As e-bikes proliferate, so do deadly fires blamed on exploding lithium-ion batteries
Federal officials are considering a crackdown on defective lithium-ion batteries that power hoverboards, scooters and mo...
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Why Your Smoke Detector Is Still Beeping With New Batteries
Smoke and carbon dioxide detectors serve an important, potentially life-saving function, and should be located throughou...
Threatened by shortages, electric car makers race for supplies of lithium for batteries
Threatened by possible shortages of lithium for electric car batteries, automakers are racing to lock in supplies of the...
India pauses plans to add new coal plants for five years, bets on renewables, batteries
The Indian government will not consider any proposals for new coal plants for the next five years and focus on growing i...
Jaguar recalls I-Pace electric vehicles due to fire risk in batteries, tells owners to park outside
Jaguar is recalling more than 6,000 I-Pace electric SUVs in the U.S. due to the risk of a battery fire, and it's telling...
Mechanical sails? Batteries? Shippers forming 'green corridors' to fast-track cleaner technologies
Water transport is a cost-efficient way of moving goods and people — but it emits lots of greenhouse gases
US, Japan reach deal on vital minerals for EV batteries
Japan and the United States have reached an agreement on trade in critical minerals for electric vehicle batteries
Energy agency: SUV growth weighs on emissions, batteries
The International Energy Agency says ever bigger cars pose a growing problem for the environment because they produce mo...
Energy chief Granholm touts $3B plan to boost EV batteries
The Biden administration has announced $3.1 billion in funding to U.S. companies that make and recycle lithium-ion batte...
Energy shift creates opening for 'world's largest batteries'
A question is hovering over the transition from fossil fuels to cleaner energy such as wind and solar: What happens when...
