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If all vehicles in the world were electric, with [[LFP batteries]]{{x|which contain lithium but no cobalt}}, how much of various minerals would it take to make all the batteries? | |||
* This many minerals would hopefully only have to be mined once, '''if''' the batteries can be [[EV battery recycling|recycled]] perfectly later. If not, we'd need to mine even more minerals than the estimates below. | |||
==Quick estimate== | ==Quick estimate== | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[Minerals if all vehicles were electric (NMC lithium-ion)]] | * [[Minerals if all vehicles were electric (NMC lithium-ion)]] | ||
Latest revision as of 17:39, 28 December 2024
If all vehicles in the world were electric, with LFP batteries
- This many minerals would hopefully only have to be mined once, if the batteries can be recycled perfectly later. If not, we'd need to mine even more minerals than the estimates below.
Quick estimate
This section has not been filled in yet. discussion Gotta factor in both the passenger vehicles and the commercial vehicles - total battery capacity. TODO: figure out a reasonable way to estimate this