{"id":346890,"date":"2024-10-15T16:46:13","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T14:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=346890"},"modified":"2024-10-15T16:46:15","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T14:46:15","slug":"engineers-recommend-reducing-ev-battery-size-to-cut-lithium-demand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=346890","title":{"rendered":"Engineers recommend reducing EV battery size to cut lithium\u00a0demand"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Paul Homewood<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Full of good ideas, aren\u2019t they!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The UK needs a comprehensive plan to reduce demand, reuse and recycle critical materials, such as lithium, to meet its net zero strategy goals and strengthen economic security, according to a report by the National Engineering Policy Centre, led by the Royal Academy of Engineering.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The report highlights the UK\u2019s reliance on critical materials like lithium for batteries and magnesium for steel production, which are primarily sourced from global mining operations.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Key recommendations include reducing <\/em>electric vehicle<\/em><\/a> battery sizes by 30%, which could cut the UK\u2019s lithium needs by 17%.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Professor Joan Cordiner, Chair of the National Engineering Policy Centre Working Group on Materials and Net Zero, said: \u201cThe way we extract and consume materials is unsustainable and we must address it urgently.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur report highlights the rising demand for critical materials, driven in part by their use in batteries, power systems and electronics.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are not the only country that will be competing for these finite minerals and we are calling on the new government to develop a materials strategy that addresses demand and reuse of critical materials.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor example, if we reduced the size of the UK\u2019s larger electric vehicle batteries by 30% we could cut our lithium demand by 17% and save 75 million tonnes of rock mined for lithium by 2040 \u2013 that\u2019s the equivalent of 19 Wembley Stadiums full of rock.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Engineers recommend reducing EV battery size to cut lithium demand<\/a><\/blockquote>