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Tesla’s Four Million Mile Battery
Uncertainties about the future rates of electric vehicle adoption are large, but a detailed assessment of material needs, based on two scenarios (assuming that 25 percent or 50 percent of the global fleet in 2050 would be electric vehicles), found the following: from 2020 to 2050 demand for lithium would grow by factors of 18–20, for cobalt by
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BYD will launch the next gen of its "Blade" LFP batteries this year, likely increasing energy density by >25% while improving efficiency. All that means longer range at same/lower cost. Blade batteries are used in Ford, Hyundai & other automakers' EVs too.
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