Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2023

—Fengqi You, senior author Currently, critical metals and minerals are centralized in politically unstable Chile, Congo, Indonesia, Brazil, Argentina and South Africa, according to the World Bank. It’s mainly driven by the electric vehicle market penetration and battery technology development.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 31, 2023

GM has secured all the battery material we need to build more than 1 million EVs annually in North America in 2025 and our future production will increasingly draw from domestic resources like the site in Nevada we’re developing with Lithium Americas. Tranche 2: GM to invest $330 million into Lithium Americas.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 3, 2020

Currently, virtually all of the lithium used in the US is produced outside the country—most is mined in Argentina, Chile, China, and Australia. A focus is advancing California’s unique opportunity to recover lithium from geothermal brine in support of California’s clean energy future.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 15, 2023

of global greenhouse gas emissions, or about as much carbon as the country of Argentina produces annually, according to the International Energy Agency. And their model only considers computing—it doesn’t take into account the energy consumed by vehicle sensors or the emissions generated during manufacturing.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2013

The lithium industry is therefore becoming more reliant on rechargeable batteries to sustain high rates of future demand growth, Roskill concludes. 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 25, 2016

The introduction of the one-ton pickup with seating for up to 5 people will make Mercedes-Benz the first premium manufacturer to account for the changing customer requirements in the global segment of mid-size pickups. The key markets will be Argentina, Brazil, South Africa, Australia with New Zealand, and Europe. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

As a leading manufacturer, we are already advising our costumers today on how to make the most of our buses and especially our electric buses. The Daimler Buses division was thus able to maintain its position as market leader in the most important core markets EU30 (EU, Switzerland and Norway), Brazil, Argentina and Mexico.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2016

He is leading Ford into a future where cars are not only vehicles, but increasingly becoming mobile technology platforms. Fields also previously led Ford’s European operations, served as president and CEO, Mazda Motor Corporation in Japan and was the managing director of Ford Argentina earlier in his career.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2020

The industry is being impacted largely by the uncertainty for the future, and this issue started to arise even before the pandemic took hold. Demand in Latin America fell by 30% to 318,000 units, following restrictions in Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Peru, and more recently Brazil and Mexico.

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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. The first participants to complete the three-year program will support the run-up phase of the I.D.

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Plug In India

MARCH 15, 2023

Considering a use case with the following supply chain, The total emissions for lithium extraction in Chile, which then stays in Chile for lithium processing and proceeds to Korea for cell manufacturing and vehicle assembly will be 1.5 Here is another research paper from a traditional ICE car manufacturer - Volkswagen. metric tons (5.07

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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. For more information read: Toyota in Argentine Lithium Deal for Hybrid Car Push. By Eriko Amaha for Reuters. By Eriko Amaha.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2016

Since 2014, when Tesla first announced the Gigafactory with Panasonic, other manufacturers have begun to take notice and take action. Looking at the full picture here, the future demand for lithium is truly staggering,” says Michael Kobler, CEO and director of American Lithium Corp. , or Panasonic Corp. Electrical Grid Connections.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

We look forward to its continued growth, with more joint projects in the future. The truck will be built by Nissan in the Renault plant in Cordoba, Argentina, along with the Nissan NP300 and a Renault 1-ton truck, for Latin America. —Carlos Ghosn. The three trucks will also be built at the Nissan Barcelona plant in Spain.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Equipmake’s modular design gives operators the flexibility to scale the amount of battery throughout the life of a bus, thereby future-proofing it for a range of routes and distances. The Jewel E is set to be manufactured in 2022 at an all-new facility in Norfolk.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2022

Tesla isn’t the only EV manufacturer facing these hurdles. They are forming joint ventures with battery material manufacturers to build factories that will ensure future battery deliveries will be reliable and affordable. Building a domestic supply chain isn’t just a priority for manufacturers.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2012

Nissan Americas manufacturing plants. Nissan Americas reported record sales of 1,561,230 in 2011 calendar year for Nissan and Infiniti brand vehicles throughout the region encompassing North, Central and South America—a record year in both market share and volume for Japan’s second largest manufacturer. Nissan Argentina.

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Drive Electric

APRIL 12, 2023

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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Baua Electric

JANUARY 4, 2024

However, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) opens avenues for EV buyers to access credits when their cars are manufactured using materials from countries with US free trade agreements. Efforts by the Biden administration to establish FTA-like agreements with other key players, including nickel giant Indonesia and Argentina, are underway.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2021

Lithium production currently requires huge quantities of water in otherwise arid areas (salt flats in Argentina and Chile), or by exposing source material to high temperatures (China and Australia)—a process that consumers large quantities of energy. Batteries are crucial for Earth’s low-carbon future. — Nature editorial.

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Drive Electric

AUGUST 9, 2022

EV MYTH ONE: Manufacturing EVs is just as bad for the environment as ICEVs. So, are electric vehicles are still as eco-friendly when the manufacturing process of the car and battery are taken into consideration? Vehicle manufacturing is an energy-intensive process. Manufacturing an Electric Vehicle.

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Drive Electric

AUGUST 9, 2022

EV MYTH ONE: Manufacturing EVs is just as bad for the environment as ICEVs. What’s less clear, is whether electric vehicles are still as eco-friendly when the manufacturing process of the car and battery are taken into consideration. Vehicle manufacturing is an energy-intensive process. Manufacturing an Electric Vehicle.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2018

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.

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