What’s stopping people buying electric cars? | World …
2021年7月8日 · Analysts expect the shortages to persist through 2021 and into 2022, which they say will have an impact on the availability of cars of all types. Battery fire risk. A study by …
Electric vehicle demand – has the world got enough …
2022年7月20日 · Lithium is a non-ferrous metal known as “white gold”, and is one of the key components in EV batteries, alongside nickel and cobalt. But rising demand for Electric …
Why are electric car prices rising if battery costs are not?
2022年5月11日 · Batteries are the most expensive component of an electric vehicle. Image: Unsplash/dcbel. The average cost of an electric vehicle (EV) battery has fallen by 80% in the …
5 innovators making the electric vehicle battery more …
2021年5月3日 · 1. Redwood Materials. Nevada-based Redwood Materials aims to become the world’s top battery recycling company. It also hopes to create a circular or ‘closed loop’ supply …
Electric vehicles: The 3 main factors holding back sales
2022年10月26日 · Around 4.3 million new battery-powered EVs (BEVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) were sold globally in the first half of 2022. BEV sales grew by 75% on the …
The hidden cost of the electric car boom – child labour
2018年9月24日 · Concentrated in one area (the southeastern province of Lualaba, near the border with Zambia), cobalt mining has become a source of income for many of the country’s …
The dirty secret of electric vehicles | World Economic Forum
2019年3月27日 · China is the world’s largest electric car market, accounting for 1.2 million - 56% of all electric vehicles sold in 2018. China also accounts for 99% of sales of electric trucks, …
More electric cars are now sold every week than in the …
2022年2月18日 · Think back a decade. In 2012, the nascent electric vehicle (EV) market was starting to gain momentum, with global sales of 130,000 cars. Today, that number of electric …
This swappable battery tech is keeping India’s electric tuk …
2021年1月8日 · SUN Mobility, a tech start-up based in Bengaluru in Karnataka, India, is rolling out a swappable battery service for electric vehicles. It runs on the Microsoft Cloud and means …
Owning an electric vehicle in Europe could be cheaper than …
2023年2月22日 · Owning a fully-electric vehicle in many European countries is less expensive than petrol or diesel models, according to new data. A survey found that overall costs of …