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Battery costs have declined by 99% in the last three decades, making electrified transport a reality
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Stop assuming we need new metals forever. At some point, recycling contributes to the ecosystem of batteries, like it does with lead acid.
Lithium is not rare, it's just no one cared to find it until recently.