Should the Cobalt for EVs Come From the Congo or the Seafloor?
Cars That Think
DECEMBER 21, 2021
More than half of the world’s cobalt currently comes from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which has had a dismal record for protecting the environment and the well-being of the people who live and work around its mines. But it won’t simply dangle over the seafloor, hoovering up nodules like a giant underwater vacuum cleaner. “At
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