Can Seawater Batteries Replace Lithium?
By Irina Slav Lithium and cobalt: the two components of a rechargeable battery that have spurred a research and development rush may eventually meet their match in the future, in … Read more
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Self-Healing Lithium Batteries Are On The Horizon
By Mining.com Engineers at the University of Illinois have developed an electrolyte that could help manufacturers produce recyclable, self-healing commercial batteries. In a study published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, … Read more
Lithium Prices Fall Hard As China Stabs Electric Cars In the Heart
by Natura Naturans All China did was end subsidies. That did it. No one will buy electric cars that are so vastly overpriced without a government subsidy. The same thing happened … Read more
Bolivian Coup Comes Less Than A Week After Morales Stopped Multinational Firm’s Lithium Deal
by Eoin Higgins via Common Dreams The Sunday military coup in Bolivia has put in place a government which appears likely to reverse a decision by just-resigned President Evo Morales to … Read more
Lithium Under Fire As EV Sales Slump
By MINING.com Electric car pioneer Tesla is already producing units on a trial basis at its giant Shanghai gigafactory despite only breaking ground this year, but thanks to changes to the Chinese … Read more
Fire and gas explosion in Lithium Battery of Norwegian ferry
by Natura Naturans Explosions of lithium batteries have occurred in electric cars causing the fire death of drivers. Cell phones have exploded killing people. Laptop batteries have exploded causing houses to … Read more
The U.S. Doubles Down On Domestic Lithium Production
By Richard Mills In 2010 the US Department of Energy’s Critical Materials Strategy included lithium as one of 14 elements expected to play a vital role in America’s clean energy economy. Lithium … Read more
Tech Breakthrough: Is This The End Of Lithium-Ion Batteries?
By Julianne Geiger The soon-to-be $92.2 billion battery market just got a huge boost. Scientists have just created the world’s first long-cycle Li-Carbon Dioxide battery, and in a market-shredding first: it’s fully rechargeable. … Read more
Is This The End Of The Lithium-Ion Battery?
By Tsvetana Paraskova Researchers have been in a race to find ways to improve lithium-ion batteries. They are also looking to develop alternatives to the lithium-ion battery that would be lower … Read more
Lithium Americas Stock Price Has 1000% Upside But There Are Risks
by Sven Carlin Summary The stock is trading at a 90% discount to the combined net present value of the two lithium projects it owns. Junior miners have mostly equity as … Read more
New electrolyte interphase can increase lithium-ion battery life by 100%
by: Rex Carter (Natural News) In a few years, you could be shopping for mobile phones that pack more juice and last twice as long with a single charge than your … Read more
Powerful lithium-air batteries may soon “take batteries to the next level,” reveals study
by: Edsel Cook (Natural News) Chicago-based researchers have come up with a new way to improve the performance and safety of lithium-ion batteries. They are going to remove the ionic part of the … Read more
Leftist Vox.com pushes for drugging the water supply with lithium!
Some psychiatrists believe we could save tens of thousands of lives a year with a very simple, low-cost intervention: putting small amounts of lithium into our drinking water, the way … Read more
Chile is sitting on a lithium goldmine, but locals say that exploiting it will come at a terrible environmental cost
by: Ralph Flores (Natural News) The Chilean salt flats are somewhat of a juxtaposition. On the surface, it’s the perfect picture of a life detached from technology, what with its … Read more
Researchers have developed a “highly stretchable rechargeable lithium ion battery” for the next generation of wearable electronics
by: David Williams (Natural News) The next generation of wearable electronic devices may carry one new innovation in tow: stretchable lithium-ion batteries. Currently, the typical wearable is powered by conventional … Read more