Electric-car race could strain lithium battery supply

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The headlong rush to create electric cars for green-minded consumers may come with a significant economic and environmental cost.

Lithium ion batteries–the same used in electronic gadgets and laptops–have become the preferred battery type for plug-in hybrids and electric cars now starting to come to market.

That swelling demand has …

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