The Trouble with Lithium
Posted by Max Dunn Wed, 09 Jan 2008 19:39:00 GMT
It turns out that lithium is not very abundant or easy to mine, and that the price is going up. In this paper, the author even argues that there is not enough lithium available in the world to convert all cars over to plug-in hybrid (PHEV) if we expect to use lithium batteries in them:
The Trouble with Lithium – Implications of Future PHEV Production for Lithium Demand