/newsroom/taxonomy/term/1150/all en /newsroom/channels/news/battery-breakthrough-could-usher-greener-cheaper-electric-vehicles-357463 <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> Tue, 28 May 2024 18:39:01 +0000 keila.depape@mcgill.ca 310564 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/mcgill-researchers-help-make-electric-cars-cheaper-225179 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:50:19 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 18274 at /newsroom