Tesla Leading Global Race to Develop Sustainable EV Batteries

The electric vehicle industry has a new priority: finding a way to make batteries without the need for lithium, cobalt, and other rare earth minerals. Not only are these minerals pricey and getting pricier every day, they’re also locked up in monopolized value chains that give outsized energy influence to China.

As the world is still reeling from the disastrous consequences of being overly reliant on Russian energy exports in a tumultuous geopolitical climate, many countries and industries have a new and frightening perspective on the current…