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From: Impact of transport electrification on critical metal sustainability with a focus on the heavy-duty segment

Fig. 2

Accumulated lithium demand and recycled lithium under different scenarios. The four groups of bars represent the results under scenarios D1, D2, D3, and D4, respectively. For each group of bars, the left bar indicates the accumulated gross demand; the right bar indicates the accumulated recycled lithium; the difference in the length of the two bars indicates the accumulated net demand, which is also indicated by the area of the circles above the bars and the numbers within the circles. The green circles represent the current estimates of global lithium reserves and the total identified lithium resources for comparison with the accumulated net demand. VM: Vehicle Manufacturing; VS: Vehicle Scrappage; BR: Battery Replacement. Source data are provided as a Source Data file.

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