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☆ Inside the only lithium producer in the U.S., which provides critical mineral used in batteries by Tesla, EV makers
  + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( Pippa Stevens | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +14 min
The town's mining roots are still on display, but the action has shifted to the country's largest lithium brine operation 45 minutes away. Specialty chemicals company Albemarle acquired the site in 2015 from Foot Mineral Company, and has owned it ever since. Under the International Energy Agency's most ambitious climate scenario, lithium supply will have to grow 40-fold by 2040 from today's levels. The U.S. used to be a leader in lithium production, but it's since ceded that position to foreign nations, including China. Albemarle's Silver Peak lithium plant spans 13,000 acres.
☆ Here's the 28-page pitch deck that landed battery startup OneD a $25 million Series C to help power GM's $35 billion pivot to electric cars
  + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Alexa St. John | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
OneD is a battery startup racing to improve EVs' battery range, cost, and charging speed. Check out the 28-page pitch deck it used to raise a $25 million Series C round. Founded in 2013, OneD Battery Sciences is laser-focused on that. OneD also plans to license this tech to automakers and their battery manufacturers and has a small-scale pilot line going. Pluvinage shared the pitch deck OneD used to pitch its vision.
☆ Electric-Car Demand Pushes Lithium Prices to Records
  + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Joe Wallace | Hardika Singh | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Surging prices for lithium are intensifying a race between auto makers to lock up supplies and raising concerns that a shortage of the battery metal could slow the adoption of electric vehicles. Lithium carbonate prices in China, the benchmark in the fast-growing market, stand at about $71,000 a metric ton, according to price-assessment firm Benchmark Mineral Intelligence. That is almost four times as high as a year ago and just below the record set this March in yuan terms.
☆ Tesla could start building a lithium refinery for EV batteries in Texas this year
  + stars: | 2022-09-09 | by ( Arjun Kharpal | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +3 min
Elon Musk had previously suggested Tesla could get into lithium refining at scale because the cost of the metal, a key component in manufacturing batteries, has surged. If Tesla's application in Texas is approved, construction on a lithium hydroxide refining facility could begin in the fourth quarter of 2022. In April, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the company may need to get into lithium refining because the cost of the metal had "gone to insane levels." The company would process "raw ore material into a usable state for battery production" then ship the lithium hydroxide to various Tesla battery manufacturing factories, the application said. Electric car giant Tesla is evaluating the feasibility of a lithium hydroxide refining facility on the gulf coast of Texas.
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