Amnesty International has raised alarm over the industrial mining of cobalt and copper for rechargeable batteries, detailing a string of ugly human rights offences related to the ongoing demand for electric vehicles and smartphones. In a newly released report titled Powering Change or Business as Usual?, Amnesty International and theContinue Reading

Another property has been damaged by an exploding rideable electric vehicle battery. The latest in a spate of e-vehicle fires across Australia this time occurred in the northern Sydney suburb of Balgowlah, with the explosion from an e-bike battery throwing debris about three metres across the room in which itContinue Reading