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US’s Electric Vehicle Boom Is Deepening the Suffering in the Congo (truthout.org)

submitted 5 months ago by Five@slrpnk.net to c/environment@beehaw.org

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[–] delirious_owl@discuss.online 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

What chemistries do you mean? And which car models actually use them?

I don't mean theoretical. I mean something that's actually used.

[–] sonori@beehaw.org 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Primarily LFP, and as for cars that currently use them, off the top of my head base model Teslas, Fords, some Kia, and basically everything BYD or other Chinese manufacturers export use it.

[–] delirious_owl@discuss.online 2 points 5 months ago

Oh wow, I thought LiFePO4 had cobalt. Yeah, that's like the most common type