news.cnet.com - 11/3/2008
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The headlong rush to create electric cars for green-minded consumers may come with a significant economic and environmental cost.
Lithium ion batteries--the same used in electronic gadgets and laptops--have become the preferred battery type for plug-in hybrids and electric cars now starting ...
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Is There Enough Lithium For All Those Electric Cars?
Eco Geek Latest —
... for 1.5 million Chevy Volt-type cars by 2015. Not to mention, he says, the untold environmental devastation that will take place as the lithium is plundered from the ground.
It is possible that Tahil is wrong, and Bolivia may be able to produce more lithium than he predicts. But the mere possibility of a resource shortage so early in the history of electric vehicles is frightening, and calls into question whether such a technology can truly be called sustainable.
Via CNET Green Tech
Future of Electric-Car Batteries Raises Concerns
KickingTires —
... enough lithium to meet demand promises to be
fairly breathtaking ??? but then again, what's the alternative?
Improvements in nickel-metal hydride batteries and advancements in zinc
air batteries are always possible, not to mention creating recycling
methods for the li-ion batteries on the market right now.
Still, gas prices this summer proved that automakers can't afford to
forgo the necessary evolution in technology. For now, lithium batteries
it is.
Electric-Car Race Could Strain Lithium Battery Supply (GreenTech) ...
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