Photo: GM, Chevy Volt lithium-ion battery. Understanding Why So We Can Hopefully Do Something About It Researchers at the Ohio State University have been testing lithium-ion batteries, the kind used in the latest electric and hybrid vehicles, to find out how and why their performance degrades with age and use. The OSU lab is set up so that the batteries can be charged and discharged many times in difference conditions (hot like Arizona, cold like Alaska) over many months, mimicking real-world usage patterns as closely are possible…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Study Shows How Lithium-Ion Batteries Age & Degrade