After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, gasoline prices all over the world almost record level reached. In our country March 5, March 7 and March 8 gasoline prices went up repeatedly. per liter of gasoline overnight 1.07 TL While the increase was coming, the liter of diesel was increased by 1.59 TL. While people are making calculations to buy electric vehicles, there may be a price increase in electric car prices due to the shortage of raw materials. Here are the details…
Electric car sales figures in Europe have been announced!
With the new report published, electric car sales figures in Europe were announced. There was a significant increase in sales.
Electric car prices will skyrocket
With the increasing gasoline prices all over the world, in internet searches “Does it make sense to buy an electric vehicle?There was an increase in the question “I”. However, electric vehicles may not be a very reliable port for those who want to save money.
Nickel, an important component in lithium-ion batteries, which are electric car batteries. More on batteries energy and allows manufacturers to reduce the use of cobalt, which has a more expensive and less transparent supply chain. The crisis between Russia and Ukraine caused nickel prices to increase very rapidly.
Russia has a major role in electric car battery production. On February 25, Nickel was trading on the London Metal Exchange at $24,000 a ton. On March 8, it was traded at $ 80,000. The biggest reason for the increase in nickel prices is that Russia, one of its important producers, is facing international sanctions.
As of March 8, the increase in Nickel was the biggest increase among the 6 main raw materials traded. Although Russia does not have a very important role in nickel mining, it has a large role in the production of batteries for electric vehicles. Benchmark Mineral Intelligence CEO‘This Simon Moores TwitterHe emphasized that Russia has a 20 percent share in the electric car battery production supply.
“Nickel is the biggest driver for electric car prices”
Tesla CEO Elon Musk, tweeted last month, “Nickel is one of the biggest problems for us. From now on, we can shift to the iron cathode production method in the future.” However, this solution considered is a solution to Tesla’s dream long-range electric car production. benefit may not be.
After the chip shortage Nickel crisis What do you think about it? Will electric car prices rise as expected? We would be very happy if you share your views with us in the comments and Forum section.