is experiencing a paradigm shift as electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, electric planes, and flying cars are poised to revolutionize transportation. However, the widespread adoption of these electric aircraft relies heavily on advancements in battery technology.
Researchers at the University of New South Wales have made a significant breakthrough in the development of solid-state batteries, which could potentially revolutionize the battery industry. One of the major challenges in the use of batteries is their capacity loss due to repeated charging and discharging.
A new technology promises a revolution with four times the energy density and at a fraction of the cost of lithium-ion batteries. As the world turns its back on fossil fuels that are destroying the planet, our lives increasingly revolve around batteries.
An environmentally degradable battery could make electronic devices, land and air vehicles safer and alleviate the difficulties associated with e-waste disposal.
China’s CATL announced that they have made a sodium-ion battery. Production of the new automotive batteries, which are much more cold tolerant than lithium batteries, will start in 2023.
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