Graphite: The EV battery heavyweight

Just as important to the auto industry as lithium — graphite is used for the negative side of the battery — but also just as problematic since local production is in its infancy.

By 2030, the handfuls of battery-cell crops deliberate within the United States and Canada would require a mixed 1.2 million to 1.5 million tonnes of graphite a yr for manufacturing, Stopka mentioned, setting the stage for a brand new trade to take root.