Mr. Musk has built a constellation of like-minded heads of state — including Argentina’s Javier Milei and India’s Narendra Modi — to push his own politics and expand his business empire.
Below the waters of the Cook Islands, population 15,000, lie minerals used to power electric cars. Extracting them could bring riches, but many say it’s a bad idea.
Demand for lithium, which is used in electric vehicle batteries, has soared but domestic production of the metal has lagged behind other countries.
The presumed winner supports policies that have led to a boom in coal-burning, but also to the creation of a nascent electric-battery industry.
And that’s a good thing. They’re critical for renewable energy, and a new study says recovering them from old cellphones and other waste could help meet the demand.
The decision in Parliament, opposed by environmentalists, will allow prospectors to start surveying the country’s waters.
After decades of stagnation, the Tar Heel State is the beneficiary of a lithium rush fueled by demand for car batteries.
Electric vehicles really are better for the environment than hybrid vehicles that have both gas and electric motors.
The move is the oil giant’s first foray in the production of a metal vital for electric vehicle batteries.
America needs to invest in mining and build resilient supply chains for the building blocks of electric batteries.