Energy & Green Tech
A weekend fire that injured over three dozen people—and forced firefighters to use ropes to pluck people from a 20th-story window—is drawing attention to a rising concern in New York City: battery fires that can arise ...
Nov 8, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
As more electric vehicles hit the roads in Washington, some people are concerned about their batteries catching fire—and what to do with those batteries once they can no longer hold a charge.
Nov 1, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Globally, the electricity sector is shifting from large, centralized grids powered by fossil fuels to smaller and smarter renewable local networks.
Sep 23, 2022
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Consumer & Gadgets
A motorcycle helmet that filters out harmful emissions from the air is protecting riders in New Delhi and other Indian cities that rank among the most polluted in the world.
Aug 26, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
With lithium prices over five times higher than they were a year ago, researchers from Skoltech and Lomonosov Moscow State University have developed a material for sodium-ion batteries that offer an alternative to the increasingly ...
Aug 1, 2022
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Automotive
Volkswagen celebrated Thursday the beginning of work on its first in-house battery factory, as the German auto giant looks to head off competition from US and Chinese electric vehicle upstarts.
Jul 7, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
In recent years, engineers worldwide have been trying to devise new battery and energy storage technologies that are more sustainable and cost-effective. One of the solutions attracting particular interest is sodium-based ...
Energy & Green Tech
In a new comprehensive literature review, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) discovered that alternatives to recycling may have untapped potential to build an effective ...
Jun 28, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
A team of researchers at Dalhousie University has found evidence that suggests a variation of a lithium nickel manganese cobalt battery (Li[Ni0.5Mn0.3Co0.2]O2) could last a hundred years. In their paper published in Journal ...
Automotive
A joint venture between Stellantis and South Korea's LG Energy Solution plans to build a large electric vehicle battery factory in Windsor, Ontario, employing about 2,500 people just across a river from Detroit.
Mar 23, 2022
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