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How electric vehicles and battery metals survived the pandemic
How electric vehicles and battery metals survived the pandemic
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Length:
23 minutes
Released:
Jan 5, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
The COVID-19 pandemic hit many industries hard in 2020, including automotives. Electric vehicles’ sales, however, grew substantially from 2019 -- and the trend should continue in 2021, supporting the demand for battery metals such as lithium and cobalt. This edition of the Platts Future Energy podcast explains why EVs outperformed internal combustion engine cars and how the lithium and cobalt markets reacted to this increase amid the pandemic.
Released:
Jan 5, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (94)
Battery metals still on the up: technology may be game-changer: Battery metals markets continue bullish, recent industry events have shown, but with concerns in both the lithium and cobalt camps. In the first of S&P Global Platts’ monthly podcasts on battery metals, Marcel Goldenberg, markets and methodology develop by Platts Future Energy