Federal legislation that would have set standards for rechargeable lithium-ion batteries suffered a setback this month when it was tabled indefinitely, dropped last-minute from the emergency funding ...

As battery chemistries evolve and volumes increase, thermal risk will continue to grow unless controls evolve alongside them.

New York City alone saw a total of 800 lithium-ion battery fires that resulted in 30 deaths and 400 injuries between 2022 and ...

Ultimately, addressing this challenge will require a collective effort to innovate, educate and implement solutions that make ...

Lithium-ion batteries power everything from electric cars to grid storage. Nearly all the world’s electric vehicles (EVs) utilize lithium-ion batteries. Yet, the critical minerals that make them work, ...

An image of a 18 volt recharge lithium-ion battery for next to a yellow and black cordless drill - Nina Russkova/Getty Images For DIYers and pros alike, upgrading from corded to cordless power tools ...

Ash-har Quraishi is a consumer correspondent based in Chicago. He is an Emmy Award-winning journalist with more than 25 years of local, national, international and investigative reporting experience.