This metal is powering today's technology—at what price?

        February, 2019 National Geographic | Bolivia | electric vehicles: charging

Robert Draper writes about how evaporation mining in the Andes is transforming Bolivia by providing new sources of lithium for a growing EV and storage battery market. Bolivia is hoping lithium will become “the engine of our economy” from its plentiful supplies in the Salar de Uyuni, a 4,000-square-mile salt flat at the top of the world. (2,000 words)