Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2023

A team from Cornell, with a colleague from Paul Scherrer Institute, has analyzed the trade-off between the decarbonization potential of the road transportation sector and its critical metal requirement from the demand-side perspective in 48 major countries committing to decarbonize their road transportation sectors aided by electric vehicles (EVs).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2023

The merger will create a leading global lithium chemicals producer that will target large automotive companies and look to accelerate supply growth in Canada and Argentina. billion and adjusted EBITDA of approximately US$1.2

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Electric Vehicles India

AUGUST 10, 2021

Top electric vehicles battery manufacturers in India. Before we jump into the list of top EV battery manufacturers in India, let us discuss some things about electric vehicles batteries. Firstly the batteries are one of the important components of electric vehicles in India. million metric turns.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Data and analytics company GlobalData forecasts that the demand for lithium needed for the production of lithium-ion batteries for use in EVs will more than double from 26.7kt in 2018 to 58.3kt in 2022. to reach 380,000, 107,000, 100,000, and 99,000 vehicles, respectively, in 2022. million by 2022.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2022

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”. However, Bolivia is production-poor; Chile and Argentina are top global producers, but Bolivia has yet to produce the mineral in commercial quantities.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2021

By sourcing lithium from a second supplier, we are securing requirements for production of our current fifth generation of battery cells. Now, the company is broadening its supplier base and additionally sourcing lithium from Argentina, where the raw material is obtained from brine from salt lakes.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 2, 2023

The Silver Peak mine—now owned by Albemarle —generates about 1% of the world’s annual production of lithium. Brine operations, mostly in Chile and Argentina, generate about 75% of worldwide production. The mining of lithium-containing ore, which is especially common in Australia, accounts for the rest.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2022

developer of the ll-electric vertical take-off and landing (“eVTOL”) Lilium Jet, and Livent Corporation , a producer of lithium products for the battery cell industry, will collaborate on the advancement of lithium-metal technology for use in high-performance battery cells.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2022

SK On, a global electric vehicle (EV) battery manufacturer, signed a lithium supply deal with Australia’s Lake Resources ( earlier post ), a move that will further strengthen its key battery materials supply chain in response to robust business growth and geopolitical risks. million electric vehicles (EVs).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2022

Under the agreement, Ford will explore becoming the foundation customer for Rio Tinto’s Rincon lithium project in Argentina. Rio Tinto is currently progressing detailed planning to bring Rincon into production and will work with Ford toward a significant lithium off-take agreement to support its production of electric vehicles.

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CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

This is approximately half of global production. Australia is the global leader in lithium production in 2021, with Chile (26,000 tonnes), China (14,000 tonnes), and Argentina (6,200 […].

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

Distribution of reserves (dashed circles) and world primary production (solid circles) with the main companies present on current production sites and on-going projects. Production is currently concentrated between Australia (40%), Argentina and Chile (50% between them). Source: USGS, 2017).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Rio Tinto has started producing spodumene concentrate, a mineral used in the production of lithium for batteries, at a demonstration plant in its Rio Tinto Iron and Titanium (RTIT) Québec Operations in its metallurgical complex in Sorel-Tracy, Canada. —RTIT Managing Director Stéphane Leblanc.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Potential opportunities for collaboration in electric vehicle (EV) and battery material supply chains. SK On has been steadily reinforcing its supply chain for key battery materials to cope with geopolitical instability and expansion of its global production capacity.

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CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Although use of these minerals is not restricted to battery production for EVs, they are nonetheless important for meeting the increasing demand for EV production. The United States imports many of the minerals used in EV batteries, such as cobalt, graphite, lithium, manganese, and nickel, with lithium being the predominant mineral.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 31, 2023

Lithium Americas estimates the lithium extracted and processed from the project can support production of up to 1 million EVs per year. —GM Chair and CEO Mary Barra The agreement with GM is a major milestone in moving Thacker Pass toward production, while setting a foundation for the separation of our U.S.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 24, 2022

Australia is the largest lithium exporter in the world, accounting for 46% of the world’s lithium production in 2021. Australia’s lithium production is forecast to grow from 335,000 tonnes of lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE) in 2021–22 to 399,000 tonnes in 2022–23 and 470,000 tonnes of LCE in 2023–24. billion in 2021–22 to $16.1

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2023

US consumers are embracing electric vehicles (EVs), with more than half of the nation’s car sales predicted to be electric by 2030. The authors examined four cases of lithium mining: Argentina, Chile, the United States, and Portugal. Riofrancos et al.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2010

Balqon Corporation, a developer and manufacturer of heavy-duty electric vehicles for Class 7 and Class 8 applications ( earlier post ), has entered into a Dealer Agreement with Mol Transport Solutions, a leading manufacturer of port and material handling equipment in Europe.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2018

Roskill Information Services forecasts that the lithium industry will need to add nearly 100kt of new lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE) production per year by 2027 to keep up with demand driven by the global transition to electric vehicles. The shift to greater mineral production has been driven by several factors.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2018

Roskill Information Services forecasts that the lithium industry will need to add nearly 100kt of new lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE) production per year by 2027 to keep up with demand driven by the global transition to electric vehicles. The shift to greater mineral production has been driven by several factors.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 3, 2024

Demand for key-battery mineral lithium will continue to grow, underpinned by strong adoption of electric vehicles but the price of the metal is expected to be volatile, Rio Tinto CEO Jakob Stausholm said on Sunday. That has forced many producers to shutter production and cut jobs.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2013

In addition, in the period to 2017 Roskill forecasts that the main market driver for lithium-ion batteries will gradually switch from portable consumer electronics to electric vehicles, especially hybrid variants. Production is dominated by Talison Lithium in Australia, SQM and Rockwood Lithium in Chile, and FMC in Argentina.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Of the many applications for lithium batteries, electric vehicles (EVs) and energy storage solutions (ESS) stand out as by far the largest and fastest growing sectors, driven by the world-wide shift from traditional fossil-fueled vehicles towards cleaner forms of transport and energy use. Ltd; AMG Brazil S.A.; ppm Li (0.0018%).

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Baua Electric

MARCH 28, 2024

Chile is a key target as it is the world’s biggest supplier of copper and the second-biggest producer of lithium, which are essential for electric vehicle batteries and renewable energy systems in the push away from fossil fuels. million) lithium exploration pact for five blocks in Argentina.

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Electric Vehicles India

APRIL 26, 2021

As lithium is in high demands to use for electric vehicles turbocharges prices for the metal. This deal will help to establish a diversified production base across Australia, South America and Canada to boost the production of more and more said the Australian Securities Exchange-listed companies.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2020

Currently, Germany is a net importer of lithium needed for the production of battery cells for electric vehicles. Imports are coming from the typical mining countries Chile, Argentina, and Australia, which account for more than 80% of global production. Jens Grimmer. —Dr Grimmer.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2022

Ford announced a series of initiatives for sourcing battery capacity and raw materials that light a clear path to reach its targeted annual run rate of 600,000 electric vehicles by late 2023 and more than 2 million by the end of 2026. 150,000 F-150 Lightnings for North America. 150,000 Transit EVs for North America and Europe.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 21, 2024

India is striving to establish reliable lithium supply to bolster its growing electric vehicle (EV) industry with its recent INR 200 crore investment in lithium exploration in Argentina by the Ministry of Mines. Argentina has brine deposits, for which the extraction and processing technology is well proven.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2018

The Volkswagen brand has launched a program—the “Future Electronic Engineer Program” (FEEP)—to train 100 young engineers and skilled workers throughout the world as top production experts in e-mobility. family, the new generation of full-electric vehicles based on the modular electrification toolkit (MEB) in Zwickau.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 17, 2018

Lithium demand is expected to continue growing with the shift from fossil-fuel powered vehicles to electric vehicles (EV), in addition to the steady growth of lithium-ion batteries for electric devices. Lithium brine operations typically have a much lower cost of production than hard-rock lithium deposits.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 20, 2010

Orocobre Limited , an Australian minerals exploration company with a focus on developing “best of class” Lithium, Potash and Boron resources in Argentina, and a Toyota Group Company, Toyota Tsusho Corporation, will establish a joint venture to develop Orocobre’s flagship Salar de Olaroz Lithium-Potash Project in Argentina.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 19, 2024

India is striving to establish reliable lithium supply to bolster its growing electric vehicle (EV) industry with its recent INR 200 crore investment in lithium exploration in Argentina by the Ministry of Mines. Argentina has brine deposits, for which the extraction and processing technology is well proven.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

A combination of high fuel costs, concerns about petroleum availability and air quality issues related to fossil fuel-based vehicles are driving interest in electric vehicles. The majority of known lithium reserves are located in China, Chile, Argentina and Australia. —Ona Egbue.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2017

through its US subsidiary EnerNOC, has acquired California-based eMotorWerks, a North American supplier of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, called JuiceBox, and owner and operator of JuiceNet, an Internet of Things (IoT) platform for the smart management of EV charging and other distributed energy storage facilities.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 15, 2024

In a world where electric vehicles and utility-scale batteries are taking over, it would be nice to not depend on a geopolitical rival for your most important raw material. A third of the company’s product went to the country in 2022, overtaking the US for the first time. Pilbara Minerals Ltd., and Tesla Inc.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 20, 2010

Toyota Tsusho Corp, a trading house and key Toyota supplier that Toyota owns 22 percent of, just announced that it would be jointly developing a new lithium project in Argentina with the Australian-listed Orocobre Ltd. “Toyota is taking a step on its own to secure the materials it needs to ensure stable production.&#.

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