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Today’s electric vehicle boom is tomorrow’s mountain of electronic waste. And while myriad efforts are underway to improve battery recycling, many EV batteries still end up in landfills.This article was originally published here

With ever more electric vehicles on the road, regulators and automakers are considering what can be done with the millions of batteries that power EVs after they’re spent. Even when their useful life is over, […]

Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have advanced the use of DuAlumin-3D, an innovative aluminum alloy, in high-temperature automotive components, significantly expanding the possibilities of additive manufacturing.This article was originally published here

NEC Corporation has developed an optical fiber sensing technology to monitor road conditions and accurately predict sudden traffic congestion in real time. By collecting data from existing optical fiber communications cables and analyzing real-time traffic […]

A future with advanced air mobility aircraft populating the skies will require the U.S. to implement enhanced preflight planning that can mitigate potential risks well before takeoff—and NASA is working to develop the tools to […]

Choosing a more electrified vehicle will reduce drivers’ greenhouse gas emissions, regardless of where they live in the contiguous United States, according to a new study from the University of Michigan.This article was originally published […]

For researchers from The Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, a new avenue for reducing carbon emissions can be found on the side. A side of salad dressing, that is.This article […]

Dr. Abolfazl Karimpour, Assistant Professor of Transportation Engineering at SUNY Polytechnic Institute and Director of the Transportation AI Research Lab (TRAIL), is lead author of a new study that advances understanding of e-scooter mobility in […]

Car manufacturers and others who need light, safe, powerful batteries are eager to adopt lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries. Not only do they store more energy, and are safer and faster to charge than today’s lithium-ion batteries—they’re […]