Re:Electric Cars and Batteries: How Will the World Produce E...
by Reason077 on Monday August 23, 2021 @12:04PM
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For those downvoting this, here is the source:
"Tesla uses no cobalt in the iron phosphate packs and almost none in the nickel-based chemistries.
I think probably there is a long-term shift more in the direction of iron-based lithium-ion cells rather over nickel ... I think probably we'll see a shift -- my guess is probably to two-thirds iron, one-third nickel, or something on that order. And this is actually good because there's plenty of iron in the world. There's an insane amount of iron. But nickel, there's much less nickel, and there's way less cobalt."
"Tesla uses no cobalt in the iron phosphate packs and almost none in the nickel-based chemistries.
I think probably there is a long-term shift more in the direction of iron-based lithium-ion cells rather over nickel ... I think probably we'll see a shift -- my guess is probably to two-thirds iron, one-third nickel, or something on that order. And this is actually good because there's plenty of iron in the world. There's an insane amount of iron. But nickel, there's much less nickel, and there's way less cobalt."
- Elon Musk -- Chief Executive Officer
Tesla (TSLA) Q2 2021 Earnings Call Transcript: https://www.fool.com/earnings/call-transcripts/2021/07/27/te...