The dirty secret of electric vehicles | World Economic Forum
2019年3月27日 · Battery manufacture now accounts for 60% of the 125,000 tonnes of cobalt mined globally each year. A move last year by the London Metal Exchange to ban the sale of …
How to overhaul mining and build an ethical battery | World …
2020年1月10日 · The Global Battery Alliance's new guiding principles are designed to help effect major change. But for this commitment to improve the lives of tens of thousands of children, …
5 ways to make the electric vehicle battery more sustainable
2021年5月3日 · Nevada-based Redwood Materials aims to become the world’s top battery recycling company. It also hopes to create a circular or ‘closed loop’ supply chain by retrieving, …
The hidden cost of the electric car boom – child labour
2018年9月24日 · As a critical raw material in lithium-ion battery production, cobalt is in high demand. It is needed to power smartphones, tablets, and laptops as well as electric vehicles, …
How to build more sustainable global battery value chains
2023年6月27日 · Cobalt-based battery chemistries typically provide the best performance quality, driving up demand. However, cobalt’s production is often associated with issues such as child …
There's a dark secret powering your smartphone
2017年9月19日 · The battery powering your phone is built partly of the backs of Congolese children working illegally in cobalt mines. The Global Battery Alliance aims to put an end to this …
has the world got enough lithium? - The World Economic Forum
2022年7月20日 · Dividing lithium production by the amount needed per battery shows that enough lithium was mined last year to make just under 11.4 million EV batteries. This is a level …
Global boom in electric vehicles will strain mineral supply
2021年6月25日 · In the IEA’s 2021 sustainable development scenario of critical minerals, 80% of battery storage in 2040 would be used in light-duty electric vehicles, and this will require a 40 …
5 battery storage ideas helping the clean energy transition | World ...
2024年2月29日 · The company manufactures the most energy-dense battery system in the world, which has capacity to store 600kWh of energy in a mobile generator that attaches to a truck. …
Battery circularity | World Economic Forum
2025年1月16日 · Meanwhile, first-life battery design focuses heavily on performance metrics like cost, range and safety, often neglecting end-of-life considerations such as repairability, …