Writer and occasional reluctant perpetrator of engine swaps, James O'Neil is a malaise era enthusiast and also fascinated by the many ways the auto industry has since recovered from those dark days.

Something quietly extraordinary is happening inside research labs, factory pilot lines, and test vehicles right now. The battery sitting beneath your current electric vehicle - the one you thought was ...

Electric vehicles may have become a whole lot more popular over the past five years or so, but that’s despite some issues they still face regarding things like limited range and slow charging speeds.

Solid-state batteries charge in a fraction of the time, run cooler, and pack more energy into less space than traditional lithium-ion versions. A new review from the University of California, ...

The challenges to mass adoption are substantial, but the benefits could be game-changing. The phrase "what's under the hood" is rapidly reaching obsolescence. For cars powered by internal combustion, ...

Sidd started as a freelance writer for TopSpeed back in 2017 and took up a full-time position a year later. 2,100+ articles later, he got into the editorial side of things and is now the sitewide ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. U.K.-based Neil Winton covers the European Auto industry. Solid-state batteries have been hailed as a game-changer for electric ...

Update: This list has been updated with the latest solid-state battery developments at Karma Automotive and Donut Lab. Talk to any battery executive, and they’ll tell you lithium-ion batteries have a ...

Imagine an electric vehicle that charges in minutes, travels over 1,200 kilometers on a single charge, and eliminates the risk of battery fires altogether. This isn’t science fiction, it’s the promise ...

Imagine phones that barely need charging and EVs that refill in minutes. Solid state batteries could make that real, but mass ...

Solid state batteries have been on the horizon, championed as the turning point for electric cars, for at least a handful of years now. Most of the time when the tech heads say some new revolutionary ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. James Morris covers the rapidly growing world of electric vehicles. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This ...