Battery prices just fell off a cliff!

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
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US EV Market and Electricity consumption
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Our World in Data – battery prices
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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
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