If the U.S. is to compete in next generation vehicles, it needs to produce electric vehicles — and also recycle their spent batteries.
A Tesla assembly line of the early Model S sedans in 2012. Credit: Steve Jurvetson, Creative Commons
The world's carmakers are maneuvering toward an electric future, but China’s grip on the precious minerals vital to the new vehicles may spark another revolution: a race to retrieve and recycle batteries.
General Motors announced in January that it plans a major switch to electric vehicles, in a bid to compete with Tesla, the world’s most valuable car company, as well as Nio, a Chinese EV startup whose stock market value is now equal to GM. All want the best technology to persuade consume
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