/engineering/taxonomy/term/221/all en /engineering/article/news/battery-breakthrough-could-usher-greener-cheaper-electric-vehicles <p>The global shift to electric vehicles is gaining momentum, yet the extraction of battery materials has a significant environmental footprint that comes with high costs.</p> <p>Now, two groundbreaking studies led by Æ»¹ûÒùÔº researchers offer hope in the search to manufacture cheaper and greener lithium-ion batteries used in electric vehicles (EVs).</p> <p>Their findings unlock the potential to produce batteries using more sustainable and less costly metals, known as disordered rock-salt-type (DRX) cathode materials.</p> Fri, 31 May 2024 15:04:00 +0000 Keila DePape 9173 at /engineering