{"id":3257,"date":"2022-04-25T09:39:17","date_gmt":"2022-04-25T08:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tomdenton.org\/blog\/?p=3257"},"modified":"2022-04-25T09:39:17","modified_gmt":"2022-04-25T08:39:17","slug":"lithium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tomdenton.org\/blog\/?p=3257","title":{"rendered":"Lithium"},"content":{"rendered":"

A mining company consultant with decades of experience doubts the industry will be able to support all the electric car production planned: https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2022-04-22\/mr-lithiumalr-warns-there-s-not-enough-battery-metal-to-go-around<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Salar<\/p>\n

Interestingly the research into how lithium is extracted, for example from brine, is developing quickly – but will it be quick enough to meet demand? An article from a couple of years ago here about this subject: https:\/\/www.nsenergybusiness.com\/features\/lithium-brine-extraction-research\/#<\/a><\/p>\n

In Cornwall a different method will be used: https:\/\/cornishlithium.com\/projects\/lithium-in-geothermal-waters\/direct-lithium-extraction\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A mining company consultant with decades of experience doubts the industry will be able to support all the electric car production planned: https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2022-04-22\/mr-lithiumalr-warns-there-s-not-enough-battery-metal-to-go-around Interestingly the research into how lithium is extracted, for example from brine, is developing quickly – but will it be quick enough to meet demand? An article from a couple of years […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[15,49,26,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-automotive","category-batteries","category-ev-and-hybrid","category-research"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s79TdE-lithium","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2330,"url":"http:\/\/tomdenton.org\/blog\/?p=2330","url_meta":{"origin":3257,"position":0},"title":"Facts about battery technology for hybrid and electric powertrains","author":"Tom Denton","date":"March 2, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"How range is increasing, why a battery has more than one lifetime, and how automated driving could change battery technology Long service life, top quality, the highest degree of safety \u2013 we expect an enormous amount from high-voltage batteries in vehicles. 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