VW, Ford and Tesla batteries may contain nickel from deforested Indigenous land

Batteries used by Volkswagen, Ford and Tesla may contain nickel mined on deforested Indigenous land in Sulawesi, Indonesia, an Oct. 16 analysis found. It links Cahaya and Hengjaya mines to tree loss, tracing ore through Huayou processing plants in Indonesia and China to CATL, the world's largest battery maker, and on to carmakers.