Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2015

Nissan Motor will invest $600 million in Argentina and will become an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) with the domestic production there of an all-new NP300 Frontier pick-up. The global Renault-Nissan Alliance will serve as a tool to kick-off Nissan’s manufacturing operations in the country.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Germany-based Evonik Industries is building a new plant for manufacturing catalysts for biodiesel production in Argentina. It will primarily serve markets in Argentina and Brazil, with an annual capacity of more than 60,000 metric tons. The detail engineering of the facility is already complete.

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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. Lithium is among one of the costliest materials that are found outside of India, in other countries such as Chile Australia, China, Argentina, etc.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2021

Livent will supply the lithium directly to the BMW Group’s battery cell manufacturers from 2022 on. 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.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

This post focuses on minerals used uniquely in the manufacture of electric cars. Argentina, Chile, China, Russia. The main import sources for the eight minerals are Canada (nickel and zinc), China (natural graphite and rare earths), Chile (copper), Gabon (manganese), Norway (cobalt), and Argentina (lithium). Rare earths.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2023

Ensorcia, whose main operations are now based in Argentina and Chile, currently has several projects under study for the creation of different lithium processing plants in South America, Europe and North America. Ensorcia uses IBAT ’s modular, mobile DLE (Direct Lithium Extraction) technology.

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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

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

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

The SEAT Componentes plant has been awarded the Volkswagen Group’s new MQ281 gearbox, a 6-speed manual gearbox that will be equipped in vehicles manufactured with the MQB platform. SEAT Componentes will start to manufacture this gearbox in 2019 and annual production capacity is forecasted to reach 450,000 units for worldwide distribution.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2022

As a fully integrated lithium producer, Livent uses its differentiated technology processes to both source raw lithium and manufacture a range of specialty lithium products. Livent supplies lithium to many of the world’s premier electric vehicle brands and battery makers.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2020

lithium carbonate product from its industrial-scale pilot plant operations at the Rincon Lithium Project in Salta Province, Argentina. Argosy has a current 77.5% (and ultimate 90%) interest in the Rincon Lithium Project in Salta Province, Argentina and a 100% interest in the Tonopah Lithium Project in Nevada.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2022

Tera Technos manufactures and supplies silicon nanoparticle-based SiO x , an anode material that can overcome the limitations of conventional anode materials for batteries and realize high capacity, high efficiency, and high stability. POSCO Holdings broke ground for a lithium production plant in Argentina in March. Earlier post.)

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

South Korea-based SK On (SKO), a global EV battery manufacturer, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Australia’s Global Lithium Resources to explore future business opportunities together in regard to stable supply of lithium.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2018

Currently, the highest production is in Australia with 18.3kt, followed by Chile and Argentina with 14.1kt and 5.5kt respectively. Three spodumene operations in Australia and two brine operations each in Argentina and Chile accounted for the majority of world lithium production in 2017, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2021

BYD will co-work with Superpolo, a Colombian bus manufacturer, on the body part of the buses for such order. Throughout Latin America, BYD’s new energy vehicle footprint has spread to major markets including Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil, Barbados, Panama, Costa Rica, Uruguay and Argentina. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

The buses will be manufactured entirely by BYD and operate in the Integrated Public Transportation System – SITP, with the towns of Usme and Fontibón to be the first to enjoy the electric bus technology. Globally, BYD buses, taxis and other electric vehicles are present in more than 300 cities, 50 countries and regions.

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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’s Rincon is a large lithium brine project located in the heart of the lithium triangle in the Salta Province of Argentina. Rio Tinto completed its acquisition of Rincon earlier this year. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2020

The 3Q Project (Tres Quebradas Lithium Project) is located in Catamarca Province, the largest lithium producing area in Argentina, and covers approximately 35,000 ha including a salar complex of approximately 16,000 ha. —Constantine Karayannopoulos, Chairman of Neo Lithium. In 2019, the company’s EV battery sales volume reached 40.25

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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. BYD begun the promotion of its technologies in Argentina in 2011 through its local subsidiary, especially those related to electric vehicles and public transport.

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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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Teslarati

OCTOBER 4, 2021

.” Chile, Argentina, and Bolivia make up the “Lithium Triangle,” holding more than 75% of the world’s lithium supply in their salt flats. The Canadian company has two lithium mining projects in Argentina. Millennial Lithium may help CATL streamline its supply chain for battery production.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2011

Eaton Corporation has signed a long-term agreement to design and supply Argentine bus manufacturer Tecnología Avanzada en Transporte S. with a hybrid electric power system for use in buses in Argentina and throughout South America. TATSA), a company wholly owned by Consorcio Metropolitano de Transporte S.A.,

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2010

Capstone Turbine Corporation has initiated a demonstration project with TATSA, an Argentine bus manufacturer, that will use a Capstone series hybrid electric drive system featuring a C65 microturbine ( earlier post ) as the range extender for a transit bus. TATSA (Tecnología Avanzada en Transporte S.A.)

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 24, 2022

Despite the spread of new battery manufacturing capacity into Europe and the US, Asia remains the major source of demand for lithium. This rapid growth is forecast to be met by gains in output by Australia, Chile and Argentina. Over the following two years, demand is forecast to rise by more than 40%, reaching 1,091,000 tonnes by 2024.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2016

billion in a new small car plant in Mexico, building a new manufacturing site in San Luis Potosi State. This investment comes during Ford’s 91 st year in Mexico, including manufacturing vehicles since 1925. Mexico is Ford’s fourth-largest vehicle manufacturing site for global customers—behind the US, China and Germany.

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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.

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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. That figure is 0.5%

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2018

One of China’s largest lithium-ion battery manufacturers, CATL, recently acquired North American Lithium from past owner Jilin Jien Nickel Industry. Nextview takes control of the Sal de los Angeles lithium brine project in Argentina, containing over 2Mt LCE of resources.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

In March 2022, Rio Tinto completed the acquisition of the Rincon lithium project, a large undeveloped lithium brine project located in the heart of the lithium triangle in Argentina. This long-life, scaleable project has the potential to have one of the lowest carbon footprints in the industry.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2013

Reflecting the concentration of lithium-ion battery manufacturers and associated cathode material producers in China, Japan and South Korea, the East Asia region has become an increasingly important consumer of lithium products over the last decade.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 31, 2023

The second tranche investment is expected to be made into Lithium Americas’ US-focused lithium business following the separation of its US and Argentina businesses and is contingent on similar conditions, including Lithium Americas securing sufficient capital to fund the development expenditures to support Thacker Pass.

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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. The only current domestic supply comes from the Silver Peak mine in Nevada.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2020

However, production losses in Argentina are likely to be approximately 35% in 2020, as already delayed expansion plans become delayed further, Roskill said.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2020

The regulation has already had an impact on production, as the transition directly from BS4 to BS6, in line with the Supreme Court’s deadline, meant that BS4 models could no longer be registered and many manufacturers were left with unsold factory and dealer stock. While Japan, Korea and the CIS countries recorded very low decreases.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2016

In this role, he led the development, manufacturing, marketing and sales of Ford and Lincoln vehicles in the United States, Canada, Mexico and South America and was responsible for overseeing the transformation of the company’s North American operations and record profitability.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2013

The company already participates in similar programs in the United States, China, Canada, Mexico, Brazil and Argentina. Ford operates a manufacturing plant that produces the Ford Figo, Ford Fiesta, Ford Classic, Ford Endeavour and Ford EcoSport, and an engine plant that produces 17 variants of gasoline and diesel engines.

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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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