Demand for raw materials to make electric vehicles will triple by 2050, while lithium-ion batteries could account for more than half the total resources needed for the auto industry by the same date, research from Japan has found. Batteries account for about half of all resources consumed in battery electric vehicle production as the in-car power source needs lithium, nickel, cobalt, manganese, and graphite to work. As the world scrambles to find new sources of these materials – the McDermitt Ca...