The 3 wheeler e-rickshaws in India mostly use Lead Acid Batteries to keep costs down in order to undercut the incentives to buy an auto-rickshaw (eg. Union membership, not getting beat up with a tire iron, less bribes)
81% of all EV batteries in India are Lead-Acid [0]
From a Lithium dependency standpoint, the Indian government made exclusivity deals with Australia, Argentina, and Chile [1][2] to mine Lithium and transfer lithium enrichment technology to Indian companies. That said, it would take a decade for this to pan out.
> But the term jumped out while reading the sentence
Shows the credibility (or lack thereof) of the article. There is an EV boom in India, but this article accidentally turned into a submarine article.
81% of all EV batteries in India are Lead-Acid [0]
From a Lithium dependency standpoint, the Indian government made exclusivity deals with Australia, Argentina, and Chile [1][2] to mine Lithium and transfer lithium enrichment technology to Indian companies. That said, it would take a decade for this to pan out.
> But the term jumped out while reading the sentence
Shows the credibility (or lack thereof) of the article. There is an EV boom in India, but this article accidentally turned into a submarine article.
[0] - https://www.batteriesinternational.com/2022/09/01/lead-in-dr...
[1] - https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/india-tapping-i...
[2] - https://eastasiaforum.org/2024/01/27/indias-long-road-to-lit...