Future BMW electric vehicles will go farther on a charge and will be faster-charging, while costing less to produce. That’s among the takeaways from a trove of information from BMW this morning as it ...

When I wrote about the new fast-charging Short Blade batteries SVOLT revealed, the conclusion was that several battery makers were devoted not only to finding new technologies or chemistries. Most of ...

CATL will be supplying BMW with cylindrical lithium-ion battery cells for electric vehicles, starting from 2025. This interesting news was announced by CATL (via Reuters), which has confirmed the ...

Any potential industry shift toward cylindrical battery cells in EVs is far from a foregone conclusion, let alone an actual trend. Case in point: The battery supplier CATL makes a strong argument for ...

SUZHOU, China, Nov. 26, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- XD Thermal Technology ("XD THERMAL"), a China-based thermal management manufacturer, has advanced its side-cooling solutions for cylindrical Cell-to-Pack ...

At present, Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) battery packs are made of singular cells comprised of an anode, cathode, a separator and an electrolyte. These are contained in either a pouch, a prismatic ...

Here is a very interesting video of a Tesla 4680-type cylindrical battery cell teardown, presented by The Limiting Factor, in partnership with a team from UC San Diego. According to the video, this ...

Israel’s StoreDot announced the world’s first 4680 battery that can be fully charged in just 10 minutes and will be able to start production at scale in 2024. The company says the batteries use the ...

Internal combustion cars are all about the engines, but for electric vehicles the batteries are the most significant component. BMW has clearly taken this to heart with its next generation battery ...

In super-fast-charging cylindrical packs, the challenge is heat accumulation during high current/voltage in charging and discharging with high C-rate. XD THERMAL's side liquid-cooling concept routes ...