Bloomberg
Tesla Unveils New 'Master Plan' in Bid to Regain Momentum
Former Tesla board member Steve Westly joins Ed Ludlow and Caroline Hyde to give his take on Musk's Master Plan Part 3.
Bloomberg
Li-Cycle Gets $375M Loan for NY Battery-Recycling Plant
Li-Cycle Co-Founder & CEO Ajay Kochhar joins Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow to discuss how a US subsidiary of the recycler of lithium-ion batteries snatched a $375 million loan offer from the Biden administration.
Bloomberg
How a New Generation of Batteries Will Change the World
Mar.10 -- Silicon Valley is about to commercialize revolutionary technology that will enable huge breakthroughs in the battle against global warming.
Curated Video
In Real Life: Mining For Clean Power
From a mile deep in a Chilean mine to a new lithium boomtown in California, follow the global flow of minerals that power renewable manufacturing.
Bloomberg
How Green Power is Driving Opportunity in Rural Africa
Aug.04 -- A rural village in Kenya might not be the first place you’d expect to find electric motorcycles, internet service, and thriving local businesses, but a solar-powered mini-grid is making it all possible. U.S.-based energy...
Curated Video
Are Electric Cars Really More Environmentally Friendly?
Getting more electric vehicles on the roads is a key part of President Joe Biden’s plan to fight off the worst effects of climate change.
Curated Video
The Promising Future Of Battery Storage On The U.S. Grid
Battery storage is becoming a more viable tool for meeting peaks in energy demand — and it could do it in a greener, healthier way than fossil plants.
Crash Course
Electrochemistry
Organic chemistry is difficult; those who study it have alkynes of trouble. Alkaline batteries are the focus of a video on electrochemistry, explaining how batteries work and why they are called alkaline batteries. The resource also...
Crash Course
Why It's so Hard to Make Better Batteries: Crash Course Engineering #32
Better batteries may be just around the corner. Viewers of an engaging video first learn how batteries work and how charging batteries uses a reverse process. They then learn why it is difficult to make better batteries.
PBS
Solving the Storage Problem
Clean, renewable energy is there for the taking ... how do we save it until we need it? A short video, part of an energy unit from NOVA, discusses the challenges of creating and storing electrical energy efficiently. The narrator...
Physics Girl
World’s Easiest DIY Electric Train
Create movement with some wire and a magnet! The video instructor demonstrates how to use electromagnetic induction to power a miniature train. Using the installment of a physics playlist, youth learn the science behind the process.
American Chemical Society
How Can You Make Your Smartphone Battery Last Longer?
Be sure to charge your phones so you can view the resource. An informative YouTube video in the ACS Reactions playlist describes how lithium-ion batteries work. It also gives three tips for how to make cell phone batteries last longer.
American Chemical Society
What's in your Smartphone?
Your cell phone contains many elements you may not have even heard of! Explore the science of the smartphone with a lesson from the Reactions playlist. The instructor explains the location and purpose of the many different elements that...
Real Engineering
How Many Batteries Could Power the World? (ft. MinutePhysics)
Some old technology gets new life. Scholars learn how Tesla is planning to produce electric cars with batteries in a Real Engineering video. They see calculations that show how many lithium-ion battery factories would be necessary to...
Crash Course
DC Resistors and Batteries: Crash Course Physics #29
All circuits are not created equal! Building on the previous lessons in the Crash Course series, the 29th lesson explains how electric current flows through a circuit. It spends equal time discussing both series and parallel circuits.
MinuteEarth
This Video Has Consumed 1497967.5 AA Batteries!
Do we really think about overall energy used when we watch that funny video for the fourth time? It adds up! Pupils watch as the energy used for Internet tasks is related to an equal number of AA batteries. The narrator compares watching...
Fuse School
Measures of Electricity
Not all electricity is created equal. A detailed video explains how to measure the strength of electricity using a voltmeter. The 31st installment of the 35-part series uses a demonstration to explain the process of measuring current and...
SciShow
How to Make a Lemon Battery
Something in your refrigerator—something you can eat—can turn chemical energy into electrical energy! Here is an intriguing video that shows how to make a lemon battery. With simple supplies, the narrator makes the battery and then...
Educreations
The Electrolysis of Water
What do you create with the electrolysis of water — and why? Answer this question and others with the in-depth video perfect for learners new to the concept. The instructor explains the significance of the positive and negative electrode...
Engenius Films
Chemical Engineering: Metal Recycling
Why do we recycle industrial waste? Zubera, a chemical engineer helps find ways to recover precious metals from industrial waste so the United States can decrease its reliance on other countries for the metals. Learners discover her...
TED-Ed
How Batteries Work
Discover the fascinating technology that allows us to move around in our daily lives without being anchored to power cables. Learners trace the history of batteries and their ability to store charge back to the 1780s, and...
Curated OER
Electricity and Circuits
A sleepy-sounding narrator explains how batteries and circuits work. Simple computer animations display the movement of electrons through parallel and series circuits. Since the narrator speaks slowly and clearly, and the animations are...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Experimenting With a Lemon Battery
Can a fresh lemon power a digital clock? In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, the cast shows you how this can be done and, in the process, discover how kids can be a part of an electric circuit. [5:05]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Ac Versus Dc: What's the Difference?
This animated essay from "American Experience" explains the difference between alternating and direct electric current and offers in-depth explanations about the role played by a battery, light bulb, wire, and generator. [2:27]