article thumbnail

OptiFuel to repower Argentina’s 400 freight locomotive fleet from diesel-power to CNG and/or RNG

Green Car Congress

OptiFuel Systems has signed a Collaboration Agreement with the Argentina Ministry of Transportation through Ferrocarriles Argentinos Sociedad del Estado (FASE). Argentina has prioritized government and public investment to grow the share of freight shipped by rail throughout the country. The reason for this is that RNG requires 2.5

Diesel 418
article thumbnail

Start-Up MOBI LATAM partners with EnergyX to develop Bolivian domestic lithium battery supply chain

Green Car Congress

Both companies will work towards creating a Bolivian domestic lithium battery supply chain to develop the region’s electric mobility market. Bolivia is lithium-rich; the USGS estimates identified lithium reserves in the country to be 21 million tons—ahead of Argentina and Chile, the other members of the “lithium triangle”.

Bolivia 320
article thumbnail

Study calls for reduction in car ownership, battery size and vehicle dependency to limit environmental impact of surging lithium demand

Green Car Congress

A crucial aspect of electrified transportation is new demand for metals, and specifically the most non-replaceable metal for EV batteries—lithium. Even if the car-centricity of the US transportation system continues, limiting the size of EV batteries alone can cut lithium demand by as much as 42%. Riofrancos et al.

Batteries 397
article thumbnail

Enel acquires eMotorWerks to provide grid balancing solutions and tap into US e-mobility market

Green Car Congress

Through the JuiceNet platform, these facilities can be remotely controlled and aggregated for grid balancing purposes relying on unidirectional and bidirectional (vehicle-to-grid, V2G) electricity flows. Enel has installed around 5,000 charging stations in Italy, Spain, Romania, Greece, Chile, Colombia and Argentina.

Grid 170
article thumbnail

Country’s Ministry of Mines announces lithium discovery

Electric Vehicles India

For the first time in the country, GSI found one of the key components of EV battery Country’s Ministry of Mines announces lithium discovery. Lithium is one of the key components of EV batteries first discovered in Jammu and Kashmir. Lithium is a non-ferrous metal used as one of the key components in EV batteries.

India 79
article thumbnail

Opinion: Why Lithium Will See Another Price Spike This Fall

Green Car Congress

Previous announcements of billion-dollar investments in battery factories by Volkswagen were largely brushed off by investors as deflections from their “Dieselgate” scandal. Electrical Grid Connections. Grid storage is designed on a variety of scales, each with a different price point. Demand Response: A Wild Ride.

Price 150
article thumbnail

Opinon: Lithium Market Set To Explode; All Eyes Are On Nevada

Green Car Congress

While other commodities are floundering or completely collapsing in this market, lithium—the critical mineral in the emerging battery gigafactory war—is poised to explode, and going forward Nevada is emerging as the front line in this pending American lithium boom. Without lithium, there will be no battery gigafactories.

Nevada 150