Barron estimates that there is enough cobalt and nickel in those nuggets to power 4.8 billion electric vehicles-more than twice the number of vehicles on the road today, worldwide.
The plan also stated Hainan will implement preferential policies on vehicle purchase taxes for new energy vehicles and advance the use of clean energy for various types of vehicles in the province.
Eyewitnesses said protesters angry at a new tax on vehicles tried to storm the offices of the governing Islamist party in the town of Kasserine. Police used teargas to drive them back.