Report in the smh about battery making in Western Australia. Not...

Report in the smh about battery making in Western Australia. Not feasible. Might be a lesson for Townsville. But was it ever really a possibility?

The report said WA mines most of the metals needed for the nickel-manganese-cobalt lithium-ion batteries emerging as the dominant design for electric vehicles.
However, because countries like China, Japan and South Korea have been making lithium-ion batteries for two decades at a lower cost than Australia it was unfeasible it could break into the global market.

https://www.smh.com.au/business/the...down-wa-s-battery-dreams-20181102-p50dmm.html