Lithium-ion battery fires from electric cars, bikes and ... - CBS News

CBS News surveyed two dozen of the 50 largest fire departments nationwide on the topic and found only about 38% have had hands-on training to fight lithium-ion battery fires. One survey respondent ... Read More

Threatened by shortages, electric car makers race for supplies of ...

A truck drives past brine evaporation ponds at Albemarle Corp.'s Silver Peak lithium facility, on Oct. 6, 2022, in Silver Peak, Nev. Threatened by possible shortages of lithium for electric car ... Read More

Electric car makers race for supplies of lithium for batteries

GM is buying direct access to lithium by investing $650 million in the Canadian developer of a Nevada mine that is the biggest U.S. source. In return, GM says it will get enough for 1 million ... Read More

A smarter transition to electric vehicles - The New York Times

E.V.s will bring down emissions, but the materials needed to build them have other environmental costs. We explain why, and talk about ways to limit the harm. By Manuela Andreoni We got some big ... Read More

Electric-Car Makers Can Stop Worrying So Much About Lithium

Electric-Car Makers Can Stop Worrying So Much About Lithium Falling prices for battery materials are offering EV manufacturers some pain relief and more leeway to go after consumers. Facebook ... Read More

Electric Car Fires Aren’t the Only Ones to Worry About

Fires have also allegedly been started by electric bicycle battery packs. The New York City Fire Department says lithium-ion batteries were responsible for over 200 fires within the five boroughs ... Read More

Falling Lithium Prices Are Making Electric Cars More Affordable

An unexpected decline in the price of an essential battery material, along with those of other commodities, is good news for buyers. But experts disagree on how long low prices will last. Read More

Lithium used in electric car batteries cannot be produced fast ... - MSN

Lithium used in electric car batteries cannot be produced fast enough for demand, ... providing global news, ... pure battery electric new cars accounted for 20.9 per cent of the market, ... Read More

Climate disasters risk putting a damper on electric-car making

By the time the lithium ends up in European or American EVs, a lot of CO2 has been released into the atmosphere. There are efforts underway to mine lithium without emitting greenhouse gases, but ... Read More

The Place With the Most Lithium Is Blowing the Electric-Car Revolution

The Place With the Most Lithium Is Blowing the Electric-Car Revolution A California-sized piece of South America is stifling production of the metal at a time when battery makers desperately need it ... Read More

Threatened by shortages, electric car makers race for supplies of ...

Threatened by possible shortages of lithium for electric car batteries, automakers are racing to lock in supplies of the once-obscure “white gold” in a politically and environmentally f… ... Read More