Electric Vehicles Aren't Ready for Extreme Heat and Cold. Here's How to Fix Them

The rechargeable lithium-ion batteries that power most EVs perform poorly in the cold, so scientists and carmakers around the world are busy scrambling for solutions.

The Biden administration is working on increasing EV ownership in an ambitious push to cut greenhouse emissions, and the president hopes for EVs to constitute half of all new vehicles sold in the U.S. by 2030 (up from roughly 8 percent of car sales in 2023's first half).

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