Archive:000/Lithium-ion/challenge 1

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^{[ELABORATION needed]} and performance^{[ELABORATION needed]}

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.