EV Revolution Activated: GM Puts $650 Million Into Securing Its US Lithium Supply

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2023 04:58:21 +0000

No matter how many Super Bowl commercials you run about your EV lineup, no matter how much you talk about your EV leadership, you can only sell as many EVs as you have batteries lined up for. That seems simple enough, right? The thing is, there’s a supply crunch not just for batteries, but also […]

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Australian Mining News — Not Just Lithium, But Rare Earths!

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2023 03:21:33 +0000

Andrew Forrest is a leader in the move away from fossil fuels. He established Fortescue Future Industries (FFFI) to capitalise on and accelerate the transition to a green global economy. Recently, while announcing Fortescue Metals Group’s “best-ever” half-year result he said: “We have … a very rare insight, I think, for a mining company, into […]

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How The Salton Sea Could Solve Battery Mineral Supply Issues

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2023 18:45:27 +0000

In late summer, it’s not uncommon for a big storm to send a gush of water down an arroyo, a dry streambed that gets cut by monsoon storms in the Southwest. To the farmers who lived in the Imperial Valley of California in 1905, the weird early summer water that came pouring down some of […]

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Stellantis Thinks EV Batteries & Hydrogen Fuel Cells Can Coexist

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2023 15:31:52 +0000

solid-state EV batteries energy storageStellantis is doubling down on solid-state EV batteries and hedging bets with hydrogen fuel cells.

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Mangrove Lithium CEO Talks Lithium Resources, Refining, & Localization

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2023 20:50:50 +0000

I recently talked with Mangrove Lithium CEO and cofounder Dr. Saad Dara about lithium resources, lithium refining, and localization of the EV battery supply chain for another episode of CleanTech Talk. You can find our CleanTech Talk podcast episodes on Anchor, Apple Podcasts / iTunes, Breaker, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Pocket, Podbean, Radio Public, SoundCloud, Spotify, or Stitcher. In his initial PhD work, Dr. Dara was focused on water […]

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GM Adds Buick To Electric Car Lineup In China

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2023 04:50:45 +0000

electric car evs china gm buick electra 5With the new Electra 5, GM banks on Buick brand to add high end SUV sizzle to its electric car sales in China.

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Mining Giant Albemarle Announces Advanced Lithium Tech Park In North Carolina

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2022 06:45:07 +0000

Cutting global heating emissions relies in huge part on electrifying transport. Electrifying transport relies on massively scaling up mining & processing of a handful of minerals. The most famous of those minerals is lithium. The #1 provider in the world of lithium for EV batteries is Albemarle Corporation. For the state of North Carolina, that […]

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MIT Researchers Solve Dendrites Mystery To Creating Smaller & Lighter Batteries

Credit to Author: Tim Tyler| Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2022 23:13:57 +0000

A breakthrough regarding dendrites made by MIT researchers may finally open the way to the building of a new type of rechargeable lithium battery that is safer, lighter, and more compact than existing models, a concept that has been pursued by labs all over the world for years. The replacement of the liquid electrolyte between […]

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