Ibad Ather, Author at Synergy Files https://synergyfiles.com/author/editor/ Portal for Renewable Energy & Sustainability Wed, 25 Jun 2025 17:30:33 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://synergyfiles.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/cropped-Wordpress-Transparent-1-32x32.png Ibad Ather, Author at Synergy Files https://synergyfiles.com/author/editor/ 32 32 Chery’s 2025 eVTOL Launch – Flying Cars No Longer a Pipe Dream? https://synergyfiles.com/2025/06/cherys-2025-evtol-launch-flying-cars-no-longer-a-pipe-dream/ Sun, 22 Jun 2025 22:57:10 +0000 https://synergyfiles.com/?p=3302 When Chinese automaker Chery announced it will unveil a “land-and-air” family flyer in October 2025—fresh off an 80 km unmanned test hop—it signaled the moment a mainstream carmaker put a calendar date on the Back to the Future dream. The modular eVTOL prototype, built around an all–solid-state battery pack, promises 70-80 km range and fully […]

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]]> Huawei’s new 3,000 km solid-state battery patent matters a lot https://synergyfiles.com/2025/06/huaweis-new-3000km-solid-state-battery-patent-matters-a-lot/ Thu, 19 Jun 2025 22:33:44 +0000 https://synergyfiles.com/?p=3295 Traditional “wet” solid-state cells still suspend ceramic or sulfide particles in a gel electrolyte. Dry designs press a thin, fully dense solid electrolyte directly against a lithium-metal anode, eliminating flammable solvents, boosting voltage windows, and taking the theoretical gravimetric ceiling well above 350 Wh kg-¹—a point we explored in January, 2025. Huawei’s 3,000 km, 5-minute-charge […]

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]]> Sodium-ion batteries in 2025: a snapshot of the fast-emerging “post-lithium” option https://synergyfiles.com/2025/06/sodium-ion-batteries-in-2025-a-snapshot-of-the-fast-emerging-post-lithium-option/ Thu, 19 Jun 2025 19:08:49 +0000 https://synergyfiles.com/?p=3290 Lithium-ion’s spectacular growth has exposed hard limits—price spikes for lithium and nickel, fire-safety worries, and a supply chain concentrated in just a few countries. Sodium is 500 × more abundant than lithium and costs pennies per kilogram at commodity scale. Swapping copper current collectors for cheaper aluminium and eliminating cobalt give sodium-ion cells an estimated […]

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]]> BYD topples Tesla in Europe – What does this mean for the global EV shake-up https://synergyfiles.com/2025/06/byd-topples-tesla-in-europe-in-2025/ Sat, 14 Jun 2025 20:47:28 +0000 https://synergyfiles.com/?p=3281 Europe’s April registration data delivered a headline few thought possible even a year ago: BYD logged 7 231 new battery-electric cars, edging Tesla’s 7 165 and claiming the monthly BEV crown for the first time on the continent.The absolute gap is tiny, but the symbolism is huge—Tesla has led Europe’s BEV charts since 2019, while […]

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]]> Tiny homes born from turbines: how a nacelle became “compact living” https://synergyfiles.com/2025/06/how-a-nacelle-became-compact-living-in-2025/ Tue, 10 Jun 2025 21:18:14 +0000 https://synergyfiles.com/?p=3269 When Vattenfall and Dutch circular-design studio Superuse pulled a retired V80 nacelle off a 20-year-old Austrian turbine, they didn’t send the 33-foot shell to landfill—they kitted it out with a kitchenette, shower room, heat-pump climate control and rooftop solar, then parked it at Dutch Design Week as a proof-of-concept tiny house. The micro-home keeps the […]

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