Fire Hazard Alert: Batteries in Recycling Trucks Ignite Blaze in Somerset County
SOMERSET COUNTY, NJ—A fire erupted in a Somerset County recycling truck, triggered by improperly disposed-of batteries in the recycling materials. Police are warning residents against throwing lithium batteries in the trash. Authorities…
China Wants To Put Their Famous Exploding Batteries In Homes, Helicopters And Much More
China Wants To Put Their Famous Exploding Batteries In Homes, Helicopters And Much More Nick Pope on August 16, 2023 Chinese battery firms are aiming to have their products power all sorts…
Deadly fire in Chinatown blamed on Lithium batteries
NEW YORK CITY, NY – On Tuesday, just past midnight, New York City Police Department officers responded to a 911 call reporting a fire at a mixed-use commercial and residential building located…
Lawmakers in New Jersey propose bill to Safely Manage Impending Avalanche of EV batteries
TRENTON, NJ – As Governor Phil Murphy’s gasoline-powered car ban nears, lawmakers in Trenton are grappling with the problem of what to do with all of the new electronic vehicle batteries once…
GOP Defense Bill Aims To Make EV Batteries Less Likely To Burst Into Flames
GOP Defense Bill Aims To Make EV Batteries Less Likely To Burst Into Flames Jack Applewhite on June 13, 2023 New GOP provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for the fiscal…
New Jersey seeks to pass bill could make it more difficult to dispose of dangerous EV batteries
TRENTON, NJ – A bill in Trenton seeks to make it more challenging to get rid of the growing number of faulty and aging lithium-ion batteries Under the bill, the batteries, which…
Davos Speaker Details The ‘Horrific’ Costs Of Mining Key Metal Used In Electric Car Batteries
Davos Speaker Details The ‘Horrific’ Costs Of Mining Key Metal Used In Electric Car Batteries Harold Hutchison on January 17, 2023 A speaker at the World Economic Forum (WEF) held at Davos,…
Latham Company Pays $75,000 for Selling Counterfeit Batteries to Department of Defense
ALBANY, NEW YORK – Industrial Equipment and Supply Company, LLC (IESC) and its principals, Mark Nystoriak and Sandra Nystoriak, of Latham, New York have agreed to pay $75,000 to resolve allegations that…
Drug traffickers sent to prison for transporting narcotics in car batteries
LAREDO, Texas – Five members of a drug trafficking organization have received significant sentences their convictions of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute meth and heroin, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B.…
Batteries Plus Continues to Power Onward with Expanded Presence Nationwide, Surmounting Pandemic Year after Year
National Battery Retailer Signs 15 Franchise Units at Start of 2022, After a Record-Breaking 2021 HARTLAND, Wis., March 24, 2022 — Batteries Plus is hitting the ground running in 2022, announcing 15…
Somebody stole dozens of golf cart batteries at South Jersey golf cart reseller
MONROE, NJ – Last Friday, the employees of Mike’s Golf Carts in Monroe (South Jersey) came to work to find somebody had removed and stolen 25 batteries from golf carts stored in…
Toyota, Jeep To Produce Electric Car Batteries In US
Toyota Motor Corporation and Jeep parent company, Stellantis, announced Monday that it would build electric car battery factories in the U.S. Toyota said it will invest around $3.4 billion in electric car…
Los Angeles-area man sentenced to 5 years in federal prison for role in conspiracy to sell counterfeit laptop computer batteries following HSI probe
LOS ANGELES – A Chinese national who participated in a multimillion-dollar scheme to manufacture, ship and market counterfeit laptop computer batteries and other electronics made in China was sentenced today to 60…
San Gabriel Valley Man Sentenced to 5 Years in Federal Prison for Role in Conspiracy to Sell Counterfeit Laptop Computer Batteries
LOS ANGELES – A Chinese national who participated in a multimillion-dollar scheme to manufacture, ship and market counterfeit laptop computer batteries and other electronics made in China was sentenced today to…