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89/100Author:
Henry Sanderson
Publisher:
Oneworld Publications
Date:
September 13, 2022
Sanderson journeys to meet the characters, companies, and nations scrambling for the new resources, linking remote mines in the Congo and Chileâs Atacama Desert to giant Chinese battery factories, shadowy commodity traders, secretive billionaires, a new generation of scientists attempting to solve the dilemma of a âgreenerâ world.
What The Reviewers Say
Despite its subtitle, Volt Rush is a delicious journey of discovery that focuses mainly on the winners—the people, companies and countries that profit from the current EV mania.
... a remarkably hopeful and useful book.
Throughout the book, Sanderson deftly guides us through the convolutions of which company bought what from which, and he livens up that potentially desiccated subject matter with an eye for characterful detail.
From China to Congo to Chile to the U.S., Sanderson lucidly reveals the global connections behind the complex processes of battery production and mining, along with the increasing demand and reliance on them.
