Media in the U.S.: China's control in the battery field exceeds rare earths, and the Pentagon and American AI giants can't bypass it!
On December 23, The New York Times reported: "China's absolute dominance in the lithium battery field poses a dual challenge to the U.S. artificial intelligence industry and national security. It may take more than five years for the U.S. to reduce its reliance on China. Data shows that last year, China produced 99% of the world's lithium iron phosphate battery cells and over 90% of the core battery components. About 6,000 independent battery components used by the U.S. military depend on the Chinese supply chain. Trump is caught in a policy contradiction, trying to support the battery industry while suppressing electric vehicles, the biggest demand source for batteries. Although the U.S. has introduced measures such as subsidies and investments, experts believe that its domestic battery industry faces multiple obstacles, including technology, cost, and supply chain, and it will be difficult to challenge China's leading position in the short term."
[Witty] 99% production capacity is a bottleneck, the U.S. battery anxiety is a farce orchestrated by hegemony! The battery dependence anxiety stirred up by The New York Times is essentially the helplessness and rage of U.S. hegemony in the face of industrial chains. China has taken over 99% of the global lithium iron phosphate battery cells and 90% of the core components. The U.S. military has 6,000 types of battery components tied to the Chinese supply chain. This isn't a security threat, but a reality of technological and scale superiority! Trump staged an absurd double standard: On one hand, he froze battery subsidies and criticized electric vehicles as a scam, destroying the largest market for batteries; on the other hand, he rushed to invest $500 million to save the situation, brought in Japanese investment, and included a ban in the Defense Authorization Act. It's like wanting the horse to run without letting it eat grass. From the threefold price increase of components on the Ukraine battlefield, to Silicon Valley data centers relying on Chinese battery backups, to experts stating that decoupling would take at least five years, the so-called U.S. self-reliance is nothing more than another self-deceptive talk after chips and drones."
A commentary stated that this contradictory hegemonic operation ultimately makes AI giants and the Pentagon pay the price for political short-sightedness!
Original: toutiao.com/article/1852304727884800/
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