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 ...

Worcester Polytechnic Institute engineering professor Yan Wang (right) in his lab with other researchers. Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute have developed a new way of recycling ...

Princeton NuEnergy (PNE), a New Jersey-based company that specializes in lithium-ion battery recycling, has closed a $30 million Series A funding round with oversubscribed and strategic investments ...

Laid out left to right to illustrate notable steps in the process of lithium battery recycling are: a pair of lithium iron phosphate batteries; a container of black mass powder obtained from shredding ...

It isn't easy to recycle high-voltage batteries from electric cars, but Porsche wants to take a stab at it. The plan: extract raw materials from old EV batteries to make fresh ones for its own ...

Craig has worked in automotive media for nearly 20 years, producing content for publications ranging from Autoline and AutoGuide to Roadshow by CNET and EV Pulse. Aside from writing, he’s also ...

A simple, highly efficient, inexpensive, and environmentally friendly process could provide a viable pathway for the sustainable recycling of depleted lithium-ion batteries (LIBs): No chemicals beyond ...

The car-carrying ship Morning Midas sank on June 24 following an apparent battery fire in one of the EVs it was transporting from China to Mexico. According to coverage in The Maritime Executive, the ...

United Kingdom-based Liberty Recycling Solutions (LRS) has launched an automated recycling process to address discarded lithium-ion batteries in end-of-life vapes, phones and electric vehicles.

Chinese researchers claim to have developed a process to recover nearly all of the lithium from used electric vehicle batteries for recycling. The process used, called "neutral leaching" also ...

As the world slowly transitions to cleaner energy, batteries are increasingly in the news. But batteries come with a perplexing twist: What to do with them once they've died? Do you find yourself with ...

Despite an escalating trade war, the U.S. remains dependent on China for key imports, including electric vehicle batteries. The U.S. electric vehicle market continues to grow, but unless things change ...