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Re:With the 745-Mile Solid-State Battery, Toyota Just Became... by Detrytus on Sunday July 23, 2023 @01:51PM (#36837808)
Are you talking about pure lithium quantities? Those are small indeed, but... the concentration of lithium in the ore mined is low (some mines work with 0.2% ore), so you need to move 500kg of rocks to mine 1kg of lithium.
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Re:With the 745-Mile Solid-State Battery, Toyota Just Became... by mikeyouse on Sunday July 23, 2023 @08:41PM (#36841623)
Most “mined” lithium doesn’t come from ore but rather from brine.
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