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Bolivia’s sole electric car maker is taking a very different approach than the bigger guys

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Bolivia only has one electric car manufacturer and it’s hard to compare it to the bigger competition. But that’s likely by design, because La Paz-based Quantum Motors is building tiny electric cars built for just three passengers.

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Ford building new $1.6B plant in Mexico for small cars

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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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Brine-to-battery company EnergyX secures $450M funding agreement with Global Emerging Markets

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Created in 2018, EnergyX is a startup focused on providing efficient, sustainable solutions to challenges facing global lithium supply chains from the raw battery materials extraction process to refining and the manufacturing of next generation batteries.

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Rough road for EV industry

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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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GM leads $50M funding round in EnergyX; advanced lithium extraction and refining technology

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—Teague Egan, CEO, EnergyX In 2022, EnergyX became the first firm to design, build and commission an in-field pilot plant in the Lithium Triangle (Chile, Argentina, and Bolivia), which encompasses more than 65% of the known global lithium reserves.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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The Next ‘Better Place’ Is Australia New Subsidies for Electric Cars in Britain Tesla Motors to Build Battery Packs for Other Car Makers Previous post Group Says European Cap-and-Trade System Reduced Emissions Next post Cutting Costs With Solar Walls From 1 to 25 of 29 Comments 1 2 Next » 1. Bolivia is no friend of the USA.

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China’s battery supply chain tops BNEF ranking for third consecutive time; Canada close 2nd, US drops to 3rd

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China currently hosts 75% of all battery cell manufacturing capacity and 90% of anode and electrolyte production. This year, the changes in the overall rankings were mostly driven by the greater access to several key raw materials and manufacturing capacities domestically. —Ellie Gomes-Callus, metals and mining analyst at BNEF.

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