Environmental Concerns Are in Debate in Changing Auto Industry
Jun 01, 2023•6 min•Ep. 91
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Episode description
Increased nickel demand for electric vehicle batteries hasn’t decreased environmental concerns over the potential dangers of mining the critical mineral. Eleven percent of the world’s nickel is used for lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles. Extracting the metal, however, raises alarms over sulfide pollutants that are a byproduct of nickel mining.
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