Anyone who cared to read my texts recently knows how worried I am about the durability of battery packs. After all, if they fail for any reason, the battery electric vehicles (BEVs) that they power ...

While we make batteries based on many different chemistries, nothing has approached the massive scale at which we can produce ...

Startup Rock Zero is commercializing the research, which could cut costs and carbon emissions from lithium production.

When it comes to pushing the limits of lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries, companies are investing the most in new materials and chemistries such as solid-state electrolytes and lithium-metal anodes, or ...

The world we live in today runs on batteries. But the lithium ion batteries that dominate the market are expensive and environmentally demanding to extract. The raw materials for lithium ion batteries ...

Earth Day is April 22, and its usual message—take care of our planet—has been given added urgency by the challenges highlighted in the latest IPCC report. This year, Ars is taking a look at the ...