From Just Have a Think.
Lithium-ion batteries often get a bad rap in the media these days, blamed for high cost, unwanted fires and poor working conditions in the supply chain. But the fact remains that this chemistry provides the power for billions of devices around the world, from the tiniest pacemakers to the largest utility scale stationary energy storage, and the manufacturers are making great strides to improve their systems. So can they do enough to stay at the top of the pile?
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CATL cost reductions
https://thedriven.io/2024/01/25/worlds-largest-ev-battery-maker-set-to-cut-costs-in-half-by-mid-2024/
New BYD Family Car for just $16,500
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Electric Vehicles vs Internal Combustion Engines
https://thedriven.io/2024/02/26/electric-vehicles-will-crush-fossil-cars-on-price-as-lithium-and-battery-prices-fall/
US EV Market and Electricity consumption
https://cleantechnica.com/2024/02/02/the-us-added-1-2-million-evs-to-the-grid-last-year-electricity-use-went-down/
Our World in Data – battery prices
https://ourworldindata.org/battery-price-decline
Hannah Ritchie – Does the world have enough lithium to move to electric vehicles?
https://www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/lithium-electric-vehicles
Wang et al Research Paper
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2542435123000016
Amnesty International
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