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BMW Group to source lithium from Livent

Green Car Congress

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. Solvents and other chemicals do not come into contact with the environment during this process.

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Dark Matter Data Saved Via Parachute

Cars That Think

What saved the day was two data recovery systems (whose specs the researchers recently published ) that earlier in the day had already parachuted down to the Patagonia region of Argentina, rescuing more than 200 gigabytes of SuperBIT observations. It’s like streaming Netflix down from the edge of space.”

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Debunking the Lithium "Mining" FUD

Plug In India

Mining any mineral from earth has an impact on the environment. Social Media Lithium FUD When it comes to Lithium Mining, The FUD - Fear Uncertainty and Doubt propagated by Random Youtubers, WhatsApp university and Oil funded media is so easy to debunk, it’s not even funny. No EV owner denies this.

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Chacarita Is Buenos Aires’s Quirkiest Neighborhood. Get There Soon.

Baua Electric

It plays a pretty good second fiddle to Recoleta Cemetery , one of the top 10 tourist attractions in Argentina and housing the pantheon of the country’s revered former first lady, Eva Perón. Dreaming up a future getaway or just armchair traveling? While La Botica is a baker’s dream, Facón is a tourist’s. Get There Soon.

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Will the world run out of lithium?

Drive Electric

The United States Geological Survey revealed that the world’s identified lithium resources are estimated to be around 79 million metric tons, with the largest reserves in Chile, Argentina, and Australia. Given these predictions, it’s understandable that some may be concerned about the future availability of lithium.

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Ipsos study finds US among most skeptical of Autonomous Vehicles

Green Car Congress

The study was conducted as part of its What the Future series, which couples survey data and interviews with experts in the field to see what “big questions” companies should be asking themselves about the future of their industries. This issue of What the Future focuses on mobility, and if people are ready for the coming technology.