When will more environmentally friendly batteries be available ?

We are aware of the impact of using critical raw materials in our vehicles. This includes not only the mining of lithium and cobalt, but also the extraction of aluminum and petroleum-based plastics. Our current approach is to avoid critical materials as much as possible, or to use them only to the absolute minimum through intelligent lightweight construction. However, a complete elimination of these materials or switching to technologies not yet available to us is not currently feasible. Nevertheless, we will continuously monitor this issue out of our own initiative and substitute the materials we use as soon as possible.