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.
Argentinian Documentary Exposes Why Lithium Can Become the New Oil
5 Aug 2021, 09:34 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / “In the Name of Lithium” questions what will happen with local people in lithium exploration areas. The process demands massive amounts of water.
Ocean Floor Could Be the Next El Dorado for EV Battery Raw Materials
22 Apr 2020, 15:58 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Polymetallic nodules exploration company DeepGreen releases a study saying seafloor could be the perfect source for EV battery materials
Tesla Accused of Indirectly Killing Flamingos, Elon Musk Slams Claims
8 Jul 2016, 16:19 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Elon Musk, Tesla Motors' CEO, has mocked claims that accused the automaker of killing flamingos. Tesla was indirectly accused of this for using lithium
Modern Day Alfa Romeo Giulia Dreamt Up
18 Jul 2011, 08:25 UTC · By: Dragos Serban / The Alfa Romeo Giulia was penciled originally in a manner that made it interesting for Europeans, especially for small families. Its early versions came during 1962-1972 and the second series follow...
Lithium Technology to Supply Asian Fleet of Test Vehicles
11 Apr 2011, 08:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Two new fleets of electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids are in the making somewhere in Asia, where an unnamed auto maker will benefit from the products developed by the Lithium Technology Corporatio...
BMW Lithium-ion Hybrids are Alive and Well
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / Johnson Controls-Saft (JCS) will be providing lithium-ion batteries for the mass produced versions of BMW’s 7 Series ActiveHybrid car, which is currently being showcased at the Paris motor sho...
New Lithium-Ion Battery Plant to Be Built in Japan
15 Apr 2010, 12:11 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / A new factory that will build lithium battery cells for the new Mitsubishi i-MiEV electric vehicle will be built in Ritto City, Japan. The announcement was made by Lithium Energy Japan (LEJ), the...
Earth Has Enough Lithium for Billions of Cars...
12 Feb 2010, 11:44 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The quick rise to power of electric vehicles and the apparent new found appeal of the automotive industry for zero emissions driving is a God sent gift for both companies which mine, exploit or sell...
Toyota Secures Lithium Deal in Argentina
21 Jan 2010, 10:46 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Japanese carmaker Toyota has secured a lithium supply contract in Argentina through one of its business arms, Toyota Tsusho Corp., as Reuters writes. Toyota Tsusho Corp, a trading company partial...
GreenGT First Track Test
16 Jun 2009, 13:53 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As we told you in mid May, somewhere in Switzerland a team of engineers are working on the development of they hope will be the first electric vehicle to race at the Le Mans 24 Hours race. Since the...
Evo Morales Changes View on Lithium Exploitation, May Go Solo
15 Jun 2009, 08:26 UTC · By: Tudor Raiciu / The increasing reports on electric car developments and Lithium-ion batteries seem to have changed the Bolivian state officials' perception about their newly found gold mine. We previously ...