> We should extract 30x times more lithium and rare earths to make your strategy work I don't know why everyone focuses on lithium, as if battery tech has reac

> We should extract 30x times more lithium and rare earths to make your strategy work I don't know why everyone focuses on lithium, as if battery tech has reached its pinnacle and will no longer change. Lithium is only the latest element used in batteries, it will not be the last or necessarily even the best. Sodium batteries are already in production, for instance, and sodium is ridiculously abundant and cheap and the power density is comparable to lithium ion. Solid state batteries are also starting production. Lithium and rare earths are not needed for any of these.