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Batteries don't need rare earth metals and neither do newer electric motors.
by coob 9y ago
Batteries don't need rare earth metals and neither do newer electric motors.
- hcurtiss 9y agoTrue, but they do require metals like lithium and cobalt. Here's an interesting article on the lithium rush in Nevada. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-03-29/the-great-nevada-lithium-rush-to-fuel-the-new-economy https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-03-29/the-great...
- cjrp 9y agoDo any currently-non-rare metals suddenly become rare when you increase worldwide electric vehicle production 100x though?
- seanmcdirmid 9y agoNo. Rare earths actually aren't "rare", they just require a lot of processing because they are pretty diluted where they are found. So using those other metals more doesn't make them magically rare, since they are mined differently.
- cjrp 9y agoTIL, thanks