All Cars Electric
JUNE 14, 2010
Electric cars like the 2011 Nissan Leaf require lots of lithium and other precious heavy metals to make them go. Today's sources of lithium are far and few: Bolivia has something like 40 percent of the world's deposits, while Russia, South Africa, Chile and Argentina have some.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 9, 2015
Most of the world’s lithium comes from Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Australia and China, but American resources being developed by new entrants into this market have set up the state of Nevada to become the key venue and proving ground for game-changing trade in this everyday mineral.
Green Car Congress
MAY 23, 2022
The company in March announced multiple price increases including its most affordable electric car, the Model 3 RWD—once touted at $35K—now has an eye-popping price tag of $46,990. Chile and Bolivia appear to be heading down the same path, placing rigid restrictions on outside access to the countries’ lithium.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 14, 2016
Chinese billionaire Jia Yueting is stepping onto Tesla’s playing field with its own electric car start-up, Faraday Future , and Apple is planning one too, by 2019. Through its Alphabet holding company , Google is also getting into the game with plans for a self-driving car.
Clean Fleet Report
NOVEMBER 20, 2021
may be forced to rely on foreign countries–primarily China, Australia and Chile, Argentina and Bolivia in South America–or our lithium supplies. Currently, only about one percent of the world’s lithium output is both mined and processed in the U.S. There is concern that the U.S.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
Electric cars and a smart electric grid have a bright future, according to panelists at a roundtable discussion on the subject that I attended last Friday in Boston. “I Mr. Thesen said that a factory in Turkey was being refurbished to be able to produce 100,000 electric vehicles a year.
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