Earlier in January, a lithium-ion battery caught fire in a Japan Airlines 787 parked in Boston. Boeing and U.S. authorities are also investigating, but Friday’s findings shed little light on the ...

Airbus likely dropped the problematic battery ... lithium-ion batteries from its new A350 airplane because of uncertainty surrounding the technology that has led to the grounding of Boeing’s 787.

After offering to help Boeing with its lithium-ion battery problems, Elon Musk is somewhat raising the stakes. Musk, who heads both Tesla Motors and space exploration company SpaceX, has now ...