Tesla Motors was the first carmaker to branch out from selling electric cars to offering standalone battery packs for energy storage, but others have followed the company's lead. Mercedes-Benz and ...

One of the big concerns for makers of EVs around the world is what to do with the batteries inside the EV when they are no longer fit for vehicular use. Batteries that have lost too much of their ...

The use of electric car battery packs to create large energy storage projects is becoming increasingly popular. Now, a new one made of BMW i3 battery packs is connecting to the UK National Grid and ...

Electric cars are becoming more common, and so is a second use for their battery packs. Tesla has made the biggest splash in the energy storage business with its Powerwall and Powerpack stationary ...

When your BMW i3's battery finally conks out, you can use it at home as an energy storage system. SEE ALSO: Porsche employee calls Tesla's Ludicrous mode a 'facade,' report says Electric vehicles' ...

BMW celebrated today the production of its 100,000th i3 electric car at the Leipzig plant in Germany today. While that’s a cool milestone, that wasn’t the coolest thing happening at the Leipzig plant ...

Electric vehicle manufacturers are eager to give their cars another selling point by using them to put electricity back into the home and grid, not just pull it out. Tesla has the Powerwall and Nissan ...

Instead of throwing them away, or rather recycling them, BMW has devised a way to make the best out of used battery packs from its EV. The German company revealed a domestic energy storage system ...

Vattenfall wind farm Pen y Cymoedd (230 MW) in South Wales. BMW has agreed to provide Sweden-based power company Vattenfall with 1,000 lithium-ion batteries. The batteries, produced at the BMW factory ...

BMW has dozens of new and refreshed vehicles in the works, including the future 3 Series and its battery-electric sibling, the i3. You shouldn't confuse the latter with the quirky-looking hatchback ...