Canada needs to work toward gaining leadership in the EV revolution – report

Who stands to capture the graphite market?

Plant means jobs for 6,500 people.

Superchargers replenish half a charge in as little as 20 minutes.

Metals, minerals play critical roles in smartphones, electric vehicles.

Tesla has dubbed its $5-billion pet project, the "Gigafactory," and it could be up and running by 2017, prompting the need for battery-grade materials like graphite, lithium and cobalt.

The electric motor company's plans to double the globe's battery output will up graphite demand 152%, but sourcing cobalt outside the Congo could prove difficult.

Headlines about a Chinese economic slowdown may get good web traffic, but the real story is that China is buying up uranium and other resources around the world.

$5bn ‘gigafactory’ to spark EV uptake; battery graphite demand could double in 6 years with no growth elsewhere.

More than ever, companies, government and academia are forming partnerships to solve a global problem—the ongoing need for scarce critical materials.