# Electric Vehicles' Battery Problem | Wendover Productions

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/wendover-productions-7264431/electric-vehicles-battery-problem-wendover-productions
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/wendover-productions-7264431/electric-vehicles-battery-problem-wendover-productions.md
Podcast: [Wendover Productions](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wendover-productions-7264431)
Published: 2026-07-14T13:54:00+00:00
Episode link: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/PODAGEN2543886895.mp3?updated=1778675630
Audio file: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/PODAGEN2543886895.mp3?updated=1778675630
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/wendover-productions-7264431/episodes/electric-vehicles-battery-problem-wendover-productions
Duration seconds: 1349

## Resource

Electric Vehicles' Battery Problem Use code WENDOVER16 for up to 16 FREE MEALS + 3 Surprise Gifts across 6 HelloFresh boxes plus free shipping at https://bit.ly/3ekejvZWatch Extremities at http://youtube.com/extremitiesBuy a Wendover Productions t-shirt: https://standard.tv/collections/wendover-productions/products/wendover-productions-shirtSubscribe to Half as Interesting (The other channel from Wendover Productions): https://www.youtube.com/halfasinterestingYoutube: http://www.YouTube.com/WendoverProductions Instagram: http://Instagram.com/sam.from.wendover Twitter: http://www.Twitter.com/WendoverPro Sponsorship Enquiries: wendover@standard.tv Other emails: sam@wendover.productions Reddit: http://Reddit.com/r/WendoverProductionsWriting by Sam Denby Editing by Alexander Williard Animation by Josh Sherrington Sound by Graham Haerther Thumbnail by Simon Buckmaster[1] https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/july-2020/please-explain-how-lithium-became-a-rock-star [2] https://www.forbes.com/sites/rrapier/2020/12/13/the-worlds-top-lithium-producers/?sh=378a13bb5bc6 [3] https://www.statista.com/statistics/235323/lithium-batteries-top-manufacturers/ [4] https://www.spglobal.com/platts/en/market-insights/latest-news/energy-transition/121421-commodities-2022-global-lithium-market-to-remain-tight-into-2022 [5] https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/cobalt [6] https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/nickel [7] https://pubs.usgs.gov/periodicals/mcs2021/mcs2021-lithium.pdf [8] https://eplanning.blm.gov/public_projects/1503166/200352542/20030633/250036832/Thacker%20Pass_FEIS_Chapters1-6_508.pdf#page=57 [9] https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/06/business/lithium-mining-race.html [10] http://gbrw.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Thacker-Pass-PR-final.pdf [11] https://www.sierranevadaally.org/20…

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/wendover-productions-7264431/episodes/electric-vehicles-battery-problem-wendover-productions/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/wendover-productions-7264431/electric-vehicles-battery-problem-wendover-productions.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.