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Home Posts tagged "Lithium Production"

Tag: Lithium Production

BMW makes deal for lithium sourced from salt lakes in Argentina

March 30, 2021 March 30, 2021

To make a dent in the electric vehicle world, as Tesla has demonstrated so well, car companies need a reliable source of batteries. That in turn relies on a reliable source of lithium and the other minerals required for battery production. Lack of battery supply has hampered electric car production…

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BMW funding research into sustainable lithium production

December 16, 2020 March 30, 2021

One of the complaints about electric vehicles is the possibility that sourcing the raw materials will cause grave ecological or societal harm. For example rare earth minerals are sometimes produced in locations with active resource wars. And of course it’s not unknown for industrial processes to have negative side effects.…

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Review: Bottled Lightning, super-batteries, electric cars, and the new Lithium Economy

November 29, 2011 March 30, 2015

At the core of electric cars is the electricity storage technology being used.  Most commonly electricity is stored in chemical batteries, which store electricity as chemical bonds in a soup of specific elements.  The key thing which is enabling the wave of electric vehicle advances is advances in battery pack…

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Researchers find plentiful lithium resources for electric vehicles, but ignore peak lithium

August 4, 2011 March 30, 2015

A group of researchers at the U of Michigan and Ford Motor have concluded there is sufficient resources of lithium for the next 90 years, enough to supply a large-scale global fleet of electric vehicles through at least 2100.  Lithium is a key element in electric vehicle batteries though by…

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