Once on the road, electric vehicles offer a sustainable alternative to combustion engines — but their production involves mining lots of minerals, which isn't the greenest of processes. Sarah Montgomery is the cofounder of Infyos, a startup which helps battery manufacturers improve their supply chain resilience and sustainability, and chatted to Sustain about the challenges that EV suppliers face.
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