by Randall McAdory | Jan 16, 2021 | Batteries, Elon Musk, Manufacturing, Tesla
During Tesla’s Battery Day presentation in September of last year, Elon Musk spent a few minutes discussing what might become one of the company’s most important core competencies. It has nothing to do with battery technology. It’s Manufacturing! In...
by Randall McAdory | Sep 24, 2020 | Batteries, Electric Vehicles, Elon Musk, Tesla
It’s a big deal, irrespective of the short-term impact on the stock price I’m a long Tesla shareholder who does not get too worked-up around the short-term gyrations of what is a very volatile stock. Battery Day didn’t seem to excite investors, with the Tesla...
by Randall McAdory | Sep 9, 2020 | Batteries, General Motors, Tesla
On the heels of the General Motors – Nikola partnership announcement, today we learn that GM has developed a wireless battery management system that’s a “first in any EV anywhere,” according to IEEE Spectrum. Not even tech-forward Tesla has...
by Randall McAdory | Mar 5, 2020 | Batteries, Electric Vehicles, General Motors, LG Chem, Tesla
After watching today’s web presentation of the General Motors Electric Vehicle Day, here’s what’s significant to me. The company wants to put everyone in an EVThe company is unambiguous. “Climate change is real”GM sees a path using their...
by Randall McAdory | Oct 30, 2019 | Batteries, China, Electric Vehicles
A few weeks ago, I posted about the three winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work on lithium-ion batteries. In this week’s Automotive News (subscription required), one of those laureates (M. Stanley Whittingham) provides a very interesting...
by Randall McAdory | Oct 10, 2019 | Batteries, Dyson, Electric Vehicles
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded this week to three scientists for their work developing lithium-ion batteries. John Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham, and Akira Yoshino are this year’s recipients of the award. Without their work, every product from...
