EditorialFILE PHOTO: An aerial view shows the brine pools and processing areas of the SQM lithium mine on the Atacama salt flat, in the Atacama desert of northern Chile
EditorialCharred scooters and bikes piled up after a fire tore through an e-bike service store overnight near Manhattan’s Chinatown neighborhood, on June 20, 2023. (Amir Hamja/The New York Times)
EditorialJohn Goodenough in Boston on April 6, 2017, two years before becoming the oldest Nobel Prize winner in history. (Kayana Szymczak/The New York Times)
EditorialJohn Goodenough in Boston on April 6, 2017, two years before becoming the oldest Nobel Prize winner in history. (Kayana Szymczak/The New York Times)
EditorialJohn Goodenough in Boston on April 6, 2017, two years before becoming the oldest Nobel Prize winner in history. (Kayana Szymczak/The New York Times)
EditorialJohn Goodenough in Boston on April 6, 2017, two years before becoming the oldest Nobel Prize winner in history. (Kayana Szymczak/The New York Times)
EditorialJohn Goodenough in Boston on April 6, 2017, two years before becoming the oldest Nobel Prize winner in history. (Kayana Szymczak/The New York Times)
EditorialJohn Goodenough in Boston on April 6, 2017, two years before becoming the oldest Nobel Prize winner in history. (Kayana Szymczak/The New York Times)
EditorialBattery-powered F-150 Lightning trucks on the production line at the Ford plant in Dearborn, Mich., on Jan. 25, 2022. Making lithium batteries, used in electric vehicles and cellphones, relies on certain toxic chemicals that increase health risks. (Brittany Greeson/The New York Times)
EditorialA sign banning all e-bikes from the premises at a high-rise on East 52nd Street in Manhattan, Feb. 23, 2023, after a defective lithium-ion battery caused a fire at the building in November. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times)
EditorialA sign banning all e-bikes from the premises at a high-rise on East 52nd Street in Manhattan, Feb. 23, 2023, after a defective lithium-ion battery caused a fire at the building in November. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times)
EditorialA sign banning all e-bikes from the premises at a high-rise on East 52nd Street in Manhattan, Feb. 23, 2023, after a defective lithium-ion battery caused a fire at the building in November. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times)
EditorialA sign banning all e-bikes from the premises at a high-rise on East 52nd Street in Manhattan, Feb. 23, 2023, after a defective lithium-ion battery caused a fire at the building in November. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times)
EditorialA sign banning all e-bikes from the premises at a high-rise on East 52nd Street in Manhattan, Feb. 23, 2023, after a defective lithium-ion battery caused a fire at the building in November. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times)