EV batteries alone could satisfy short-term grid storage demand as early as 2030

Re:EV batteries alone could satisfy short-term grid storage ... by pandama on Tuesday January 17, 2023 @05:23PM (#34420323)

Please say a prayer for the people of the Congo who will have to mine the cobalt we want.

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Re:EV batteries alone could satisfy short-term grid storage ... by rockinghigh on Tuesday January 17, 2023 @06:02PM (#34420769)

Battery makers are moving away from cobalt. Tesla already switched half of their batteries to a version based on lithium iron phosphate (LFP) which does not contain cobalt.

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Re:EV batteries alone could satisfy short-term grid storage ... by eunos on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @04:30AM (#34424922)

As other comment wrote batteries are moving to cobalt free LFP. Now can it be said that we just rob the future from Congo by preventing them capitals from their cobalt?

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Re:EV batteries alone could satisfy short-term grid storage ... by pandama on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @09:15AM (#34426792)

With "the future from the Congo", you are talking about the people with control over the artisinal miners using guns, right?

There isn't enough cobalt supply despite these measures and so LFP is being used in lower range cars. No way I would buy one of those.

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