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New Threats to the Battery Boom: These Studies Focus on Health and Environmental Impact
New Threats to the Battery Boom: These Studies Focus on Health and Environmental Impact

30 Sep 2023, 08:54 UTC · By: Oraan Marc / Mining for raw materials will affect millions, while LFP batteries increase the EV footprint. Still, global EV battery production is estimated to skyrocket

 
Cornell University Quantifies Need for New Mines for BEVs in a Way You'll Understand
Cornell University Quantifies Need for New Mines for BEVs in a Way You'll Understand

31 May 2023, 19:34 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Benchmark Mineral Intelligence said we would need 359 new mines to make all batteries BEVs will need. What about 7,513% more?

 
Who Is Pushing the EV Shift – Climate Change or China?
Who Is Pushing the EV Shift – Climate Change or China?

9 May 2023, 15:49 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / China has the world's largest car market and controls most raw materials for batteries and cell makers. Its support is crucial for electric cars to work.

 
Toyota Got a New CEO But Still Thinks BEVs Are Not the Only Path to Carbon Neutrality
Toyota Got a New CEO But Still Thinks BEVs Are Not the Only Path to Carbon Neutrality

31 Jan 2023, 20:09 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Gill Pratt created an interesting example to show there are more benefits in multiple small batteries than in a few massive ones

 
Fully Charged Discusses Battery Shortages and the Conclusion is Not Encouraging
Fully Charged Discusses Battery Shortages and the Conclusion is Not Encouraging

19 Nov 2022, 18:42 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / There is even a point that needs to be carefully addressed: does the world really have all the raw materials the electric shift will demand?

 
Tesla Considered Buying a 20% Stake in Mining Giant Glencore, but the Deal Was Scrapped
Tesla Considered Buying a 20% Stake in Mining Giant Glencore, but the Deal Was Scrapped

31 Oct 2022, 11:58 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Financial Times found out that Tesla considered buying a minority stake in mining company Glencore, but the deal didn’t conclude over environmental concerns

 
Russian Gas and Chinese Raw Materials – The EV Shift Will Demand Complex Choices
Russian Gas and Chinese Raw Materials – The EV Shift Will Demand Complex Choices

25 Sep 2022, 07:32 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Germany learned it should not depend on a dictator with imperialist ambitions in the worst way possible. Relying on China may hold similar traps.

 
Benchmark Mineral Intelligence Calculated How Many More Mines We'll Need for EVs: 359
Benchmark Mineral Intelligence Calculated How Many More Mines We'll Need for EVs: 359

8 Sep 2022, 12:32 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / By 2035, we’ll need at least 74 more lithium mines, 62 for cobalt, 72 for nickel, 97 for natural graphite, and 54 for synthetic graphite. But there’s a catch.

 
Forget Cobalt and Nickel, Copper Is the New Gold That Will Start the Next War
Forget Cobalt and Nickel, Copper Is the New Gold That Will Start the Next War

15 Jul 2022, 12:25 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Copper, a metal that is crucial for the world’s energy transition, is in short supply, threatening to derail the zero-emission transition

 
We’re Worried About Batteries for EVs, But Everything That Needs Them Will Pay the Price
We’re Worried About Batteries for EVs, But Everything That Needs Them Will Pay the Price

7 Jul 2022, 09:27 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Imagine laptops, tablets, smartphones, and all other gadgets you have to charge having to compete with electric vehicles: it’s going to get ugly.

 
Goldman Sachs Predicts the Price of Key Battery Materials Will Fall in the Next Two Years
Goldman Sachs Predicts the Price of Key Battery Materials Will Fall in the Next Two Years

31 May 2022, 09:52 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Raw materials needed to build Li-Ion batteries have gone through the roof in the past year, but Goldman Sachs analysts think the gold rush is over

 
Tesla Sources the Bulk of Its Raw Materials Directly From the Mines
Tesla Sources the Bulk of Its Raw Materials Directly From the Mines

12 May 2022, 11:35 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Tesla's 2021 Impact Report shares rare details about the EV maker’s supply chain, with many raw materials being sourced directly from the mines

 
EV Prices Are Poised To Skyrocket in the Face of Raw Materials Price Increases
EV Prices Are Poised To Skyrocket in the Face of Raw Materials Price Increases

3 May 2022, 18:13 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Tesla’s supplier CATL will raise its battery prices after supply chain pressure mounted, leading to new EV price hikes that will further degrade affordability

 
The U.S. Can Win the Global Race for Raw Materials Needed in EVs, It Won't Be Pretty
The U.S. Can Win the Global Race for Raw Materials Needed in EVs, It Won't Be Pretty

22 Apr 2022, 17:28 UTC · By: Florin Amariei / If you think about it, the U.S. was the country that showed everyone how manufacturing should be done. Now it is time to shine once again – by going dirty

 
Rivian CEO Strategically Tells Most Pre-Order Holders Will Not Be Charged New Prices
Rivian CEO Strategically Tells Most Pre-Order Holders Will Not Be Charged New Prices

3 Mar 2022, 18:57 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / The dire repercussions of the decision made RJ Scaringe honor the agreed price reservation holders had before March 1st, 2022.

 
Rivian Increases Prices by Up to 20%, Shows Decreasing Battery Values Are Gone
Rivian Increases Prices by Up to 20%, Shows Decreasing Battery Values Are Gone

2 Mar 2022, 11:56 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / To be fair, Laura Schwab had already warned Rivian would have to increase its prices before raw material shortage hit electric cars

 
Raw Material Scarcity for Batteries Has Impacts We Had Never Thought About
Raw Material Scarcity for Batteries Has Impacts We Had Never Thought About

27 Feb 2022, 19:40 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Thankfully, Circular Energy Storage published an article that sheds light on many aspects of the electrification shift that could go unnoticed.

 
Mineral Specialist Shares His Point of View About Lithium and Afghanistan
Mineral Specialist Shares His Point of View About Lithium and Afghanistan

19 Aug 2021, 17:31 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / According to Simon Moores, managing director of Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, imagining that EVs will give the Taliban “a pot of gold” is incorrect.

 
PSA Renegotiates Contracts with Suppliers to Cut Down Costs
PSA Renegotiates Contracts with Suppliers to Cut Down Costs

21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Madalina Iancu / If last years' prices for aluminum, copper, oil, palladium, steel and other raw materials have gone crazy and represented an obstruction in PSA's plan to cut down costs, the new year shows...