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Researchers create world’s first anode-free sodium solid-state battery that can replace lithium batteries in EVs

18 days ago -

The group of the Laboratory for Energy Storage and Conversion (LESC) made the groundbreaking discovery, which could be the answer to inexpensive, fast-charging, high-capacity batteries for electric vehicles and grid storage.

Deysher and his team's findings were published in the monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal Nature Energy. The design of the new battery architecture allows for stable cycling for several hundred cycles. The solid-state design ensures the ...

Biden authorizes transfer of two Patriot missile batteries from Poland to Ukraine in bid to bolster Kyiv’s air defenses

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Following the beginning of Russia's special military operation in Ukraine in 2022, the United States responded by transferring two of its MIM-104 Patriot batteries from the U.S. to the Polish Armed Forces. The batteries were used to secure the Rzeszow-Jasionka Airport in southeastern Poland, less than 60 miles from the border with Ukraine, a crucial hub for transporting aid from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to Ukraine and to help secure officials traveling ...

U.S. slaps new tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, batteries and other EV hardware

May 20, 2024 -

The White House said the latest actions are aimed to "protect American workers and businesses." The tariffs will affect $18 billion in Chinese imported goods, along with steel and aluminum, semiconductors, batteries, critical minerals, solar cells and cranes.

Biden administration officials claim the measures were in response to years of "unfair trade practices" by China along with the theft of technology and intellectual property and the cyberhacking and corporate ...

Bullets, batteries and more: 13 Bartering items to stock up on while preparing for the financial crash

April 02, 2024 - batteries on store shelves is depleted, non-preppers will be desperate to acquire all the standard sizes of alkaline batteries and power banks to charge their smartphones and other small devices that charge via USB.

If you have a reliable source of off-grid power on your homestead, you can offer to charge devices and battery banks in exchange for other items that you need.Bottled water

All humans need clean drinking water to survive, but you don't ...

Batteries for Apple’s new electric car will be made in China using toxic heavy metals

August 19, 2017 -

Lithium ion batteries are common energy sources for consumer gadgets like smartphones and tablets. These rechargeable devices are considered to be a viable power source because they carry a higher energy density than other batteries. This means that for its size and weight, lithium ion batteries can supply enough strength for a considerably bigger item. This characteristic has made it an ideal option for hybrid cars. (Related: Battery breakthrough ...

GREEN FAIL: EV owners struggle with depleted batteries and long charging station lines amid freezing temperature in Chicago

January 18, 2024 - Electric vehicle (EV) owners are now struggling with depleted batteries and long lines at charging stations as the freezing temperature in Chicago drains batteries and reduces driving range.

Javed Spencer, a 27-year-old Uber driver, shared the impact of extreme weather on EV functionality. "When it's cold like this, cars aren't functioning well, chargers aren't functioning well, and people don't function so well either," ...

Fire official expresses concern about the hazards associated with lithium batteries, which “don’t go out as easily as other fuel sources”

January 08, 2024 -

Fire and Rescue New South Wales (FRNSW) is investigating the cause of a destructive fire that consumed a two-story e-bike factory in the Inner West of Croydon, Sydney, on Jan. 5.

FRNSW Superintendent Joshua Turner expressed concern about the hazards associated with lithium batteries and electricity storage units within the e-bike repair center. "Crews found it was an e-bike repair center, so the risk of lithium batteries and storage ...

Tory MP says U.K. government must acknowledge potential FIRE RISKS stemming from electric vehicles and lithium batteries

December 29, 2023 - batteries can go into "thermal runaway" for many reasons.

Matt Humby, a senior technical consultant at fire extinguisher manufacturer Firechief Global, advised that it is sometimes difficult to put out fires once they go into thermal runaway. He added that in some cases, lithium battery modules can still burn underwater.

Humby also said that while water will cool it, it's not enough to stop that thermal runaway event. Each cell will go into thermal runaway, ...

America IGNORING human rights, child labor abuses in the DRC to secure supplies of METALS for EV batteries

September 15, 2023 - batteries for EVs, and its extraction has come at a high price.

A recent report released by Amnesty International and the Congo-based NGO Initiative for Good Governance and Human Rights (IBGDH) details how the search for metals has forcibly uprooted people from their homes and farms, often without compensation or adequate resettlement.

The IBGDH report said some of these forced evictions are even conducted with the help of the Congolese military. In one ...

Lithium-ion batteries of e-bikes and e-scooters are causing hundreds of fires in New York and San Francisco

July 31, 2023 -

Investigations revealed that at the heart of the issue is the use of substandard or sometimes damaged lithium-ion batteries. Instead of a slow smoldering ignition point that grows over a matter of minutes, these fires often result in actual explosions. Within just a minute, lithium-ion battery fires can grow massively and get out of control. (Related: Electric cars in Florida catching fire after Hurricane Ian.)Lithium battery fires cause over a dozen deaths in New ...

Jaguar recalls nearly 6,400 electric vehicles due to high risk of batteries catching fire when they overheat

June 05, 2023 - batteries were made by South Korean tech giant LG Energy Solution, which is currently under investigation by the agency after five other automakers – General Motors, Hyundai, Mercedes-Benz, Stellantis and Volkswagen – issued recalls from February 2020 due to possible defects that could cause stalling or fires.

The probe against the South Korean company began in April 2022 and is covering more than 138,000 electric vehicles that have the company's lithium-ion batteries ...

China’s sodium-ion batteries to replace lithium batteries in EVs

May 01, 2023 -

Sodium, which is found all over the world as part of salt, sells for one to three percent of the price of lithium and is chemically very similar. Recent breakthroughs mean that sodium batteries can now be recharged daily for years, chipping away at a key advantage of lithium batteries. The energy capacity of sodium batteries has also increased.

Despite being chemically similar, sodium-ion batteries have a considerably lower energy density ...

Train carrying paint and lithium ion batteries derails in Wisconsin, sending two cars into Mississippi River

May 03, 2023 - batteries. But Kent assured residents near the area that "the volumes involved don't pose a risk to the river or the communities." She added that BNSF will collaborate with local and state agencies as appropriate.

According to Myhre, any hazardous material aboard the train stayed in place during the derailment and does not present a danger to the public or emergency responders. Together with the Ferryvill and De Soto fire departments, the Wisconsin Department of Natural ...

Tesla to expand lithium refining capacity to meet growing demand for EV batteries

May 02, 2023 -

According to the latest report published by Utility Dive on April 28, Tesla's first-quarter earnings highlighted its intention to boost its lithium refining capacity despite increasing mineral prices. As the demand for EVs increases worldwide, the market for lithium-ion batteries has skyrocketed as well. 

However, limited lithium refining capacity and fluctuating mineral prices have posed challenges to EV battery production. Tesla has recognized the need to support ...

US, Japan sign trade agreement on minerals for electric vehicle batteries

March 31, 2023 -

A senior Biden administration official said the deal prevents the two countries from approving bilateral export restrictions on the minerals most crucial for EV batteries, such as lithium, nickel, cobalt, graphite and manganese. The agreement also aims to lower both countries reliance on China for such materials.

Minerals-focused trade agreements are one way for the Biden administration to open up access to the $7,500 per vehicle EV tax credits included in the climate-centered ...

Ford’s partnership with Communist China to make batteries for electric vehicles seen as huge national security risk

February 24, 2023 -

The partnership will build a new plant in Marshall, Michigan, to produce lithium-iron-phosphate batteries, commonly known as LFP. This type of battery is less energy-dense and cheaper than the nickel-cobalt-manganese combo that is the current market leader.

Under the terms of the agreement, CATL will supply EV battery technology, some equipment, and workers, while a Ford-owned subsidiary will employ the workers and own the factory.

This comes at a time ...

IMPRISONED: Climate police want EV batteries to have less capacity so electric car owners can’t travel very far

February 22, 2023 -

A consortium of professors from California and members of the so-called "climate community" are pushing to make EV batteries less powerful in order to stop climate change. They also want to make passenger cars smaller, which they claim will "makes the roads far safer because smaller cars have fewer and less severe crashes."

"Making bus routes, metros, and electric bikes faster, safer, and more convenient will disproportionately support low-income and non-white ...

Researchers discover new cathode material with high discharge capacity for magnesium rechargeable batteries

February 21, 2023 - batteries.

As per Idemoto, through further research and development, magnesium batteries could surpass lithium-ion batteries because the former has a higher energy density.

Magnesium is considered a promising candidate for rechargeable batteries because the metal is safer for battery chemistries than lithium and is more abundant.Woman in critical condition as lithium-ion batteries catch fire

Lithium-ion batteries ...

Manufacturing EV batteries in EU “practically unviable” due to soaring energy costs, says Volkswagen

December 01, 2022 - batteries for EVs, huge amounts of oil and gas, which we are told create lots of emissions, are required. (Related: There is nothing clean or green about electric vehicles and other "renewable" energy technologies.)

"Unless we manage to reduce energy prices in Germany and Europe quickly and reliably, investments in energy-intensive production or new battery cell factories in Germany and the EU will be practically unviable," Schaefer wrote in a November 28 LinkedIn ...

Lithium batteries used in EVs and other “green” technology are anything but clean

October 24, 2022 -

The issue rarely gets attention because devices that use batteries, we are told, are "cleaner" than those that use gasoline or diesel because they do not emit visible pollution during use. What the greenies never seem to talk about, though, is what it takes to produce "emission-free" batteries in the first place.

It turns out that the mining and processing of just one ton of lithium consumes an astounding eight million liters, or 500,000 gallons, of ...