Retired lecturer converts 1934 Austin Seven tourer into electric runabout that uses batteries 

Austin powers! Retired lecturer converts noisy 1934 open-top Austin Seven tourer into an eco-friendly electric runabout that uses batteries David Willis, 84, transformed his 1934 Austin Seven into a modern electric car   Original 747cc petrol engine swapped for Chinese 10KW electric motor for £1.6k Top speed of 40mph and a full charge gives it around … Read more

First bones with living cells acted like BATTERIES for fish 423 million years ago, study reveals 

While our bones act as a support structure for our body, millions of years ago they behaved like batteries to help ancient fish travel long distances. A team of German paleontologists analyzed bone structures of a 423 million-year-old jawless, armored extinct species that showed the creature’s bone cells dissolved some of the tissue to supply … Read more

International Space Station releases 2.9-TON pallet of batteries into orbit that ‘should burn up’

International Space Station releases 2.9-TON pallet of batteries into orbit that NASA says should burn up ‘harmlessly’ in the atmosphere in two to four years The International Space Station has discarded its largest piece of space junk NASA controlled a robotic arm to discard a 2.9-ton pallet of batteries into space The batteries were degraded … Read more

Recharge your batteries on a magical mystery electric bike tour through Zagori, Greece

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

Tuscany holidays: Recharge your batteries on a fabulous e-bike break

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

‘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

Retired electric car batteries to be used in mobile charging stations

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

We reveal how quickly batteries in electric and hybrid cars degrade

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

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

Thousands of users report Apple Music is draining batteries of iPhones running on iOS 13.5.1 

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