There are 1.5 billion cars in the world today. These combustion engine vehicles are major polluters, and governments are hoping to meet their climate targets by replacing them with lower-emission alternatives, such as electric cars. But this transformation is going to be a massive challenge, and it's already proving to be extremely divisive in Germany one the world's leading car producers.
Powerful batteries are needed if the world is to embrace electromobility on a larger scale. Those batteries need lithium. Bolivia, Chile and Argentina have rich reserves of the raw material.
Vietnam s burgeoning electric car industry
You don’t usually think of Vietnam when it comes to electric cars. But the Vietnamese corporation Vinfast wants to change that. Vinfast has raised the curtain on three new electric vehicles for the global market.
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