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America’s lithium laws fail to keep pace with rapid development – ET Auto

Baua Electric

Koch Industries-backed Standard Lithium said last October it had drilled a Texas brine well with lithium concentrations nearly as high as those found in parts of Chile, which has the world’s largest lithium reserves. “We’re taking a measured approach to Texas,” said Robert Mintak, Standard’s CEO.

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The raw materials crunch: How bad, how long, how to solve it?

Charged EVs

Range has increased, access to charging infrastructure has expanded, and major automakers have (finally) begun to actively market their EVs and to prepare for a new era of mass production. Newly charged automakers are finding themselves to be production-constrained , as EV trendsetter Tesla has been for some years.