Visualized: What is the cost of electric vehicle batteries?
The cost of EV batteries can vary based on size and chemical composition.
Posts by Visual Capitalist Elements:
Charted: America’s import reliance of critical minerals
The US is 100% reliant on imports for at least 12 key minerals deemed critical by the government.
Ranked: The top 10 EV battery manufacturers
With increasing interest in electric vehicles from consumers, the market for lithium-ion EV batteries is now a $27 billion per year business.
Which countries have the world’s largest coal reserves?
The world has about 139 years of coal left at current consumption levels and excluding unproven reserves.
A breakdown of the critical metals in a smartphone
Smartphones can carry ~80% of the stable elements on the periodic table.
Visualizing global gold production by country in 2020
Although gold mining is a global business, just three countries—China, Australia, and Russia—accounted for 31% of global gold production in 2020.
Are copper prices in a supercycle? A 120-year perspective
To put the current trend into perspective, this graphic uses data from the U.S. Federal Reserve and consultancy Roskill to picture copper’s previous rallies over the last 120 years.
Visualizing China’s evolving energy mix
A carbon-neutral China requires changing the entire economy over the next 40 years.
Ranked: The top 20 metals and mining billionaires
Although tech and bank CEOs get all the limelight, eight of the 100 richest people in the world are in the metals and mining industry.
