Is There Enough Cobalt For Electric Cars. Cobalt is used in all electric and plug-in hybrid car batteries as well as the batteries found in consumer electronics such as laptops and smartphones. The race to replace cobalt.
Then theres the harsh economics. Cobalt is used in all electric and plug-in hybrid car batteries as well as the batteries found in consumer electronics such as laptops and smartphones. Around 60 of the worlds cobalt comes.
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Battery electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid versions have grown from about 6000 cars in 2010 to 1m cars sold last year or about 1 per cent of. Even if the prices and production of copper and nickel were to disappoint during the next few years newer batteries are becoming less dependent on cobalt. In fact other battery technologies that dont use cobalt. With millions of zero emission cars set to hit the streets over the next few years the race is on to find a formula for lithium-ion electric vehicle batteries that ditches cobalt in favor of more.
