Life. "In China, isn’t it a case of “you shall” buy an EV, NEV...

Life.

"In China, isn’t it a case of “you shall” buy an EV, NEV or whatever you want to call it? They are not given the choice?"

EXACTLY!

The other thing regarding lithium is the onset of sodium batteries which can be produced on the same equipment as lithium.
Sodium is of course plentiful and cheap.
Therefore there is little needed in the way of new equipment to swap to sodium production batteries.
There is a much smaller risk of fire with sodium which is turning into a bigger and bigger problem everyday for lithium.
It may be a couple of years away, but lithium will be replaced by sodium. Maybe then the insurance companies will be happier to transport EV's around the world which is also becoming a huge problem for lithium.

The figures continue to be manipulated to make it look like EV sales are stronger than they actually are.
Hybrids are being called EV's for the sake of manipulating the figures which we all know they are not.

It is always hard to sort the truth from fiction when it comes to EV's and dishonest governments trying to get their way.

Lockitt