EV affordability threatened by cobalt prices: Did the US let resource control lapse over oil?

Rivian builds first customer example of R1T - September 2021Just as the Middle East has been a strategic center in global oil politics, the Democratic Republic of Congo has become the epicenter for the raw materials needed for electric vehicles—especially cobalt. The country is the source of more than two-thirds of global cobalt, according to the New York Times—a boom that’s feeding…
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Tesla sends out ‘Cyber Rodeo’ invites for Giga Texas opening

Tesla has started to send out invites to an event called ‘Cyber Rodeo’, which is going to be the grand opening of Gigafactory Texas in Austin – a big moment for the company and its manufacturing expansion in the US.

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