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Mineral content of selected electric vehicle lithium-ion battery types in 2020 (in kilograms)

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Release date

May 2022

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2020

Special properties

Figures are for lithium-ion batteries with a 60KWH capacity

Supplementary notes

The name of a battery type is based on its cathode chemical composition:
NMC811: nickel (80%), manganese (10%), cobalt (10%).
NCA+: Nickel cobalt aluminum oxide.
LFP: Lithium iron phosphate

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EV Li-ion battery mineral content 2020, by type

Published by
Doris Dokua Sasu,
Nov 27, 2025

Electric vehicles (EVs) use a variety of lithium-ion battery types, which vary by chemical composition and thus mineral content. For example, an average NMC811 battery - the latest generation of nickel, manganese, and cobalt batteries - contains **, *, and f*** kilograms of its cathode component materials, respectively. They also have the lowest demand for lithium, among the depicted types. Meanwhile NCA+ batteries contain on average *** kilograms of cobalt, less than half the requirements of an NMC battery. It also requires the least amount of copper and steel among the displayed batteries.

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