Battery Science: Interview with Benchmark Minerals Cobalt Specialist on Why Cobalt Will Remain in Electric Car Batteries
Elon Musk wants cobalt out of his batteries — here’s why that’s a challenge Everyone wants to cut out cobalt, but doing so creates performance and safety problems By Angela Chen@chengela Jun 21, 2018, 1:41pm EDT SHARE Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images As electric vehicles become less niche, the batteries powering them need to keep up. Last week, Elon Musk tweeted that batteries for the Tesla Model 3 use less than 3 percent of an expensive chemical called cobalt, and the...
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