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Europe, China and the US will all struggle to produce enough lithium domestically to satisfy the demand for electric vehicle (EV) batteries, a new study has suggested. Researchers from East China ...

PITTSBURGH — An electric car’s lithium-ion battery may have ignited and caused a fire at a vehicle repair/service facility in Bloomfield Friday morning, Pittsburgh police said. According to police, ...

Any mention of using lithium-ion in cars triggers negative reactions in some quarters. The current cost for li-ion is about $1,300 per kilowatt-hour capacity. A car such as the upcoming Chevrolet Volt ...

Global lithium output is on track to triple this decade, but sales of electric SUVs, sports cars and sedans that rose 55 percent last year threaten to outrun that. Each battery requires about 17 ...