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What Causes Electric Scooters to Be Expensive in India?

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New revolt RV 400 is priced around ?101,470, Ather 450X comes with a price tag above ?140,000. The price of the lithium-ion batteries used in the EVs is the main culprit for the high initial cost of any electric vehicle in any part of the world. The main raw materials of a Li-ion battery are Lithium, Nickel, and Cobalt.

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AVZ signs binding SC6 offtake agreement with major Chinese lithium converter Yibin Tianyi, supplier to CATL

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for the supply of spodumene concentrate (SC6) from the Manono Lithium and Tin Project in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). We are very pleased to conclude our discussions with Yibin Tianyi and to sign another binding offtake agreement for SC6 to a Chinese converter. Li 2 O for the Roche Dure Pegmatite alone.

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IDTechEx: market for EV powertrain materials to reach $47B by 2030

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For example, while the combustion engine and transmission relies heavily on aluminum and steel alloys, Li-ion batteries alone also require a great deal of nickel, cobalt, aluminum, lithium, copper, insulation, thermal interface materials and much more at the cell and pack level.

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The raw materials crunch: How bad, how long, how to solve it?

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Farewell to falling prices. Absolutely, says George Miller, a Senior Price Analyst at Benchmark Mineral Intelligence. It’s across the whole spectrum of materials involved in the lithium-ion battery supply chain.”. Will the raw materials shortage put the brakes on that trend?