Long-running batteries with 'full life circle' costs will be key for the operating costs of Nio's thousands of battery swapping and charging stations

China and Indonesia account for 70% of global supplies of nickel, but producers in the countries have become unprofitable after the battery metal shed more than 80% of its price since last year

Harvard scientists say their solid state battery design charges in minutes and lasts for thousands of cycles

The new requirements, issued in December, seek to reduce US reliance on China in its electric-vehicle supply chain

Tesla paid 222.42 million yuan ($31.13 million) for use rights to a 19.7-hectare (48.7 acres) plot in Shanghai for $31.13 million

Global sales of fully electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles reached a new monthly record of 1.4 million units in November

The Biden administration's curbs are designed to wean the US electric vehicle battery supply chain away from China

Prices of the key EV battery metal have already tumbled close to 80% this year with supply outpacing the rise in demand

Spot lithium prices in the world's top producer of the battery metal were effectively down close to 80% year-on-year

A basket of prices for the key electric vehicle battery metal has dropped by more than 60% this year

China is the world's top graphite exporter and refines more than 90% of the world's graphite into the material used in virtually all EV batteries

The breakthrough batteries can be swapped at Reliance stations or recharged at home using rooftop solar panels, which the firm also plans to sell