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But lithium is only 5%* of the value of a battery, so it's the other 95% of the impact of battery production that matters.
* the market for mined lithium raw material may be worth $20 billion, compared with $43 billion for refined products and $424 billion for battery cells - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-28/the-lithi...
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But lithium is only 5%* of the value of a battery, so it's the other 95% of the impact of battery production that matters.
* the market for mined lithium raw material may be worth $20 billion, compared with $43 billion for refined products and $424 billion for battery cells - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-28/the-lithi...