Tesla Motors' Gigafactory will get hundreds of employees from lithium-ion battery maker Panasonic Corp.

Nissan Leaf may add 30-kWh battery before next-generation version that would provide a 105-mile single-charge range.

Mujeeb Ijaz, at the center of a poaching lawsuit brought against Apple, was making $294,000 per month when he worked at A123 Systems and was poached by Apple.

Apple has come to an undisclosed settlement with battery firm A123 Systems for allegedly poaching five of the company's employees. The workers were allegedly hired to work on Apple's car project.

LG Chem holds job fair to double workforce at electric vehicle battery factory in Michigan.

Toyota has helped install an array of 208 repurposed nickel-metal hydride batteries from Camry Hybrids to power the Lamar Buffalo Ranch at Yellowstone National Park. The system can store 85 kilowatt-hours of energy at a time.

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Volkswagen is considering switching to a standardized lithium-ion battery cell design for future plug-in vehicles that could lower the parts' costs by 66 percent.

Tesla's imminent big announcement appears to be stationary versions of its lithium-ion batteries for use in homes and businesses, set to be revealed on April 30.

Instead of limiting the 85-kWh battery pack, Tesla will make a new 70-kWh pack for the Model S 70D.

Lithium-ion battery costs fell 14 percent a year between 2007 and 2014, study says.

With the consumer good's industry getting increasingly competitive, Japan's well known consumer brands like Sony are putting a bigger emphasis on supplying parts to automakers for the chance of higher profit margins.

LG Chem gets contract from Daimler to make batteries for the Smart ForTwo ED electric vehicle.

Tesla executive Kurt Kelty gives a speech in Japan asking battery suppliers to take more risks to increase production. Tesla needs more batteries in order to make more cars and drive the price of batteries down.

Nissan says only three of 35,000 Leaf electric-vehicle batteries have died on users.

A short Tweet from Tesla CEO Elon Musk says he will "end range anxiety" for Model S drivers with an announcement this Thursday. Yeah, we want to know more, too.

The first time Qualcomm executives met with their auto-industry counterparts about an experimental technology that could wirelessly charge electric vehicles, they thought it'd be a flop.

Nickel-hydride batteries ripe for more adoption as BASF studies ways to boost energy density.

The Tesla Model S might be the headline-grabber of the electric vehicle world, but the Nissan Leaf is the segment's secret star. With over 130,000 sold worldwide since its introduction and record US

Despite recent rumors to the contrary, don't expect to see much collaboration between Tesla and BMW in the near future. Based on some rather prickly statements from the German automaker, Elon Musk might have even burnt some bridges in Bavaria with his latest proclamations.

With Toyota and Daimler no longer holding Tesla shares, the electric vehicle company might be looking for a new partner – possibly a Bavarian one. In a new interview with Germany's Der Spiegel, CEO Elon Musk confirmed that he has had talks with BMW ex