China set out to dominate the electric vehicle age and largely succeeded, but the breakneck expansion has now produced a glut of batteries, idle factories, and a new wave of crime around the metals ...

There are plenty of different reasons why electric vehicles haven't yet taken off in certain markets the way automakers and government regulators once hoped they would. Indeed, there may be more EVs ...

As early electric cars age out, hundreds of thousands of used batteries are flooding the market, fueling a gray recycling economy even as Beijing and big manufacturers scramble to build a more orderly ...

Imagine waking up in 2040 to unusually quiet streets. By then, an estimated 60% of vehicles worldwide could be electric, cutting air pollution and noise in cities. But the shift to cleaner transport ...

For the last decade, the global conversation around electric vehicles (EVs) has focused almost entirely on adoption.

BRUSSELS, Dec 3 (Reuters) - The European Commission plans to restrict exports of rare earth waste and battery scrap that can be recycled from early 2026 as part of its push to secure critical raw ...

The waste and recycling industry is adopting new systems, technologies and educational programs to manage these materials ...

Global demand for batteries is surging due to the clean energy transition and the energy needs of data centers and artificial intelligence, making them a foundational component of modern economies.