KPIX CBS Weekend News June 4, 2024 01:49:00
Deposit like this? >> this is a world class deposit. >> reporter: todd works for town and metals and his company hopes to turn farmland into the largest source of nicking. a mineral critical for electric car batteries. nickel makes the batteries last longer so the cars go farther. and it's expected the world will need 20 times more of it by 2040 to fuel ev production. currently the u.s. produces less than 1% of world supply. leaving american ev makers relying on supplies from places like russia, china, indonesia and australia. >> no country wants to be dependent on another country for a source...
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