The Nickel aspect of EV batteries is interesting...
Notice that lithium is the smallest component in this example, and nickel is the largest.
Because nickel is rare & expensive and lithium is not, people like Musk want to produce more LFP batteries as opposed to NMC.
However, Tesla have also recently partnered in a nickel mine...
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-56288781
LFP batteries are cheaper but have less range and life.
Another issue is that the expensive components cobalt & nickel are what make recycling the batteries economically viable.
Worth giving these a read:
https://grist.org/transportation/the-us-wants-to-make-ev-batteries-without-these-foreign-metals-should-it/
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02222-1
https://www.pnnl.gov/lithium-ion-battery-lfp-and-nmc
Net takeaway...
I bought more NIC yesterday and today.
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