While electric cars are clearly beneficial for local air quality wherever they're used, ethical and environmental concerns have been raised over the mining of materials such as lithium and cobalt that ...
The vast majority of current electric vehicles (EVs) use lithium-ion batteries. These batteries come in either cell, prismatic, or pouch types. Cell batteries look rather disarmingly similar to AA ...
An international team of scientists has identified a surprising factor that accelerates the degradation of lithium-ion batteries leading to a steady loss of charge. This discovery provides a new ...