The supply chain behind the lithium that ends up in your EV’s battery pack is in full expansion and changing every year.
Before John B. Goodenough created the rechargeable lithium-ion battery in 1980, there wasn't much interest in Lithium. By the middle of the following decade the lithium-ion battery became the go-to solution for powering electronics, and demand for the element soared. Lithium is now the main component in batteries that power not just consumer electronics but also an increasing number of electric cars and stationary energy storage systems.
The resulting product is lithium carbonate, which is sent to battery production plants, where it is used in the cathode and electrolyte parts of the battery. Of the two processes, obtaining lithium from rocks is considerably more energy-intensive. But it is also expected to make up the majority of lithium production, since there’s more lithium in rocks than there is in brine.
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