Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 25, 2018
As a result, demand is expected to exceed supply already in 2020 and the EU must take steps to boost supply and curb demand without hindering the growth in electric vehicles, according to a new JRC (Joint Research Center) report. The report predicts that, under average conditions, demand will outgrow supply by 64,000 tonnes in 2030.
Green Car Congress
MAY 18, 2022
Demand rose by 32 kt in 2021 alone compared to 51 kt in the 5 years from 2015-20. Supply also returned to growth in 2021, with mine supply rising 12% y/y to 160 kt, after falling in 2020. kt in 2021, 12% of the DRC’s total supply. kt in 2021, 12% of the DRC’s total supply.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 2, 2020
Several of the raw materials used in electric vehicle components have questionable mining practices or volatile supply chains, leading OEMs to change the way they make batteries and motors. It is also a very expensive material with its supply and mining confined to a large majority in China and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Cars That Think
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
Built in 2015, the Anahola station is old enough that its batteries have reached their end of life. Since its launch in 2017, the company has set out to create a “circular supply chain” of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles and clean-energy products. The vast majority of batteries are nowhere near end of life yet.
Cars That Think
AUGUST 20, 2022
passenger-vehicle fleet over the period between 2015 and 2050. Even so, working within that budget would require a 30 percent reduction in the projected cumulative emissions from 2015 to 2050 and a 70 percent reduction in annual emissions in 2050, compared with the business-as-usual emissions expected in a world without EVs.
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