TCE Magazine | 3 false myths about lithium batteries: we discuss them with Flash Battery

We asked Flash Battery to talk to us about 3 of the thorniest issues surrounding lithium: mining, recycling and the risk of future dependence. Here’s what we learned

Our times are characterised by unprecedented technological progress that is not always greeted with enthusiasm and confidence. On the contrary, it often generates fear, uncertainty and even hostility. The case of lithium batteries is a case in point.

Although they are crucial in the energy transition and have enabled the development of electric vehicles, smartphones, life-saving medical devices and much more… lithium batteries are the subject of fears and concerns, especially regarding their safety and environmental impact.

These fears are often generated by a lack of knowledge, by the circulation of fragmentary and incomplete information, by the belief that it is possible to give trivial and simplistic answers to complex topics, such as the energy transition, or very technical ones, such as the functioning and design of sustainable accumulators. Complex topics that it is normal that the public does not fully understand. When doubts do not find clarity in rational explanations, facts and scientific data, they generate fear and mistrust.

It is precisely in order to promote open dialogue on the thorniest issues that we asked Flash Battery to provide a critical analysis, shedding light on the 3 most widespread beliefs that make lithium batteries a sometimes still controversial technology.