ICE Ban: The Discussion Around This Measure Is So Shallow We Have To Improve It
10 Mar 2023, 12:11 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Most people who want the combustion engine dead still believe they are the main culprit for climate change or that efficiency is all that matters
Study: We Need Smaller EVs, More Public Transport, and Less Car Ownership. Say What?
27 Jan 2023, 12:24 UTC · By: Oraan Marc / A think tank study states that zero-emissions transportation is only possible if we give up the way we are used to moving around. But do you want to change it?
Where Is Thacker Pass and Why Is It Important to the U.S. Electric Vehicle Industry?
15 Jan 2023, 03:38 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / In what would be the largest lithium mining and processing facility in the U.S., Thacker Pass faces some challenges in getting operations started
Despite $700 Million Loan, Rare Plant Hinders Progress of Lithium Facility in Nevada
14 Jan 2023, 11:07 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / Australian-based ioneer has been granted a conditional loan by the U.S. to fund lithium operations in Nevada if it can protect an endangered plant in the proces
Fully Charged Discusses Battery Shortages and the Conclusion is Not Encouraging
19 Nov 2022, 18:42 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / There is even a point that needs to be carefully addressed: does the world really have all the raw materials the electric shift will demand?
Benchmark Mineral Intelligence Calculated How Many More Mines We'll Need for EVs: 359
8 Sep 2022, 12:32 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / By 2035, we’ll need at least 74 more lithium mines, 62 for cobalt, 72 for nickel, 97 for natural graphite, and 54 for synthetic graphite. But there’s a catch.
Raw Material Scarcity for Batteries Has Impacts We Had Never Thought About
27 Feb 2022, 19:40 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Thankfully, Circular Energy Storage published an article that sheds light on many aspects of the electrification shift that could go unnoticed.
EV Demand Makes Lithium Prices More Than Double in the Past Year
6 Oct 2021, 14:00 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / If lithium production is not increased to follow the need for the material, EV production cost parity will not be achieved when carmakers expect
Mineral Specialist Shares His Point of View About Lithium and Afghanistan
19 Aug 2021, 17:31 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / According to Simon Moores, managing director of Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, imagining that EVs will give the Taliban “a pot of gold” is incorrect.