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, ...

They have better and more efficient thermal management, so they keep the battery from damage from extreme temperatures ...

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 ...

Lithium-ion battery fires are notoriously difficult to extinguish, but the problem isn’t limited to electric vehicles. As the owner of a 1982 Mazda RX-7 recently found out, a lithium-ion 12-volt ...

When a Tesla burned in East Marion after a head-on crash last month, gray smoke billowed into the night and flames rose 15 to 20 feet. Two occupants remained trapped inside as volunteer firefighters ...

Nissan has unveiled its latest all-electric car prototype, a model based on a new lithium ion battery manufactured by a joint venture it formed with NEC. Automotive Energy Supply Corp. (AESC) began ...

Neighbors in a Northern Virginia community are collecting donations for a family who lost their home and all of their ...

[Image: IBM] Electric-vehicles can be much better for the environment–and they’re geekier–because you’re driving with pure energy. The biggest downside right now is that energy does not last very long ...

You probably know batteries last longer in the freezer, but freezing could also make car batteries safer to transport, scientists say. Shipping damaged batteries like those that power electric ...