Tom BurtonCo-Founder, COO and CTO of LeadSmart Technologies

Why the EV Supply Chain Still Runs Through China #SupplyChain

Name: Why the EV Supply Chain Still Runs Through China #SupplyChain
Uploaded: 2025-05-21T17:35:03+00:00
Duration: 40 s
Channel: Tom Burton
Description: Short transcript excerpt from a YouTube video in which Tom Burton discusses the heavy reliance on China for rare minerals used in electric vehicle (EV)…

21 May 2025 · 1 min

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Short transcript excerpt from a YouTube video in which Tom Burton discusses the heavy reliance on China for rare minerals used in electric vehicle (EV) batteries, calls this dependence unwise, and suggests current diplomatic/negotiation moves may be minor gestures in a long multi-stage process ('chapter one in a ten').

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But the majority of the rare minerals we get to make batteries and car EV batteries and things like that come from China. Yeah. Now, which is, in my opinion, kind of a stupid situation to put ourselves in. But that's a different, different discussion. So I think that that will probably be possibly something that there's some concession to this weekend. Is there going to be a deal? No, I don't believe, but I believe that are there going to be some softening of the position, maybe some goodwill gestures, some things out there that you know. But I would say this is chapter one in a ten. Chapter ten. Chapter ten. Chapter booth or book. So.