Lithium-ion batteries have enabled us to build electric cars that let us drive around without burning fossil fuels. But how green are these batteries actually? And where do they end up once they're spent?

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Read More (Links): 
 
Electric vehicle market: 
https://about.bnef.com/electric-vehicle-outlook/ 
 
Lithium criticality: 
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-18402-y.pdf 
 
Working conditions in Cobalt mines: 
https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---asia/---ro-bangkok/---ilo-manila/documents/publication/wcms_720743.pdf 
 
Lithium-Ion Vehicle Battery Production: 
https://www.ivl.se/download/18.34244ba71728fcb3f3faf9/1591706083170/C444.pdf 
 
Lithium-ion battery recycling market (excerpt of full report): 
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/587657ddbe659497fb46664c/t/5fdaa991dc2ddb6396c30fa6/1608165783527/The+lithium-ion+battery+life+cycle+report+sample.pdf 
 
More on the Nobel Prize winners: 
https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2019/10/popular-chemistryprize2019.pdf

Reporter: Malte Rohwer-Kahlmann   
Video editor: Johanna Rath
Supervising editor: Joanna Gottschalk