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Why lithium mines in Cornwall could attract Elon Musk's Tesla to the UK — and ease China's stranglehold on the electric car market

Electric cars run on lithium-ion batteries, which are largely produced in factories in China.

Though Britishvolt is building the first "Gigafactory," a place where lithium-ion batteries are produced, in South Wales, experts say the UK government needs to do more to ease China's stronghold on the lithium battery market. Localizing production will hasten the growth of the UK market, and could help set Britain up for 2035, when experts predictto implement a planned ban on petrol, diesel, or hybrid cars. But more than that, it will facilitate a much-needed shift in the electric car market, away from long, environmentally damaging supply chains, towards localization.

"Domestic sourcing of raw materials where possible is important because that gives you security of supply," says Simon Moores, managing director of Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, which analyses the battery-to-electric vehicle supply chain. "Especially in a post-COVID era where this trend of globalisation is being cut back ... Every major country that produces cars is going to need its own battery capacity.

Cornish Lithium is part of the Lithium for the UK study, funded by the Government's Faraday Battery Challenge, that is exploring Cornwall as a potential supplier of battery-grade lithium. It recently raised more than $1 million, on top of, to continue its evaluation of lithium from hot springs and hard rock in Cornwall. In August, it was announced it would receive $5.

 

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elonmusk should explore the option of southern Afghanistan Kandahar and Helmand provinces have mega tons of lithium forever

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