Should the Cobalt for EVs Come From the Congo or the Seafloor?
Cars That Think
DECEMBER 21, 2021
These carmakers’ names were significant because the battery in an electric vehicle contains at least a few kilograms of cobalt , a metal that some hope one day to extract from the seabed—to the chagrin of many environmentalists. These actions take place where marine life is far more abundant than at the great depths where nodules form.
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