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Revealed: how US transition to electric cars threatens environmental havoc
24.01.2023 · Nina Lakhani
The US’s transition to electric vehicles could require three times as much lithium as is currently produced for the entire global market…
Inside the Lithium Mining War That Could Poison the Nevada Desert’s Water
05.03.2021 · Samir Ferdowsi
One of the largest known lithium deposits in the world has sat undisturbed under the Nevada desert for centuries…
Protecting fragile ecosystems from lithium mining
15.01.2021 · Michael Winrow
Between 2015 and 2018 the price of lithium carbonate, the source of one of the most important elements in electronics, more than tripled….
As Tesla Booms, Lithium Is Running Out
07.12.2021 · Dan Runkevicius
Is there a force in the known universe that can rein in Tesla TSLA +0.4%? The stock is up another 50%, in just a month…
University of Bath ranks 6th in Guardian University Guide 2021
09.09.2020
The top 10 ranking is the same position as in 2019 and 2020 and makes Bath the highest ranking university in the south west once again, with 13 subjects in the top 10 rankings….
Yorkshire company’s major breakthrough to find new source of lithium used in electric vehicle batteries
09.12.2021 · Greg Wright
With global lithium reserves predicted to be exhausted in less than 20 years, Aqualithium, based on the Nostell Estate near Wakefield, in partnership with the Department…
Jaguar halts electric SUV over battery shortages
09.02.2020 · John Collingridge
Jaguar is halting production of the £61,000 SUV at a factory in Graz, Austria, for a week from Monday next week because of a shortage of lithium-ion batteries…
Petrol and diesel car sales ban to be brought forward to 2035
05.02.2020 · Stacey Mitchell
Boris Johnson revealed the updated plan at the launch event for a United Nations climate summit, COP26, which is due to be held in Glasgow in November…
The search for new geologic sources of lithium could power a clean future
07.05.2019 · Carolyn Gramling
The future of lithium is electrifying. Cars and trucks powered by lithium batteries rather than fossil fuels are, to many people, the future of transportation…
Lithium, Cobalt and Nickel: The Gold Rush of the 21st Century
06.04.2020
Ending UK sales of new vehicles running on diesel and petrol by 2035 will massively increase the demand for lithium, cobalt and nickel…
Aqualithium pioneers search for new sustainable source of lithium
15.12.2021
With global lithium reserves predicted to be exhausted in less than 20 years, Aqualithium, in partnership with the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Bath…
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