lithium-ion batteries
California County Tells People to Shelter In Place Because of Tesla Battery Fire
Smoke from lithium ion battery fires is toxic.
New York’s E-Bikes Keep Catching Fire, and It’s Getting Worse
Electric mobility devices are exploding at an increasing rate. But without a better understanding of the problem, it will be hard for the city to address it.
Lithium Battery Fires Are Threatening Recycling as We Know It
People are tossing old electronics in the recycling bin, and they're lighting on fire and exploding at municipal recycling centers at an alarming rate.
Here's Why Your Phone Battery Sucks
Besides the daily frustration of running low, there's a lot more to know about those rechargeable lithium-ion batteries.
A Charging Cell Phone May Have Caused the Deadly California Boat Fire
Witnesses and people who know the diving boat that caught fire off the Southern California coast have a theory
The Supply Chain Can’t Handle Skyrocketing Demand for Lithium-Ion Batteries
Lithium is “the new gasoline,” but our mining infrastructure isn’t designed to handle the electric car revolution.
Banning Electronics From Flights ‘Fails the Logic Test'
The US has indefinitely banned passengers from eight majority-Muslim countries from carrying electronics on planes.
A Canadian Startup Wants to Replace Drone Batteries With a Gas Engine
This range extender could keep drones in the sky for two hours or longer.
This Is What It Looks Like When a Lithium Ion Battery Explodes
Engineers pushed a battery to its fiery limits, for science.
3D-Printed Batteries Could Be the Solution to Our Lithium Woes
Less than the width of a single human hair, these microbatteries are printed as interlaced stacks of incredibly small electrodes.
Struggling To Survive in the 21st Century, the Postal Service Kicks Out Electronics?
"Neither snow nor rain nor Kindle fire nor plume of iPad smoke stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds" Despite its declining first-class mail volume, fresh legislative mandates to pre-pay its retirees, and a 3....