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@mikebreen2890 there are rare earths in your car Even your ice car smart guy Did I say it was just the battery????
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@mikebreen2890 btw I hope you are aware they are trying to get rid of that cobalt and lithium component to the batteries these days
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@mikebreen2890 okay man with the straw man argument Look aback at my post Did I refer at any point to just the batteries for EV cars? Unlike you I know they are looking at Sodium Ion batteries as alternative years ago So why would I be championing Cobalt and Lithium batteries like they are what makes a EV car Those rare earths also go into the components in the cars, semiconductors, the pad screens etc etc etc Like i said they also go into the ice car you are driving right now And that gadget you are typing your suddenly woah oak feelings on right now 👇 China's CATL unveils sodium-ion battery - a first for a major car battery maker Reuters
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50 years of world oil reserves left 400 years of world rare earths reserves left where China just found another 120 year deposit Even at 100 years of world oil reserves left. If you want your grandkids driving a steam engine or horse and buggy EVs are it until we can find something better
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@mikebreen2890 Rare earths and EVs — it’s not about batteries By Jeff Shepard | January 23, 2023 Rare earths play an important part in the sustainability of electric vehicles (EVs). While there are sustainability challenges related to EV batteries, rare earths are not used in lithium-ion batteries. They are necessary for the magnets that form the main propulsion motors. The batteries mostly rely on lithium and cobalt (not rare earths). At the same time, the magnets in the motors need neodymium or samarium and can also require terbium and dysprosium; all are rare earth elements. The most common rare-earth magnets are the neodymium-iron-boron (NdFeB) and samarium cobalt (SmCo). This FAQ reviews what constitutes a rare earth element, considers where NdFeB and SmCo magnetic materials fit into the overall landscape of available magnetic materials, looks briefly at applications beyond EVs for rare earth magnetic materials, and presents examples of the efforts underway worldwide to minimize or eliminate the need for rare earths in high-performance magnets. What’s rare about rare earths? Contrary to their name, rare earths are neither rare nor earths. The 17 rare earths consist of fifteen lanthanides, including cerium, dysprosium, erbium, europium, holmium, gadolinium, lanthanum, lutecium, neodymium, praseodymium, promethium, samarium, terbium, thulium, and ytterbium and the metals scandium and yttrium. They are relatively abundant in the earth’s crust but are “rare” because they occur in relatively low concentrations compared with the ores for other metals. BatteryPowerTips
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@mikebreen2890 Electric Cars Powered By Sodium Ion Batteries Go On Sale In China December 29, 20234 months ago Steve Hanley Sodium ion batteries have one advantage over the batteries used to power most electric cars today. They don’t contain lithium. While the world is going crazy searching for new sources of lithium that is not processed in China, sodium is cheap and available virtually anywhere on the planet. Lower cost batteries should be just what the doctor ordered to make less expensive electric cars possible. CleanTechnica
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50 years of world oil reserves left 400 years of world rare earths reserves left where China just found another 120 year deposit Even at 100 years of world oil reserves left. If you want your grandkids driving a steam engine or horse and buggy EVs are it until we can find something better
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