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Challenge: [[Lithium-ion batteries]] without so much cobalt.

Reason:
* Global cobalt reserves ''severely'' limit the scalability of [[electric vehicles]] that run on typical lithium-ion tech.
* Cobalt mining involves a disproportionately large amount of ''child labor''.

Tradeoffs to overcome:
* Cobalt is currently needed for battery stability{{en}} and performance{{en}}

Maximum viable cobalt level:
* ''Calculation will be added here soon.''

Alternatives to avoid:
* Other rare metals.
** ''Calculation will be added here soon: How to estimate a reasonable limit of any element, based on its global reserves/resources.''

==Subpages==
* [[/quick_research]]

==See also==
* [[The great battery challenge]]