HypxMay 21, 2024

US can’t meet EV copper demand, study finds

US can’t meet EV copper demand, study finds

https://www.eenews.net/articles/us-cant-meet-ev-copper-demand-study-finds/

US can’t meet EV copper demand, study finds

"Just to meet business-as-usual trends, 115% more copper must be mined in the next 30 years than has been mined historically until now," the study said.

E&E News by POLITICO
Show threadwerefreeatlastMay 22, 2024
Use Aluminum! There’s nothing about copper that at this point aluminum couldn’t really do.
Show threadFireRetardant
Either way they’d have to rip out new ore, probably burning carbon to dig it up. Then smelt it, using more carbon, then transport the metal and turn it into an EV. Seems like developing more effecient forms of transportation would be a lot more green than selling everyone a new “green” electric vehicle.
May 22, 2024 at 4:58pmWeb
Show threadwerefreeatlastMay 22, 2024
Agreed. Fuck cars. But if you just gotta have that big monster truck, go with aluminum core motors. Less mass means more acceleration. There’s less inertia.