When a truck carrying large lithium-ion batteries caught fire in California on Interstate 15 in July 2024, it shut down the ...

An American Airlines flight made an emergency landing on Saturday when a passenger’s device caught fire after takeoff, marking the latest in a string of alarming incidents involving lithium ...

Lithium. While it’s not quite “the Spice” of Dune, the silvery, reactive metal is an extraordinarily valuable means for storing electricity, meaning it’s a key tool for transitioning from ...

The nation’s aviation regulator is urging airlines to ramp up messaging about the dangers of lithium battery fires—but did not mandate any policy changes. The average airline passenger packs four ...