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What Causes Electric Scooters to Be Expensive in India?

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Right now in India, an electric scooter with a decent range and power will cost you somewhere around one lack or above. Knowing the importance of these elements, china made strategic investments and bought mines in the countries such as Congo, Bolivia, Chile, and Australia where these elements are available.

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Live Blog: Tesla (TSLA) 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders

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Our long-range vehicles use a nickel-based cathode. But for our Standard Range vehicles and stationary vehicles, we’re using iron-based cathode,” Musk said, adding that while nickel is not rare, iron is just that much plentiful. I’ll find out,” he said. 15:41 PT – Elon notes that lithium is plentiful. Credit: Tesla/YouTube.

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Study finds cobalt supply can meet demand for EVs and electronics batteries through 2030

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Roughly 60% of mined cobalt is sourced from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). They found that cobalt demand is estimated to range from 235 to 430 ktonnes in 2030. They estimated supply from scheduled and unscheduled production as well as secondary production to range from 320 to 460 ktonnes.

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IRENA: diversifying critical material supply chains minimizes geopolitical risks

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The energy transition requires a massive increase in the supply of critical materials, yet supply chains remain vulnerable to a range of geopolitical risks. Although there is no scarcity of reserves for these energy transition minerals, global capabilities for mining and refining them are limited.

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Benchmark: Falling lithium prices weigh on black mass prices in China

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Cobalt prices have increased in China due to constrained supplies of cobalt hydroxide from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, due to logistical issues. Cobalt payables from NCM feedstock ranged 71-78% in July, with the low end reflecting trades from end of life (EOL) scrap and the high end reflecting trades from process scrap.

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EV supply chain majors pilot Re|Source blockchain solution for end-to-end cobalt traceability

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Tested in real operating conditions, from upstream cobalt production facilities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to downstream electric vehicle production sites, the pilot will run until the end of 2021, with the roll-out of the final solution expected in 2022.

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Mercedes-Benz to source only battery cells with cobalt & lithium from certified mining sites; significantly reducing cobalt

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Mercedes-Benz’s clear development goal is to significantly increase the range of future batteries through advances in energy density, to advance the production maturity of future battery technologies, to significantly reduce charging times, and to further reduce the use of critical materials.

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