[tomrod]

Not lithium, rare earth minerals.

Yeah, lithium is much more plentiful.

[philipkglass]

Lithium ion batteries don't use rare earth minerals (which are the lanthanides plus yttrium and scandium [1]). Nickel metal hydride batteries contain some light lanthanides, but these new battery factories are all for lithium ion batteries.

[1] https://www.usgs.gov/centers/national-minerals-information-c...