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Study suggests lithium and cobalt for batteries may face supply risks by 2050

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Analysis by researchers at the Helmholtz Institute Ulm (HIU) of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) suggests that, given the foreseen scaling of battery demand up to 2050, each may face supply risks, albeit for different reasons. Passerini (2018) “A cost and resource analysis of sodium-ion batteries“ Nat. —Vaalma et al.

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Battery Advances Over the Next Ten Years

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Electric car batteries are a crucial component in the development of electric vehicles (EVs) and have seen significant advancements in recent years. Another chemistry that is coming onstream is sodium ion. This could potentially lead to electric cars with a much longer range. million kilometers.

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Promising EV Trends to Lookout For in 2023

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Globally, we saw that EV demand grew even in car markets that were otherwise sluggish. million battery electric cars (BEVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), sales of EVs increased by 55% above 2021 levels, bringing the total number of EVs worldwide to 20 million.  With the delivery of 10.5

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