VW goes dirty nickelWay to sabatoge your clean energy marketing plan: Buy VW, we don't give a sh*t about the climate or where it comes from.
Volkswagen will form joint ventures with Huayou Cobalt and Tsingshan Group to secure nickel and cobalt supplies for electric vehicles in China, the world’s No. 1 car market, and to slash costs at a time of surging raw material prices.
The move is part of a 30 billion euro ($33 billion) push by the world’s second-largest carmaker to build a network of battery cell factories and secure more direct access to vital raw materials that are needed to supply them.
https://www.mining.com/web/volkswagen-unveils-asian-ventures-to-secure-e-battery-materials-supply/