Chapitre 29: What are lithium-ion battery cells made of?


Leclanché SA is a Swiss com any that produces lithium-ion cells for batteries, although not for electric vehicles. The cell is nevertheless the same that is used for EVs. Sources: 1, 2, 3.
There is less and less cobalt in the lithium-ion batteries today. Tesla is working on that option for example. Source: here.
In the Leclanché batteries, there are no rare earths. In. the batteries, there is copper, manganese, nickel, cobalt, lithium.
Leclanché recycles copper, cobalt, nickel. Lithium not totally at the moment, for a matter of costs.