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There's enough lithium. With present battery chemistries, the most bottlenecked material for lithium ion batteries is actually cobalt. There are cobalt-free che

There's enough lithium. With present battery chemistries, the most bottlenecked material for lithium ion batteries is actually cobalt. There are cobalt-free chemistries, but the trade-off is lower energy density.

baybal2 9y ago
Another thing to add is the use of cobalt in alnico magnets that cheaper EV motors use
- eknkc 9y ago
  Do AC induction motors (like Tesla's) use magnets?
  - baybal2 9y ago
    They don't. As I know, only Chinese EV makers use BLDC motos with permanent magnets.