Volvo produces first cars with recycled cobalt tracked using blockchain
Carmakers are under pressure from customers and investors to prove electric vehicles do not rely on conflict minerals or child labour
02 August 2019 - 17:50
London — Volvo Cars, owned by China's Geely, has produced the first cars containing recycled cobalt mapped using a blockchain, and has joined a separate project to monitor cobalt from Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) , Volvo said.
Carmakers are under pressure from customers and investors to prove electric vehicles do not rely on conflict minerals or child labour...
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