Sam Evans

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11,513 appearances 100 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 17 Aug

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The Electric Viking · Wood-Powered EV Batteries? CATL’s Massive New Bet Is Genius! · 27 Jul 2026 podcast

hello my friends welcome to the channel i'm your host and today we have some massive news that could solve one of the biggest bottlenecks in the entire electric vehicle industry matched

When people talk about EV batteries, they obsess over lithium, lithium-ion phosphate, NMC, solid state, sodium, et cetera. matched

But did you know that up to 50% of lithium-ion battery cells by volume are actually made of graphite? matched

That is NMC batteries. matched

Lithium-ion phosphate batteries are a little different. matched

Right now, though, that graphite comes with a dirty little secret. matched

But a New Zealand-based company called Carbonscape just secured a massive investment from CATL, C-A-T-L. matched

Yes, the biggest battery company in the world by wide margin. matched

And this will completely flip that script. matched

They are turning literal forest waste into battery-grade graphite. matched

This is exactly the kind of disruption the legacy automotive and fossil fuel industries have been trading, probably thinking we can keep on using this against them. matched

Let's get into the details. matched

To understand why Cato is pouring capital into a New Zealand startup, we've got to look at the massive global problem with graphite. matched

An average EV battery, an NMC battery, requires somewhere between 50 and 100 kilograms. matched

Not many people know that. matched

That's roughly 110 to 220 pounds of graphite for the anode. matched

Currently, more than 75% of global battery graphite is synthetic. matched

And do you know where synthetic graphite comes from? matched

It's derived from petroleum and oil-based materials. matched

Don't tell anyone this. matched

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