Remove Financing Remove Recharge Remove Water Remove Zambia
article thumbnail

UN report highlights urgent need to tackle impact of EV battery production boom

Green Car Congress

UNCTAD predicts that some 23 million electric vehicles will be sold over the coming decade: the market for rechargeable car batteries, currently estimated at $7 billion, is forecast to rise to $58 billion by 2024. This has forced local quinoa farmers and llama herders to migrate and abandon ancestral settlements.

Batteries 545