Those numbers are by 2050 and assume a single type of cell do do it all. It assumes no increase in energy density. And worst of all it doesn't account for recyc

Those numbers are by 2050 and assume a single type of cell do do it all. It assumes no increase in energy density. And worst of all it doesn't account for recycling. Lithium exists in huge amounts and projects are underway all over the world. Literally in every continent. The lithium market is growing like crazy. There are also many cobalt, nickel and graphite projects underway. I think the article might have mixed up copper and nickel. This doesn't account for the huge amount of lower tier cars that will use LFP or High-Manganese cathodes. Or for the fact that even high nickel cathodes will basically remove cobalt as well. Switching to high density anodes such a Li-Metal or Silicon will massively reduce the materials requirements per car on the cathode side as well. Not to mention that sometimes in the next decade we might go away from the transition metals completely. > Car manufacturers are very happy about EV cars, You clearly don't know anything about car industry.