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I think it's more like 1kg per 10 kWh. 1kg/kWh sounded too much to me, so I did a quick Google search: https://www.researchgate.net/post/What_is_the_content_of

by mtgx 9y ago

I think it's more like 1kg per 10 kWh. 1kg/kWh sounded too much to me, so I did a quick Google search: https://www.researchgate.net/post/What_is_the_content_of_pure_lithium_eg_kg_kWh_in_Li-ion_batteries_used_in_electric_vehicles https://www.researchgate.net/post/What_is_the_content_of_pur...

Retric 9y ago
That actually sounds more reasonable, I was using "63 kg of lithium in a 70 kWh Tesla Model S battery pack" from here: https://electrek.co/2016/11/01/breakdown-raw-materials-tesla-batteries-possible-bottleneck/ https://electrek.co/2016/11/01/breakdown-raw-materials-tesla... Anyway, my point was we currently mine highly concentrated lithium, but as long as we are willing to spend more it's not going to be an issue because it's not used up and overall it's very abundant.