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General Category => Science and Technology => Topic started by: jeremyp on July 26, 2018, 09:59:43 AM

Title: Peak battery
Post by: jeremyp on July 26, 2018, 09:59:43 AM

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-44732847

Cobalt is a vital ingredient in lithium batteries - those used in computers, cell phones and Teslas. Apparently, demand will mean shortages as soon as 2022.

Title: Re: Peak battery
Post by: Rhiannon on July 26, 2018, 10:01:03 AM

Tesla have to be going to the wall soon.

Title: Re: Peak battery
Post by: jeremyp on July 26, 2018, 10:03:57 AM

Quote from: Rhiannon on July 26, 2018, 10:01:03 AM

Tesla have to be going to the wall soon.

To be fair, it's not just Teslas that use cobalt but all modern electric cars.

But I think you may be right in that there is a reasonable probability that Tesla is not solvent.