A team of engineers at Nanjing University, working with a pair of colleagues from the University of California, Berkeley, has developed a new way to extract lithium from briny water. In their paper published in the journal Science, the team describes the process they developed and the device they built and how it could be […]
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Lithium-Ion Battery Prices Plummet
Battery metal prices have struggled as a surge in new production overwhelmed demand, coinciding with a slowdown in electric vehicle adoption. As Visual Capitalist’s Bruno Venditti details below, Lithium prices, for example, have plummeted nearly 90% since the late 2022 peak, leading to mine closures and impacting the price of lithium-ion batteries used in EVs. This graphic uses exclusive data […]
Rio Tinto, Green Lithium to develop Europe’s lithium supply chain
Mining giant Rio Tinto (ASX, LON, NYSE: RIO) and UK refinery developer Green Lithium are partnering to establish an end-to-end lithium supply chain aimed at supporting the UK and EU’s automotive and manufacturing industries. “By building our refineries, we will accelerate the adoption of EVs and sustainable energy storage through the increased supply of low-carbon, […]
Cheap, powerful, high-density EV battery cells set for mass production
Panasonic has announced it’s ready to begin mass production on its long-awaited 4680 lithium-ion battery cells, specifically designed to boost range, power, charging and efficiency in electric vehicles, while also reducing cost. Conventional EV packs are typically built around stacks of 2170 cells – 21 mm in diameter, 70 mm in length (0.83 x 2.8 […]
BYD exec predicts solid-state EV batteries will hit the market sooner than expected
The “holy grail” of EV battery tech may arrive sooner than expected, promising more range and faster charging. According to BYD head scientist and engineer Lian Yubo, solid-state EV batteries could be in wide use in five years. Speaking at the 2024 World New Energy Congress in China on Friday, Lian said he expects the […]
Study highlights complex ocean conditions facing world’s most powerful tidal turbine
The number of tidal power and other offshore renewable energy installations is set to grow significantly around the UK coastline over the coming decades. However, launching state-of-the-art devices into often turbulent ocean flows has the potential to pose a range of challenges for the tidal energy industry, including uncertainty around how they may interact with […]
