DETROIT — To design its new bionic battery cooling plate, German supplier Mahle found inspiration in nature. The battery plate's designers studied the natural structures of a coral reef to figure out ...

Hyundai Mobis has patented a battery module cooling structure for vehicles. The design includes a cooling block under the battery module to reduce heat, with specific features like inlet and outlet ...

Xing Mobility thinks the best solution to keep EV batteries, especially high-performance packs, at optimum temperatures is flooding them with cooling liquid. Immersion cooling technology is not new, ...

EV battery cooling tech has come pretty far in the last 30 years. The GM EV1, for instance, was reengineered in 1999 with an air tunnel to properly cool its optional nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) ...

Ford is looking at ways to make electric vehicle battery packs easier to repair—especially as their cooling systems become more advanced—a patent filing indicates. The document, which was published by ...

Brett T. Evans has more than a decade of experience driving, writing about, and evaluating automobiles. His early career comprised writing about pre- and post-war classic cars, as well as late-model ...

As it seeks to address production issues with its current Ultium battery cells, General Motors may be considering something even more complex. First spotted by Motor1, a recently filed GM patent ...

The original 24 kWh lithium-ion battery from the 2011 Nissan LEAF was quite an achievement at the time, but a few years later it turned out to be one of the most controversial designs - that is ...

GM intends to start assembling Ultium battery modules at the GM CAMI Assembly plant in Ontario, Canada during the second quarter (Q2) of 2024 in an effort to boost EV battery production overall. The ...