As a means to store energy, power cars, or even ensure geopolitical survival, batteries suddenly rule our planet. Within the past two decades, however, racing minds briefly saw one of humankind’s ...

Generating electricity from renewable solar and wind sources has two inherent problems: The sun doesn’t always shine and the wind isn’t always blowing. As a consequence, using electricity from these ...

• Next-generation flywheels will be capable of megawatt-level energy storage. • Beacon Power’s hubless flywheel will require a breakthrough in magnet design. The ability to store electricity for later ...

Two charged atoms could be used to build a quantum engine and store the energy it produces in a quantum version of a flywheel. Engines are designed to generate mechanical energy, or “work”. But they ...

Scientists in Italy have looked at how flywheel storage and reversible solid oxide cells could be integrated with lithium-ion batteries in minigrids powered by solar. They found that flywheels ...

Torotrak, the global innovator in gearless traction drive technology for vehicle CO2 reduction, confirms that its continuously variable transmission (CVT) technology forms part of the Volvo Car ...

Technology is advancing at a blistering pace. It permeates every area of our modern lives—from the specially-formulated shampoo we use in the shower to fight dandruff, to the fuel-efficient and ...

Torotrak has acquired a 20% stake in flywheel hybrid innovator Flybrid Automotive (formerly Flybrid Systems) with an option to acquire the remaining shares before the end of the calendar year.