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Booming electric vehicle sales drive surge in cobalt prices

Demand and prices for battery material cobalt are soaring as electric vehicles stream out of showrooms in China and Europe, with little prospect of a significant reversal as drivers and governments move to cut carbon emissions.

Silver’s Clean Energy Future

Our view is that the “green revolution” will be highly positive for silver: Sprott’s Maria Smirnova

Silver may be the next battery metal

Samsung Reveals Solid-State EV Battery with 500-Mile Range. The pouch that the team created would give an EV a range of about 500 miles and have a lifecycle of more than 1000 recharges. That’s a vehicle with a battery that lasts 500,000 miles.

The surprising ‘driver’ of future silver demand

While silver is favored due to more photovoltaics and an uptrend in precious metals in light of currency worries, the Silver Institute said the electric vehicle sector is also going to need more Ag.