While batteries can pose a risk and EV fires burn worse than ICE car fires, data shows EV fires are not nearly as common as recent headlines would suggest.
One company executive offers on-the-ground, from-the-earth insights on the raw elements needed to build more electric vehicle batteries.
The new separator technology aims to enhance all types of lithium-ion cells to improve safety, charging, and battery life.
Cennatic expects to complete the production line installation by the end of 2022.
The Indiana plant to open in 2025 will employ 1,400 workers and produce a starting capacity of 23 gigawatt-hours with with plans to increase up to 33 gigawatt-hours.
Sila's silicon anode chemistry will be incorporated for the first time in batteries for the Mercedes electric G-Class.
Vehicle fires are a serious safety hazard but electric, hybrid, and gas vehicles pose different challenges.
While BMW uses VC funding to extract lithium for battery cells, GM partners up with another company to source rare earth materials to manufacture EVs.
The company has invested in and is working with a number of battery suppliers to secure capacity and scale delivery for next-generation Ford and Lincoln battery electric vehicles.
Rising global demand for electric vehicles and economic energy storage systems has led to projections showing an orders-of-magnitude increase in demand for lithium.
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