The Green Elephant - The future of transportation - Colbalt

The Green Elephant

The future of transportation is... Colbalt?

The dirty secret of electric vehiclesBuying an electric car is about as ethical as you can get, isn’t it? Not according to Amnesty International, who have highlighted a big issue with some of the batteries that power them.

Could Cobalt Choke Our Electric Vehicle Future?Demand for the metal, which is critical to EV batteries, could soon outstrip supply

Electric Car Revolution Could Stall on Cobalt ShortageBMW Group, General Motors Co., Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., and other car companies could hit a roadblock in their efforts to put more electric vehicles on the market: a cobalt shortage.

Electric cars: the race to replace cobalt

The Rise Of Electric Vehicles And The Cobalt Conundrum The electric vehicle exuberance has been gaining traction in recent years. Governments are setting ever more aggressive targets on internal combustion engine bans, while automakers have been jockeying to outdo each other by laying out bullish production plans for new electrified models.

Deepsea mining: the environmental debateIs deepsea mining justified, and can it be made safe? A host of companies are pursuing ocean mining projects, and international criticism is now building against it, including from Greenpeace and UK wildlife personality Chris Packham.

Deep Sea Mining a New Ocean ThreatWhile shallow water mining for sand, gold, tin, and diamonds has been conducted for decades, commercial deep sea mining has yet to occur anywhere. But th...

Seabed-Mining Foes Press U.N. to Weigh Climate ImpactsMinerals used in electronics are found on the seafloor, but disturbing them could release carbon

Race to exploit the world’s seabed set to wreak havoc on marine lifeNew research warns that ‘blue acceleration’ – a global goldrush to claim the ocean floor – is already impacting on the environment.

Analysis | Demand for Congo’s cobalt is on the rise. So is the scrutiny of mining practices.Focusing on small-scale mining may ignore bigger problems.

Elon Musk wants cobalt out of his batteries — here’s why that’s a challengeCutting out cobalt creates performance and safety problems

Tesla's Megapack Battery Ambitions Could Drain Cobalt Supply

Cobalt: The Achilles Heel for Electric Car MakersAn electric-car boom has excited Australia’s lithium miners, but what if there’s a cobalt problem?

Metal mining constraints on the electric mobility horizonCobalt, nickel, and lithium demand for electric vehicle batteries is expected to boom up to 2025 and beyond. Can additional supply, recycling, and new battery technology development keep up with demand growth or will the adoption of electric vehicles be hampered by supply constraints?

Deep-sea mining possibly as damaging as land mining, lawyers sayEnvironmental and legal groups warn of potential huge effects on Indigenous people and the environment

Apple and Google named in US lawsuit over Congolese child cobalt mining deathsDell, Microsoft and Tesla also among tech firms named in case brought by families of children killed or injured while mining in DRC

Will green technology kill Chile's deserts? – videoThe Atacama in northern Chile is the driest desert in the world, and may be the oldest. It also holds 40% of the world's lithium – an essential ingredient in the rechargeable batteries used in green technology. Indigenous leaders and scientists say Chile's plans to feed a global green energy boom with Atacama lithium will kill the desert. As violent protests rock the country, they are fighting for the mining to stop

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