Saturday, October 31, 2009

REPORT: Bolivia will make its own lithium-ion batteries by 2018

Posted by SharK at 5:56 AM

Filed under: Emerging Technologies, EV/Plug-in, South/Latin America

Asia and Michigan, watch out. It's a long-term goal, but Bolivia is looking to capitalize on its large in-ground lithium supply by producing li-ion batteries by 2018. While lithium might not ever be in short supply, Bolivia certainly has the advantage of not needing to import the valuable material. The country's deputy minister of Science and Technology, Roger Carvajal, said this week that the basic outline of the government strategy to commercialize the lithium deposits (estimated to be about half of the world's supply) have been decided on. They include making lithium carbonate on a commercial scale in 2013 and possibly an electric car factory after that.



[Source: Latin American Herald Tribune]

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