Baua Electric

MARCH 20, 2024

Global miner Rio Tinto will invest USD 350 million at its Rincon lithium plant in Argentina as it works to begin production by the end of the year, the company said this week following Chief Executive Jakob Stausholm ‘s visit to the site.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 16, 2024

In a move aimed at bolstering its lithium reserves and fostering the development of lithium mining and downstream sectors, India’s state-owned Khanij Bidesh India (KABIL) has inked a significant lithium exploration deal in Argentina. This includes initiatives in countries like Australia, Argentina, and Chile.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2023

Technology group Wärtsilä will power the biggest battery electric ship yet built with its battery-electric propulsion system and waterjets. It will also be the world’s first electric, lightweight catamaran. The vessel will operate between Argentina and Uruguay. The order with Wärtsilä was booked in July 2023.

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Innovation News Network

JULY 11, 2023

Learn more about the Rincon salar in Argentina and how it has the potential to expand the electric vehicle revolution. The post How is the Rincon salar progressing in Argentina? appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2022

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.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

This post focuses on minerals used uniquely in the manufacture of electric cars. The table below lists the weight (in kg) of the minerals used in a typical electric car and a typical conventional car. Electric cars. net import reliance for the eight minerals used in electric cars. Argentina, Chile, China, Russia.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

Calgary-based Lithium Chile has ownership in the largest high-grade lithium reserves in the world comprising 79,900 hectares in Chile and 23,300 hectares in Argentina. Chengze Lithium International Limited—China’s second-largest lithium processor—is required to divest itself of its investment in Lithium Chile.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Ford has produced its 150,000 th Mustang Mach-E electric vehicle since starting production nearly two years ago, a significant milestone as the company scales EV production to a rate of 600,000 annually by late 2023 and more than 2 million annually by 2026.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2019

The Chilean Minister of Transportation and Telecommunications, Gloria Hutt, recently announced a new order for 183 BYD electric buses for the Chilean capital of Santiago, due to arrive in August of this year. Metbus is also one of the largest pure electric bus fleet operators in the Americas.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2021

BYD won an order to deliver another 406 battery-electric buses to the Colombian capital of Bogotá, coming shortly after a previous announcement on 17 December of the delivery of the 470 pure electric buses to the city. There are currently 483 electric buses in TRANSMILENIO S.A, Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

BYD will provide the Colombian capital of Bogotá with a fleet of 379 pure electric buses, in a deal awarded by the capital’s TransMilenio SA mass transport authority. This fleet will begin operations in September 2020, giving Bogotá the largest electric bus fleet on the continent and one of the largest in the world.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2022

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”.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2010

Balqon Corporation, an emerging developer and manufacturer of heavy-duty electric vehicles for Class 7 and Class 8 applications ( earlier post ), has entered into a Dealer Agreement with Autoelevadores Yale, a leading distributor of material handling equipment and electric vehicles in Argentina.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2021

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. View of the salt lake Salar del Hombre Muerto in northern Argentina. In this way, the company creates complete transparency over the origin and mining methods of the material.

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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. Australia-based Allkem and US-based Livent announced a definitive agreement to combine in an all-stock merger of equals valuing the combined company at US$10.6

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

The Córdoba (Argentina) City Council and the Renault-Nissan Alliance have signed a letter of intent (LOI) on joint research into how electric vehicles can improve quality of life and environmental conditions for the citizens of this provincial capital.

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 23, 2022

” So far, South America has been a laggard in the transition to electric mobility. By Juan Diego Celemín Mojica “Passionate for all things Latin American, I’ve been closely following the energy and mobility transitions since they started to be present south of the Equator.”

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 3, 2023

The first half of 2023 has already been over for a while, and the EV transition is accelerating, so we’re bringing news from a region often forgotten when speaking about electric vehicles: Latin America. Time flies. We will divide this series of articles into three parts: the laggards, the middle of the pack, and the […]

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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

JANUARY 12, 2017

BYD has been officially selected as the recommended company by the evaluation committee in Argentina for the purchase of 50 electric buses on behalf of the Ministry of Environment. To better satisfy market demands, BYD plans to build a new local manufacturing plant in Argentina.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2018

per annum, global output is expected to triple between 2018 and 2022 to reach 154kt (metal content), as 86kt of new metal capacity comes on stream to meet the increasing demand for the metal for use in batteries in electric vehicles and smartphones. Identified lithium resources in Argentina are 9.8 million tons.

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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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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

Those of you who read my report on the EV market situation in the region may remember that only four countries have surpassed 1% BEV market share, and some of them (looking at you, Argentina) even […]

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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

Australia is the global leader in lithium production in 2021, with Chile (26,000 tonnes), China (14,000 tonnes), and Argentina (6,200 […]. In good news for the Australian mining industry, miners produced 55,000 tonnes of lithium in 2021, a 28% increase from the 39,700 tonnes of lithium produced in 2020.

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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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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

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

This in turn will result in increased consumption of lithium and support investment in mine expansions across Chile and Australia and new mine development in Chile, Australia, Argentina and Canada. These numbers include battery electric vehicles (BEV) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV). million by 2022.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

According to the scenarios developed in this study , a high penetration of electric vehicles worldwide (up to 75% of the stock of vehicles in 2050) would not entail a geological supply risk, as reserves are sufficient in the long run. Production is currently concentrated between Australia (40%), Argentina and Chile (50% between them).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2013

in partnership with Chinese automaker BYD Ltd, introduced the first battery-electric 12-meter rapid transit bus in Uruguay and the region. The bus can be charged overnight, while the electricity pricing is lower. By 2015 it is expected that more than 500 BYD electric buses will be running on the streets and roads of Uruguay.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 29, 2022

A group of documentarians has just driven the entire length of the Americas in a Tesla Model X and a Tesla Model 3, traveling from Alaska to the Southern most point of Argentina. Electric Americas is a project that groups together some of my favorite things; Tesla vehicles, extreme sports, and documentaries.

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CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

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. 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.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Potential opportunities for collaboration in electric vehicle (EV) and battery material supply chains. In addition to the partnership with Global Lithium Resources, the company is exploring various options to secure the supply of critical battery minerals in countries like Canada, Brazil and Argentina.

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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. Top electric vehicles battery manufacturers in India.

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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. Resources Thea Riofrancos, Alissa Kendall, Kristi K.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 7, 2024

Dodge is in the news this week with its new Charger, which will be offered with gas and electric powertrains. The automaker said that it leads Brazil, Argentina, and Chile in sales, exceeding 878,000 units last year and giving it a 23.5 The electric Charger Daytona has up to 670 horsepower and a 3.3-second percent market share.

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 23, 2022

” If you missed part 1 of this series, see: South American Plugin Vehicle Markets, A Brief Overview — Part 1: Argentina, Peru, & Ecuador. Chile […].

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