The global electric vehicle market is expanding, but the supporting metals and refining markets are exposed to risk, an IEA report found. A report from the International Energy Agency on the global outlook for electric vehicles found sales passed 1 million last year, a record level and a 54 percent increase over 2016. Norway has the largest concentration, with EV sales accounting for 39 percent of new vehicle sales. While electric cars make up only 2.2 percent of the Chinese market, the volume means the country leads in terms of global sales. “So far, EV deployment has mostly been driven by policy,” the IEA’s report read. “The main markets […]