In the sustainable age, how can batteries be safer? A company opening its HQ in Alameda says it has the answer.

In the sustainable age, how can batteries be safer? A company opening its HQ in Alameda says it has the answer.

In Monterey County’s Moss Landing, more than 1,000 people were forced to evacuate in January when one of the largest storage facilities for lithium-ion batteries in the world caught fire. Days later, the toxic metals nickel, cobalt and manganese were found at nearby Elkhorn Slough in unusually high concentrations. One county supervisor called it a “wake-up call” for battery safety in the ongoing push for sustainable energy. Local residents sued …