Green Car Congress

JULY 27, 2022

Cobalt and nickel are traded on the London Metal Exchange, whereas there is no such platform for lithium. In comparison, only 40% of global oil supply clusters in the top 3 producing countries. Lithium-free batteries such as sodium-ion batteries could play similar roles in seg- ments where the specific energy requirement is low.

Price 199

Price Supplies Nickel Lithium Sodium 199

Charged EVs

APRIL 1, 2024

There are real challenges with waste streams—they yield a lot of sulfuric acid and sodium sulfate, which will need to get landfilled. There’s a company in England that announced they’re going to build a hydrochemical processing facility that will produce around a hundred thousand tons of sodium sulfate annually as a byproduct.

Building 95

Building Batteries Battery Lithium Ion 95

Baua Electric

APRIL 1, 2024

There are real challenges with waste streams—they yield a lot of sulfuric acid and sodium sulfate, which will need to get landfilled. There’s a company in England that announced they’re going to build a hydrochemical processing facility that will produce around a hundred thousand tons of sodium sulfate annually as a byproduct.

Building 52

Building Batteries Battery Charging 52