The minerals needed for clean energy are driving widespread forest loss across Africa, much of it far beyond the mine itself and largely preventable.
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The critical question is not whether the Luce succeeds as a product, but whether it succeeds as a Ferrari.
Security measures alone are insufficient to resolve resource governance challenges in the DRC.
Africa doesn’t need a technological breakthrough to scale EV adoption. It needs cheaper capital and supportive policy environments.
South African homes need two-way meters so that they can feed extra solar power from home systems and electric vehicles back to the grid.
A ‘bidirectional charging’ EV trial is under way that, in years to come, could help solve the UK’s energy conundrum.
Battery researchers are seeking options with better performance, improved environmental sustainability and lower cost than lithium-ion batteries.
China is already producing a wide range of EVs, including several options that cost less than $25,000.
Electric vehicles are expensive and yet to take off in South Africa. Wind and solar powered battery swapping stations could help motorists make the switch.
Battery management systems now blend physics and machine learning, delivering real‑time insights to boost safety, efficiency and lifespan even under heavy use.
As batteries get bigger, they pose a bigger fire risk, but some are more dangerous than others.
Simplistic comparisons are misleading. Calculations based on the mix of electric and fossil-fuelled cars actually on our roads show any difference in mass is too small to be significant.
Reduced government incentives, the spreading of myths and concerns about used car values and fires have stalled what had been an increasingly rapid uptake of electric vehicles.
You’ve probably heard the arguments against electric cars, but most of them are getting weaker as the technology, markets and infrastructure mature.
On the day of a blackout, a trial of vehicle-to-grid technology proved both the capacity of electric vehicles to support grid stability and the importance of exactly when vehicles are charged.
Modelling shows a shift to electric trucks is the better, faster option for cutting transport emissions under most plausible scenarios in Australia’s energy transition.
New charts and data show how corporate demand could boost clean energy investment in regions where renewable energy potential is strong but wind and solar power have lagged.
Lithium-ion battery fires are rare, but they can cause a lot of damage – and they’re challenging to put out.
For now, phosphate rock mining is dominated by China and Morocco.
The Indonesian president’s visit to Australia could lead to closer co-operation on the energy transition, with Australia supplying lithium for Indonesia’s electric vehicle and battery production.
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