We’ve also got the world’s quickest police pursuit vehicle, an Amnesty International report highlighting Tesla and Mercedes’ efforts to improve worker conditions in the Congo, and an ...

Amnesty International recognized Tesla and Mercedes-Benz ... The bulk of the concerns revolve around cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Amnesty International has been ...

Gold, tungsten, lithium, cobalt — various precious materials deep in the Earth ... Recently, places like the Democratic Republic of Congo have received especially attention on social media as news of ...

In recent months, the outgoing Biden administration made significant moves to secure cobalt supplies by exploring the ...

BYD has been named and shamed in a study looking at human rights violations in automotive supply chains. Amnesty ...

The huge rise in demand for the metals needed to make electric vehicle batteries is putting immense pressures on ...

Amnesty International has issued a report charting the supply chains and human rights due diligence policies of 13 major EV ...

Caltech researchers from campus and JPL have collaborated to devise a method for coating lithium-ion battery cathodes with graphene, extending the life and performance of these widely used ...

What I’m referring to here is a subtle change in the makeup of EV batteries that carries some significant implications. A ...

Manufacturers like Ford, Mercedes-Benz, Rivian, Tesla, and others are now offering these packs as an alternative to, or an outright replacement for, the nickel manganese cobalt (NMC) and nickel ...