Lithium Ion

Tesla has 100 days to set up a giant battery plant to solve electricity woes in Australia

Tesla Inc has won an Australian contract to install the world's biggest grid-scale battery.

Consumer electronics are getting prone to explosions as Lithium ion batteries are pushed to the limits

Manufacturers aiming for more battery life, smaller devices and faster charging tend to cut corners when it comes to safety precautions.

Headphones explode in a Melbourne bound flight causing burns to a woman's face

A woman suffered burns to her face and hands after her headphones caught fire during a flight to Australia, officials said Wednesday as they warned about the dangers of battery-operated devices on planes.

Nasa is working on next generation of structural solid state batteries

Nasa is working on the next generation of solid state batteries for spacecraft, that could replace the currently bulky batteries.

HP orders recall of around 1,01,000 laptop batteries because of risk of fire

HP has ordered a recall for about 1,01,000 lithium-ion laptop batteries from consumers in the United States, Canada and Mexico. The battery was used in HP ProBook, HP ENVY, Compaq Presario and HP Pavilion notebooks which were sold between March 2013 to October 2016.

Electric car batteries costs have fallen as much as 35 percent between 2014-15

According to a recent study average electric-car battery costs declined every year between 2010 and 2015 with the biggest drop seen between 2014 and 2015 which was around 35 percent.

Apple AirPods are not cost-effective to recycle; pose high risk of fire

Apple Inc's new wireless headphones could be a problem for recyclers, according to an electronics firm that took apart the device to review its component parts.

Samsung Galaxy Note 7 to get a software update that renders the phone useless

This is a last ditch drastic measure to protect those consumers who have held on to the device despite the danger of the exploding batteries.

Samsung compromised on safety to make a slimmer battery on the Samsung Galaxy Note 7

According to Instrumental.ai, Samsung actually compromised on safety in the race to make the phone as slim as possible.

China Consumers Association asks Apple to escalate battery replacement

The China Consumer Association has asked Apple to step up efforts to replace problematic iPhone models, particularly on the iPhone 6s smartphones.