Joseph is a writer and editor with an unhealthy interest in everything automotive. Father by day, he spends his nights reading and writing about fast cars, exotic brands, and the latest automotive ...

Nothing is certain except death, taxes — and the steady decline in the cost of clean energy technologies. That includes batteries. The average price of a lithium-ion battery pack fell 20 percent this ...

Battery prices are set to fall for a third straight year — though not nearly as much as in the past, due to rising trade tensions and metals prices, according to analysts at BloombergNEF. Lithium-ion ...

The United States is increasing its domestic lithium production to reduce reliance on foreign supply chains, potentially ...

Lithium prices in China had their strongest month in more than five years in January and are set to climb further as demand from booming electric vehicle (EV) sales begins to outstrip supply.

Writer and occasional reluctant perpetrator of engine swaps, James O'Neil is a malaise era enthusiast and also fascinated by the many ways the auto industry has since recovered from those dark days.

A new MIT study reveals the exact mechanisms of lithium-ion battery charging, paving the way for faster, longer-lasting, and ...

The rising demand for lithium and environmental concerns are driving the search for alternative battery technologies. Sodium-ion, lithium-sulfur, solid-state, and silicon anode batteries are emerging ...

Chinese engineers at CATL have begun mass-producing sodium-ion cells at their new 30GWh facility in Fujian province. Chery and BYD will start using them in a few months. CATL’s first-gen sodium ...