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GlobalData: Global lithium production to triple over the next four years

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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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Study calls for reduction in car ownership, battery size and vehicle dependency to limit environmental impact of surging lithium demand

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The authors examined four cases of lithium mining: Argentina, Chile, the United States, and Portugal. Reductions scale proportionally; for example, recycling reduces lithium demand by 50% for any scenario combination chosen. Riofrancos et al.

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International Lithium Association (ILiA) established to be the voice of the global lithium industry

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Currently there are around eight large industrial operators in Australia, Chile, Argentina, China, Brazil, Zimbabwe and Portugal that produce lithium raw materials at significant scale, although this number is set to rise as lithium production increases to meet future demand. ppm Li (0.0018%).

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JATO: global vehicle sales fall by 39% in March; electrified vehicles up to 17.4% new registration market share in Europe

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Markets were significantly hit in Italy, France, Spain, Austria, Ireland, Slovenia, Greece and Portugal, where the combined volume fell from 634,600 units in March 2019 to 161,800 units last month. The volume was also affected by the economic crisis in Argentina, the region’s third largest market. million units.

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Ford launches innovate mobility challenge series

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The worldwide challenges kicked off in Lisbon, Portugal; Los Angeles, United States; and Mumbai, India; before moving on to Delhi and the Chennai region in India; Shanghai, China; Johannesburg, South Africa; and a countrywide challenge in Argentina. Lisbon, Portugal: Different sized cities utilize different mobility infrastructure.

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China’s new energy buses are re-exported to Europe

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Zhongtong’s new N series pure electric buses are exported to the second largest city in Portugal. Recently, Zhongtong Bus’s first batch of six pure electric new N-series buses was officially delivered to Porto, Portugal’s second largest city, and officially opened for operation locally.

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Micro-components in EVs: small dimensions and tight tolerances (Whitepaper) – Charged EVs

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