Electric cars have always seemed like the wave of the future. Countless movies have made us yearn for cars that run on batteries and can be charged from the owner’s home. What we weren’t prepared for ...

Firefighters put out the remaining fire inside an apartment building in Changjeon-dong, Mapo District, in western Seoul on Aug. 17. [YONHAP] A Seoul apartment fire that killed two and injured over a ...

Lithium ion batteries are everywhere these days but they're a major fire risk. That has insurers warning premiums will need ...

SAN LEANDRO, Calif. (KGO) -- For months 7 on Your Side has been reporting on the dangers of lithium batteries. They've exploded without warning in some hoverboards, smartphones, laptops and ...

It was time for a family photo at a recent holiday gathering in Flat Rock when a young person whipped out a portable lithium-ion battery with a solar panel as ...

We've become increasingly reliant on lithium-ion batteries. In their various shapes and sizes, they can power everything from smartphones to EVs and have proven invaluable for their capacity to charge ...

Vape users have been warned not to throw their old devices away in bins, after new figures revealed exploding “zombie batteries” are still piling up in waste centres across the UK. When devices are ...