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Lithium is a very small input to batteries, by mass. I forget the exact number, but I think only a few percent by weight, and it's not a major part of the cost.
by epistasis 4y ago
Lithium is a very small input to batteries, by mass. I forget the exact number, but I think only a few percent by weight, and it's not a major part of the cost. There's also this breakdown:
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/breaking-down-the-cost-of-an-ev-battery-cell/ https://www.visualcapitalist.com/breaking-down-the-cost-of-a...
I would expect battery prices to stall on their drop, or even rise a bit, in the next year or two, before dropping again massively in price. There has been a lot of supply chain disruption, and an absolutely massive increase in demand. But lots more production capacity is being built.