Davos AM24 - Rolling out EVs: A Marathon or a Sprint? - English

Electric vehicles are a promising solution to decarbonize the automotive ecosystem but battery production is complex and carbon-intensive. To replace the global vehicles fleet of internal combustion engines and shift to electric vehicles, 3 billion tonnes of lithium are needed and 700 years to extract it. Is the race to decarbonize the automotive industry a marathon or a sprint, and how do we tackle emissions across the value chain?