Batteries are the most expensive component in an electric vehicle, mostly due to how costly it is to mine and refine the raw materials needed to make them. They’re also the center of focus when it comes to the ethics of building an EV, again due to the mining processes required to extract materials such as cobalt and nickel from the earth. Battery makers are well aware of how the situation could be improved if there was less reliance on these precious metals. As many seek to reduce how much nickel and cobalt is used in a battery, one of…

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