Interest In Electric Vehicles Is Growing, And So Is The Demand For Lithium

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There's a lot of lithium in an electric car with 7kgs of it in every Tesla driving on the road. But recently lithium prices has gone from boom to bust, leading to mine closures in regional Australia.