China's electric-car revolution is about to collide with a far messier problem: what to do with all the worn-out batteries.

With China's fleet of electric vehicles aging rapidly, the need for EV battery recycling has been growing — leading to ...

EV fires, notoriously difficult to extinguish once they start, remain one of the toughest challenges for carmakers. Engineers continue racing to design battery packs resilient enough to survive ...

Companies in China claim they can now recover 99.6% of the nickel, manganese, and cobalt from an end-of-life EV battery. They don't make it clear if these are pilot program numbers or if that's what ...

Nepal generated 42,000 tons of electrical and electronic waste in 2023, up from 13,000 tons in 2013. All photos: SUMAN NEPALI A New York Times report this week on Nepal’s electric vehicle boom was ...

Scientists have made a groundbreaking discovery in the field of waste management with the identification of a new type of bacteria capable of consuming battery waste. This innovation promises to ...

Riccardo Maddalena receives funding from UKRI EPSRC. Mehdi Chougan does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, ...

LITTLETON, Colorado, Nov 18 (Reuters) - China's exports of batteries and battery energy storage systems (BESS) have hit a record in 2025, soaring by 24% from the year before over the first nine months ...