The race for European battery independence just found its next battleground in an unexpected ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. A New Zealand-based startup is using woodchips to make synthetic graphite that can be used in EV ...

Graphite is sort of the one-hit wonder of minerals. And that hit? Pencils. Everyone loves to talk about pencils when it comes to graphite. If graphite were to perform a concert, they'd close out the ...

Why it matters: Graphite is the largest component in lithium-ion batteries by weight. Accounting for losses during the manufacturing process, it takes over 30 times more graphite than lithium to make ...

As more and more Americans embrace electric vehicles, automakers and the federal government are racing to secure the materials needed to build EV batteries, including by pouring billions of dollars ...