EV Battery Supply Chains
This article is part of a series about EV batteries and the EV battery supply chain.
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EV Revolution Activated: GM Puts $650 Million Into Securing Its US Lithium Supply
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 … [continued]
Australian Mining News — Not Just Lithium, But Rare Earths!
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, … [continued]
How The Salton Sea Could Solve Battery Mineral Supply Issues
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 … [continued]
BLM Had To Balance Renewable Energy With Species Protection With Trespass Notice
On the surface, doing right by the environment may sound like a simple thing. Do things that are good for the environment, and don’t do things that are bad for it, right? Often, that’s the choice we’re faced with, and we have to balance it with other things, like cost … [continued]
Stellantis is doubling down on solid-state EV batteries and hedging bets with hydrogen fuel cells, too (photo courtesy of Factorial Energy).
Stellantis Thinks EV Batteries & Hydrogen Fuel Cells Can Coexist
Stellantis is doubling down on solid-state EV batteries and hedging bets with hydrogen fuel cells.
Mangrove Lithium CEO Talks Lithium Resources, Refining, & Localization
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. … [continued]
GM Adds Buick To Electric Car Lineup In China
With the new Electra 5, GM banks on Buick brand to add high end SUV sizzle to its electric car sales in China.
Australia’s Lithium Export Earnings Expected To Exceed $16 Billion In 2022–2023
That’s up from $5 billion in 2021.
Mining Giant Albemarle Announces Advanced Lithium Tech Park In North Carolina
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 … [continued]
