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[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFL8iQ3p3cI How Removing Cobalt From Batteries Can Make EVs Cheaper - YouTube]
* 1:40 - cobalt helps prevent battery fires
* 5:35 - lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries are already an alternative, they just don't have as good an energy density{{qn}} -- [[short-range electric vehicles|maybe that's ok tho?]]
* 9:00?{{x|I lost the exact timestamp, will find it again later}} cobalt-free cathode using more iron and nickel - it can be made with the same factory equip - same energy density or more - what about stability tho?
* so the video says that a solution is being developed. The video was posted on November 11, 2021. Now what? I don't expect updates from these kinds of youtube channels - and if there was, would it even help? How do we{{x|the people lol}} push this research forward{{x|or make an honest evaluation of its feasibility}} when it's all done behind closed doors of corporations? Are we just supposed to wait around while the planet is burning?