The shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic has made carrying surgical masks a part of daily life but consuming one mask a day also generates an astonishing amount of garbage. ...  more

As Bloomberg reported, a group of Chinese scientists found an extensive lithium source on Mount Everest, possibly containing up to 1.0125 million tons of lithium oxide. ...  more

Rubber is an insulator, and is essentially not an ideal electrolyte material for lithium-ion batteries, though Georgia Institute of Technology has managed to develop a highly conductive rubber material, and the particular flexible electrolyte makes it possible in creating EV batteries that are safer and longer in driving range. ...  more

Swedish-Chinese car maker VOLVO and Swedish Li-ion battery manufacturer Northvolt announced on February 4 that they have selected the Swedish city of Gothenburg as the site of a new jointly-developed gigafactory. ...  more

It is generally understood that rubber is an insulator and, as a result, generally not an ideal material for electrolytes used in li-ion batteries. However, a research team from Georgia Tech has obliterated such a general perception of rubber by coming up with a highly conductive rubber. By leveraging this flexible electrolyte, the team hopes to create a safer EV battery that delivers longer driving ranges. ...  more

Chinese battery manufacturer Gotion High-Tech announced on December 29 last year that construction has begun on its new lithium production complex in Yifeng County in China’s Jiangxi Province. ...  more

Although it has only been heard not seem, scientists continue to note and anticipate the development of lithium-sulfur batteries because their theoretical storage capacity is more than 5 times that of lithium-ion batteries. Now the University of Michigan has developed a new lithium-sulfur battery separation film and believes this design to be "almost perfect" with the number of charges and discharges exceeding a thousand while fast charging. ...  more

From the perspective of the electric vehicle supply chain, an electric car requires 7,000 lithium batteries or half the cost of the car. ...  more

German engineering firm Manz has received an equipment order from UK-based battery startup Britishvolt. Manz specializes in processing solutions for the manufacturing of products related to electronics, solar PV, and energy storage. ...  more

Bloomberg News reported that the rising cost of key metals in lithium-ion batteries will continue until 2022 which may inflate battery prices and increase the cost of electric vehicles. ...  more