Elon Musk: Tesla Can Already Do Without Cobalt Almost Completely

Several days ago Tesla CEO Elon Musk revealed in a tweet that Tesla batteries now have "no cobalt at all" in most of their cars and only tiny amounts in others. Musk said Tesla is going to zero cobalt soon, whereas phones and laptops primarily use cobalt in their batteries.

Elon Musk's tweet came in response to a Twitter user who linked the electric car maker to child labor for cobalt in the Congo.

The electric car manufacturer Tesla is considered a pioneer when it comes to e-mobility. Even if electric cars are considered an environmentally friendly alternative to conventional combustion engines, there are also materials in the batteries of the vehicles that are definitely considered problematic. Car manufacturers are repeatedly criticized for the use of cobalt in particular. As Tesla boss Elon Musk recently revealed via Twitter, Tesla is almost over with that.

Cobalt is an important component of e-car batteries.

Precarious mining conditions and child labor in the Congo call human rights organizations to the scene.

Tesla boss declares that even now hardly any cobalt is used in Tesla batteries.

How is it possible to do Tesla batteries without cobalt now?

Musk's statement now invites speculation as to how exactly the electrical pioneer could have achieved this impressive achievement. According to the relevant industry portal Teslamag, there are two possible explanations. On the one hand, this could mean that the use of LFP cells in the USA is now making more progress than previously assumed. The last official stand was that Model 3 buyers were offered to use the LFP batteries produced in China.

According to Teslamag, another possible explanation could be that the production capacities in China have now far surpassed those of the Tesla plant in Fremont, which must also mean that almost all Tesla Stromers produced in China now have LFP batteries .

Whatever the battery status of the various Tesla models, it is no secret that Elon Musk would like to use more LFP than cobalt-containing batteries in the long term. The question is how long it will be before then.

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This is Armen Hareyan from Torque News. Please follow us at https://twitter.com/torquenewsauto on Twitter and https://www.torquenews.com/ for daily automotive news.

Reference

https://www.finanzen.net/nachricht/aktien/problematischer-rohstoff-tesla-chef-elon-musk-tesla-kann-schon-jetzt-fast-komplett-auf-kobalt-verzichten-10576527
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1441851891000889350