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Re:Electric vehicle battery costs rapidly declining, Tesla c... by jokoon on Tuesday June 07, 2016 @07:18PM (#11858823)
Won't the next problem be the geopolitics of lithium?

I guess what drives the price of batteries is the fabrication process?

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Re:Electric vehicle battery costs rapidly declining, Tesla c... by Gibbon1 on Tuesday June 07, 2016 @09:02PM (#11859288)
I'll throw my $0.02 in here, I think the issue with lithium is price spikes due to production capacity not keeping up with demand.
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