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Samsung’s 20-year-life EV battery runs 600 miles on 9-minute charge (interestingengineering.com)
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[–] Atrichum 21 points 4 months ago

You're probably thinking of cobalt or perhaps hard rock lithium mines. Most lithium is just pumped out of the ground as brines, just like oil.