The dirty secret of electric vehicles | World Economic Forum
Mar 27, 2019 · Last year, 2.1 million new electric vehicles were sold worldwide. China is the world’s largest electric car market, accounting for 1.2 million - 56% of all electric vehicles sold in 2018. China also accounts for 99% of sales of electric trucks, buses, motorcycles and scooters.
5 innovators making the electric vehicle battery more sustainable
May 3, 2021 · Global stock of electric vehicles (EVs) could reach 245 million units by 2030, according to the International Energy Agency. While EVs emit less CO2, their batteries are tough to recycle. Made from cobalt, lithium and nickel, the mining of these raw materials raises ethical and environmental concerns.
This Dutch football stadium creates its own energy
Jul 6, 2018 · The system combines power conversion units and the equivalent of 148 new and used Nissan LEAF batteries, which store energy captured by 4,200 solar panels on the roof of the stadium and also from the grid.
The hidden cost of the electric car boom – child labour
Sep 24, 2018 · And with car ownership rates less than a quarter of those in Europe, the demand for electric vehicles in China looks set to explode. Image: Reuters/China Out People want electric vehicles for many different reasons, including ethical ones as we become increasingly aware of the impact of both climate change and air pollution.
The surprising truth behind the world's electric cars
Mar 5, 2018 · And the market is expected to boom further in the coming years. The report predicts electric car stocks will range from between nine million and 20 million by 2020 and between 40 million and 70 million by 2025. Countries around the world are also attempting to ban the sale of petrol and diesel cars, and are encouraging motorists to go green.
Electric vehicle demand – has the world got enough lithium?
Jul 20, 2022 · Lithium is one of the key components in electric vehicle (EV) batteries, but global supplies are under strain because of rising EV demand. The world could face lithium shortages by 2025, the International Energy Agency (IEA) says, while Credit Suisse thinks demand could treble between 2020 and 2025, meaning “supply would be stretched”.
How do batteries affect the environment? | World Economic Forum
Jun 8, 2015 · Let’s take electric vehicles as an example. The ecological damage of cars, electric or otherwise, is partly due to the fact that the car industry generates more than 3 million tonnes of scrap and waste every year. In 2009, 14 million cars were scrapped in the United States alone.
Here's how we can track the carbon footprint of car batteries
Oct 27, 2022 · But the batteries used in electric vehicles and other heavy machinery are complex, and involve numerous materials sourced from disparate regions of the globe – from cobalt and copper in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to lithium and iron in Australia. The battery value chain and CO2 footprint of batteries is still relatively opaque.
Global boom in electric vehicles will strain mineral supply
Jun 25, 2021 · Batteries account for 30% to 40% of the cost of an EV, and a price surge or supply disruption could make EVs less attractive to consumers, driving them back to the “safe choice” of petroleum vehicles. The price of lithium-ion batteries declined by half from 2014 to 2018, but by only 10% since then. Savings through innovation and economies ...
These 3 elements are crucial to the future of electric cars
Feb 13, 2018 · As electric vehicles (EV) become more affordable, some are predicting that they will constitute almost a third of new-car sales by the end of the next decade. Ride-sharing continues to surge, with estimates that, by 2030, it will account for more than 25% of all miles driven globally , up from 4% today.