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What’s Up With China EVs? Here’s a Clue

Electric-car infrastructure is something investors would do well to watchDense as it may be, the Chi

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For charging-pole providers like startup&nbsp;Qingdao TGOOD Electric Co., which operates China's&nbsp;largest network of EV plugs, and&nbsp;StarCharge, which isn’t listed yet but which plans to be in the not too distant future, that latent demand could pave the&nbsp;way for faster and smoother expansion, as well as provide a quicker path to&nbsp;profitability.</p><p>In the same vein, as batteries from the early fleets of EVs that started appearing on China’s roads in 2008 near retirement,lithium-ion battery recycling—&nbsp;a theme highlighted for the first time this year in the work report&nbsp; — is emerging as&nbsp;an urgent task that must be addressed, not only for environmental reasons, but also for devising efficiencies in mining the minerals used to make batteries. Some 39,000 tons of cobalt and 125,000 tons of nickel could come from spent batteries by 2030, helping to offset any shortfall in mined supply, according to BNEF. 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For charging-pole providers like startup Qingdao TGOOD Electric Co., which operates China's largest network of EV plugs, and StarCharge, which isn’t listed yet but which plans to be in the not too distant future, that latent demand could pave the way for faster and smoother expansion, as well as provide a quicker path to profitability.In the same vein, as batteries from the early fleets of EVs that started appearing on China’s roads in 2008 near retirement,lithium-ion battery recycling— a theme highlighted for the first time this year in the work report  — is emerging as an urgent task that must be addressed, not only for environmental reasons, but also for devising efficiencies in mining the minerals used to make batteries. Some 39,000 tons of cobalt and 125,000 tons of nickel could come from spent batteries by 2030, helping to offset any shortfall in mined supply, according to BNEF. For cobalt, that could meet around 10% of projected demand. 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