☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 months agoChina’s control over a crucial battery material will make it nearly impossible for any electric-vehicle makers to qualify for Biden's subsidy scheme, South Korea has warned.www.ft.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up145arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up141arrow-down1external-linkChina’s control over a crucial battery material will make it nearly impossible for any electric-vehicle makers to qualify for Biden's subsidy scheme, South Korea has warned.www.ft.com☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square8fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareHobbitFoot @thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·7 months agoAnd if you need synthetic graphite, it sounds like this is something that can be produced rather than mined, making this more a production issue. Sounds like rubber.
minus-squarenekandro@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 months agoA lot of things are production issues rather than technology issues: semiconductors, cars, artillery shells… IBM had a 2nm chip in 2021. Trevithick had an automotive in 1801. Doesn’t mean it’s easy.
And if you need synthetic graphite, it sounds like this is something that can be produced rather than mined, making this more a production issue.
Sounds like rubber.
A lot of things are production issues rather than technology issues: semiconductors, cars, artillery shells… IBM had a 2nm chip in 2021. Trevithick had an automotive in 1801.
Doesn’t mean it’s easy.