How The US Can Solve Its Lithium Supply Problem In One Fell Swoop
The USGS has surveyed a small portion of the Smackover Formation for a potential role in the domestic lithium supply chain, and it likes what it sees.
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This Explains Why GM Ditched The Ultium EV Battery Label
GM is laying plans for the EV battery of the future, including new cost-cutting, performance-enhancing atomic layer deposition technology.
Strengthening USA’s Domestic Lithium-ion Battery Manufacturing Base & Supply Ecosystem
LPO Announces Conditional Commitment to ABS to Strengthen America’s Domestic Lithium-ion Battery Manufacturing Base and Supply Ecosystem The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO) announced a conditional commitment to American Battery Solutions (ABS) for a $165.9 million loan to help finance the expansion of an advanced battery pack assembly facility to … [continued]
US Discovers Lithium Bonanza For EV Batteries Right In Its Own Backyard
The geothermal resources of the Salton Sea region in California can double as a rich pipeline of lithium for EV batteries.
EnergyX Aims New Solid-State EV Battery At The 500,000-Mile Car Of The Future
The US startup EnergyX is developing a sustainable lithium supply chain in support of a new 500,000-mile solid-state EV battery.
Solid-State EV Battery Rises Up As Oil Money Gap Looms
The oil-killing solid-state EV battery of the future will put the squeeze on oil for transportation, but the petrochemicals problem persists.
GM Banks On Honking Big Electric Vehicles In First-Ever Propulsion Do-Over
The US car buying public loves big vehicles, and now they are going to love big electric vehicles.
Lithium Bottlenecks — Real Risk For EV Adoption Or Overhyped?
The following is a wonderful article by Charles Morris that communicates several important points superbly. It presents a bit of a different take on lithium than we’ve typically been presenting, while still referencing a comment from a battery exec that emphasizing a key point we’ve been communicating for years. That … [continued]
Lithium’s “Insane” Price Levels Predicted Years Ago By Mr. Lithium & Lithium Market Experts
Elon Musk and “Mr. Lithium” are both right about the issues surrounding lithium’s supply and demand. Lithium prices are rising to insane levels — especially for a metal that isn’t rare. The issue isn’t rarity or scarcity, but it’s how to get it out of the spodumene and into an … [continued]
The EV Battery Supply Chain & Pricing — Nickel, Cobalt, & Lithium Trends (Part 2)
In the second half of this CleanTech Talk podcast interview, CleanTechnica CEO Zach Shahan continues his talk with Caspar Rawles, Head of Price Assessments at Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, to delve into the battery supply chain. You can listen to the full conversation in the embedded player below. Below that embedded SoundCloud … [continued]
