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In mid-February, a large fire broke out on the cargo ship Felicity Ace, which transported thousands of cars to the United States – including an unknown number of electric cars that are believed to have made the situation worse.
The ship was transporting around 4,000 cars between Germany and the United States.
An increasing use of Lithium ion batteries leads to an increased risk for fire. In a report made by the European Union, scientists conclude that a lithium-ion battery fire on board of a ship can be more deadly than a sinking ship. This is because a lithium-ion battery fire is one of the most dangerous and difficult fires to control and extinguish.
The extraction process of lithium is very harmful to the environment. However, lithium batteries directly do not cause damage to the environment. But when it is dumped in the environment it will be an environmental issue.
Battery Composition and Material:
The cells, that hold the active elements, the battery management system, and the pack, which would be the framework in which the cells are placed, are the three primary components of a lithium-ion battery.
Aluminum is vital for the pack component (because of its small weight), but it is also a very energy-intensive element, accounting for 17% of the whole battery’s carbon footprint.
Mining of Materials of Lithium Battery:
The cells account for the vast bulk of the energy and carbon footprint associated with lithium battery manufacture.
Particularly, mining, conversion, and refining of the active ingredients of cells where Nickel, Manganese, Cobalt (NCM), and lithium are refined into cathode powder account for 40% of the entire climatic effect of the battery.
