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(Image credit: Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images) A breakthrough battery technology could vastly improve the safety of batteries used for electric vehicles (EVs) and could enhance the stability of energy grids, scientists say. Researchers made the breakthrough while developing solid-state sodium-ion (Na-ion) batteries, which could one day supplement and replace the lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries used in many everyday devices today. Solid-state sodium batteries could be safer, cheaper, more powerfu...

A Chinese operator works next to a French operator at the AESC factory in northern France – Copyright AFP/File – Etienne BALMER France is developing domestic production of electric vehicle batteries with an eye on industrial independence but Asian experts are proving key in launching operations. In the Verkor factory outside the northern city of Dunkirk, which will be inaugurated on Thursday, foreign specialists, notably from South Korea and Malaysia, are training the local staff. Ve...

An article from Dive Brief Turner Construction and SPC Construction have begun work on the city’s first progressive design-build project, according to a spokesperson. Published Dec. 9, 2025 Rendering of the $1.7 billion Battery Park City resilience project in New York City, N.Y. Courtesy of Turner Construction This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Construction on a $1.7 billion resiliency megaproject in New York City will advance following a project...