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BMW Group to source lithium from Livent

Green Car Congress

Livent will supply the lithium directly to the BMW Group’s battery cell manufacturers from 2022 on. The salt lakes in the border region between Argentina, Bolivia and Chile are home to roughly half the world’s lithium reserves. Solvents and other chemicals do not come into contact with the environment during this process.

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We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

Cars That Think

That would require a dramatic increase in EV sales: In the United States in 2021, just over 1 million vehicles—less than 1 percent of those on the road—were fully electric. And only 3 percent of the new vehicles sold were fully electric. It’s a tall order , and a costly one, to make and sell so many EVs so soon.