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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The global production of electric vehicles is likely to increase at an astonishing pace. That means automakers need a lot more batteries, and all that demand could mean a bottleneck. NPR s Camila Domonoske reports.
CAMILA DOMONOSKE, BYLINE: Lithium-ion batteries - the kind found in phones, laptops and electric vehicles - they re in pretty tight supply right now. Elon Musk says that s why the Tesla semitruck is delayed. And if it s hard to get batteries now, just wait.
LOGAN GOLDIE-SCOT: We expect lithium-ion battery demand to increase at least tenfold over the next decade.
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Biden’s ‘Buy America’ plan may hit a solar wall Source: By Miranda Willson, E&E News reporter • Posted: Tuesday, March 2, 2021
President Biden, joined by Vice President Kamala Harris, delivers remarks on his “Buy American” initiative on Jan. 25. Adam Schultz/White House/Flickr
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President Biden has pledged to make the United States a leader in clean energy manufacturing as part of his efforts to jump-start the economy and create “millions” of green jobs.
But when it comes to boosting U.S. production of solar parts and modules key technologies in Biden’s plans to zero out electricity-sector carbon emissions the administration faces an uphill battle.
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