Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2022

BASF and the Catholic University of the North (UCN) in Antofagasta, Chile, have signed a collaboration agreement to promote research, development and innovation in mining. As part of the venture, BASF established a technical service and development laboratory for flotation, hydrometallurgy and solid-liquid separation (SLS) at UCN.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Porsche, Siemens Energy and partners are developing and implementing a pilot project—the “Haru Oni” project—in Chile that is expected to yield the world’s first integrated, commercial, industrial-scale plant for making synthetic climate-neutral fuels (eFuels). Electrolyzers will use wind power to produce green hydrogen.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 28, 2024

India will send two delegations next month to Chile to scout for lithium and copper resources, a government source said, as rapid economic expansion and New Delhi’s efforts to speed up the energy transition stoke demand for critical minerals. Kantha Rao, the most senior official at the Ministry of Mines, said last week. USD 1 = 83.30

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 6, 2023

If you haven’t read it yet, you can find the previous article here: Latin America EV Market Share Part 1. Following up on our Latin American EV Market series, we continue now with countries that are further ahead of the “Laggards” but can’t be considered leaders. In this article, we’ll finally see countries surpassing the […]

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

The new Qualcomm Safety Car BMW i8 Coupé made its debut on Thursday in Santiago, Chile. kWh/100 km; combined CO 2 emissions: 78 – 77 g/km) as “Rescue Car” are part of the BMW i car fleet in the ABB FIA Formula E Championship. Alongside the BMW i8 Coupé, the new battery-electric BMW i3s (combined fuel consumption: 0.0

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2022

Chile is the world’s top copper producer (27% of global production) and exporter. In Chile, copper is mostly found in sulfide ores, especially in chalcopyrite (CuFeS 2 ), bornite (Cu 5 FeS 4 ) and chalcocite (Cu 2 S). In 2021 alone, Chile mined about 5.6 In 2021 alone, Chile mined about 5.6 © Juan Carlos Salas.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2021

The world’s largest lithium reserves and large parts of the total production are located in the Salar de Atacama. Due to the expansion of electromobility and digitalization, the demand for lithium as key material in batteries is expected to grow in the next years.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2021

Mineral resources from Chile are of great importance to Germany. The use of the limited freshwater resources in northern Chile for mining regularly fuels conflicts with the local population. Northern Chile is one of the driest regions on earth, but has extensive geothermal resources. calcium or magnesium).

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Baua Electric

APRIL 29, 2024

Chile’s state-run Codelco plans to begin lithium exploration in the country’s Pedernales salt flat in the second half of the year, as part of the copper miner’s nascent efforts to mine the white metal, Chairman Maximo Pacheco said on Monday. Chile holds the world’s largest lithium reserves.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2023

The agreement with Siemens Energy allows for electrolyzer deliveries which could support the start of construction as early as the first part of 2024 for the HIF Matagorda eFuels Facility. We face a time of incredible expansion in hydrogen production amid global supply chain challenges.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2021

Chile has long been a leading producer of lithium, which has become an essential element for the rechargeable battery market, among other uses. Evaporation ponds at SQM’s lithium mining site in the Salar de Atacama, in Chile. Image by SQM.). —Michael Wang.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 2, 2023

Brine operations, mostly in Chile and Argentina, generate about 75% of worldwide production. Demand for US-produced lithium is particularly strong due to tax incentives that reward consumers for buying electric vehicles with domestically produced and assembled parts.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 28, 2024

Alkhorayef stated that he was unaware of any discussions with Chile regarding its lithium licenses. The kingdom, heavily reliant on oil for its economy, has invested billions to become a hub for EV manufacturing as part of Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman’s economic diversification efforts.

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Baua Electric

JULY 17, 2023

Within the first part of this 12 months, China exported 2.14 Within the first part of this 12 months, Tesla China exported 182,000 automobiles, coming in as China’s third-largest auto export logo and accounting for one-third of China’s fresh power automobile exports. Extra particularly, 1.78

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

British adventurers Chris and Julie Ramsey will cross 14 countries, through Canada, North, Central and South America to Punta Arenas in Chile before travelling to the edge of the Antarctic continent, then onward to the South Pole. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

BHP Group, Caterpillar, and Finning International announced an agreement to replace BHP’s entire haul truck fleet at the Escondida mine —the world’s largest producer of copper concentrates and cathodes located in the Antofagasta Region, northern Chile. BHP operates and owns 57.5%

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The project is located approximately 80 km west northwest of the Calingasta town and 6 km east of Argentina’s border with Chile, at 3,500 m elevation in the Andes Mountains. Los Azules is an advanced-stage porphyry copper exploration project in the San Juan pro-mining province of Argentina.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2020

In Chile, SQM has stated that COVID-19 prevention measures have, so far, had “no material impact” on operations, with other facilities in the Atacama presumed to have seen a similar effect. Roskill anticipates 2020 production losses in Chile to be kept below 20%.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2021

BYD will co-work with Superpolo, a Colombian bus manufacturer, on the body part of the buses for such order. Throughout Latin America, BYD’s new energy vehicle footprint has spread to major markets including Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil, Barbados, Panama, Costa Rica, Uruguay and Argentina. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 27, 2014

This focus on interoperability and the benefit of continued bilateral research into alternative energy sources has been a part of the relationship between the Chilean navy and the United States Navy since 2010.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Chile’s SQM , the world’s second-largest lithium producer, on Wednesday posted an 82% fall in its fourth-quarter net profit from a year earlier, below forecasts as prices for the key battery metal continued to slide from earlier peaks. Revenue for the period fell 58% to USD 1.31 billion, also lagging LSEG’s USD 1.35

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The first project will involve testing the application of an innovative large-volume filter unit at a BHP copper mine in Chile, which would remove up to 80% of the water in the tailings stream before it is deposited in a storage facility. Responsible management of tailings and improved water use is a big part of that.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

We believe shared transportation is an integral part of the future of public transportation. In Latin America, DiDi offers various ride-hailing, taxi-hailing, and food delivery services in Mexico, Chile, Colombia, and Costa Rica, as well as in Brazil under the 99 brand.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

The top part of the cargo bed has a deployable platform from which a drone can take off and land. The new Nissan LEAF is now available through a pre-sale program in Brazil, Chile and Colombia. A strengthened roll bar stretches across the sides of the cargo bed, which features more space to store rescue equipment and two power outlets.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2022

Apart from the MoU with Compass Minerals, LGES signed an MoU with SQM of Chile as the two firms agree to commit to investigate and develop joint investment projects of electro-mobility industry value chain. —Dongsoo Kim, Senior Vice President of Procurement Center at LG Energy Solution.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 15, 2024

Parts of our key supply chains, including for clean energy, are currently over-concentrated in China,” US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said earlier this month during a visit to Chile, home to the largest lithium reserves. the Charlotte, North Carolina-based miner whose processing plant Yellen visited during her trip to Chile.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Rubin Observatory in Chile. In May 2023, if all goes according to plan, the camera will finally fly to its destination, itself currently under construction in the desert highlands of northern Chile. The detectors aren’t the only part of the camera that need to be kept on ice.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2021

ExxonMobil and Porsche are testing advanced biofuels and renewable, lower-carbon eFuels as part of a new agreement to find pathways toward potential future consumer adoption. As the fuel’s primary user, Porsche will use the eFuels from Chile among others in the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup starting in the season of 2022. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2020

We are actively scouting for opportunities in this segment in several parts of the world, both in Europe and in the Americas, and we look forward to joining forces with partners such as Maire Tecnimont to make the most of the significant potential that green hydrogen represents for the decarbonization of hard-to-abate sectors.

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Teslarati

MARCH 20, 2024

The Ford F-Series has long been one of the mainstays on this list, and while it sells well in the United States, Canada, and some parts of South America and continues to be the most popular pickup model, the Model Y has managed to surpass it , along with other best-selling vehicles.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 15, 2024

Argentina is part of the “Lithium Triangle” along with Chile and Bolivia with more than half of the world’s total lithium resources and having the distinction of having 2nd largest lithium resources.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2021

As part of the partnership, Finnish Minerals Group will invest in two key areas: To co-develop with JM an integrated solution to treat sodium sulfate, a common manufacturing by-product, providing a sustainable supply chain to conserve natural resources and protect the local environment. Securing lithium supply with SQM.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 18, 2021

The government of Chile is taking a stand: Its citizens must be protected from technologies that are capable of mind control, mind reading, or any other nefarious interference with their brains. Girardi says he hopes that Chile will be an example for the world and that other nations and international agencies will adopt comparable regulation.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2012

As part of a larger reorganization of its Global Oilfield and Mining Solutions business, BASF is establishing a dedicated Global Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) Business Development unit. The Regional Business Management in Santiago de Chile, Chile; Houston, Texas and Ludwigshafen, Germany will remain located where they are today.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2016

Vehicles produced in Mexico also serve customers in the US, Canada, China, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and South Korea. The investment is part of the company’s One Ford global product and manufacturing plan. During the past five years, Ford has invested more than $10.2

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Baua Electric

MARCH 20, 2024

Argentina, part of a so-called “ lithium triangle ” with Chile and Bolivia which holds half the world’s resources of the mineral, has increasingly attracted investment from international lithium miners. Rio Tinto said it is working with local communities and authorities to ensure environmental standards.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2021

The crust of earth contains an average of about 60 parts per million (ppm) or 0.006% while sea water typically contains 0.18 Traces of this element are present in nearly all minerals, brines, clays and sea water. ppm Li (0.0018%).

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