Despite decades of evidence on the toxic effects of lead battery recycling, companies opted not to act and blocked efforts to ...

We generally think of recycling as something that is good for the environment. And, by and large, that is the case; when done ...

The auto industry wants people to see sparkling factories turning reclaimed lead into batteries for Ford, Toyota, GM and the rest. But in Africa’s lead recycling capital, reality looks very different.

Lithium-ion batteries offer high energy density in a small, lightweight package. They are widely used in many items, from small consumer electronics such as smartphones and laptops to electric ...

A new investigation finds the US auto industry's reliance on cheap recycled lead from Nigeria is poisoning entire communities. With environmental regulations tightening in the US and elsewhere over ...

A joint investigation by The New York Times and The Examination reveals how demand for lead batteries has fueled lead ...

The move to battery-powered transportation is happening fast. If you had predicted 10 years ago that every automaker would have an ambitious plan to develop a full-electric lineup of cars, well, you’d ...

Recycling lead for U.S. car batteries is poisoning children — and we know because we tested them. Will Fitzgibbon, a reporter ...

Toyota Motor Corp. is tying up with Redwood Materials Inc., a battery recycling company created by Tesla Inc. co-founder J.B. Straubel, to collect and repurpose cells from some of the earliest battery ...

SAN DIEGO — The auto industry must find ways to recycle electric vehicle batteries as the transition from internal combustion engines accelerates toward the end of this decade, executives at ...

Electric vehicles, or EVs, generally use lithium-ion batteries, which are recyclable up to 90% through commercial activity. When EVs came on the scene, one of the primary debates was the amount of ...

It isn't easy to recycle high-voltage batteries from electric cars, but Porsche wants to take a stab at it. The plan: extract raw materials from old EV batteries to make fresh ones for its own ...