Enlarge / A safety seminar on lithium-ion batteries from May 2022 illustrates what happens when you subject charged batteries to pressure or puncture—or both. Getty Images reader comments 86 with 0 posters participating Share this story A firm that handles returned Amazon electronics has agreed to pay a $25,000 fine after lithium-ion batteries it threw ..
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reader comments 92 with 52 posters participating Share this story In the world of renewables, lithium-ion batteries are storage kings, making up around 70 percent of electric vehicle (EV) and 90 percent of grid batteries around the globe. As such, they’re becoming increasingly important in a world that’s trying to reduce its carbon emissions by ..
Aurich Lawson | Getty Images reader comments 150 with 82 posters participating, including story author Share this story There’s a classic irony with new technology, that adopters are forced to limit themselves to two of the three things everyone wants: fast, cheap, and good. When the tech is batteries, adoption is even more challenging. Cheap ..
Enlarge / Pouch cells of the sort tested for endurance. reader comments 66 with 39 posters participating Share this story While lithium-ion batteries have experienced steady improvements, a lot of research has gone into new chemistries that provide a much larger leap in performance. Some of that work has focused on materials like silicon or ..
Enlarge / A diagram showing lithium ions moving between two different materials they can intercalate into. reader comments 64 with 47 posters participating, including story author Share this story Lithium-ion batteries have become central to everything from the mobile-electronic revolution to electric vehicles, and they’re poised to play a huge role in fostering the expansion ..
Enlarge / The iPhone XS has a different battery design than the iPhone XS Max, which has the same design as the iPhone X. reader comments 83 with 65 posters participating Share this story Apple has hired Soonho Ahn, a former Samsung executive who worked primarily on lithium-ion batteries and other battery-related technologies, Bloomberg reports. Ahn ..
Enlarge / A collection of Powerpacks deliver 20MW/80MWh next to the Mira Loma substation in Southern California. (credit: Megan Geuss) Late last week, California utility Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) asked the state to approve four lithium-ion battery storage projects. Three of which would be owned and operated by a third party, and one, built ..