JAKARTA - Delivering a speech on the sidelines of last year’s G20 Summit, President Joko Widodo pointed to lithium as the one crucial element Indonesia still needed to make electric vehicle (EV) batteries. Turning, he gestured towards Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese seated near him and observed: “That man has lithium.” Nickel-rich Indonesia may be […]
Indonesia’s EV dream crashing on a lack of lithium
Indonesia importing a fraction of the lithium needed to crank up EV battery production with no clear new source in sight
