lithium-ion battery surges into auto industry

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For an energy source that has a history of 30 years, lithium-
The ion battery has just reached its pace.
Before the smartphone enters everyone\'s pocket, it has moved from the original phone to the camera and laptop.
But until now the electric car has arrived, this energy
The storage system really took off.
Latest proof: electricity-
The booming automotive industry has replaced electronics as the world\'s largest source of lithium.
Ion battery demand
\"We are at an inflection point.
\"Every year, more than the previous year,\" said Ravi Manghani of Boston . \"
Storage Analyst at GTM Research.
\"It\'s definitely a \'oh wow \'moment.
\"The future of the battery will be driven by the car.
Surge in demand for lithium-
Driven by car manufacturers, Ion batteries create scale efficiency, causing prices to plummet.
According to Bloomberg New Energy Finance and Economics, the price of battery packs fell by 24 percentage points last year alone (BNEF).
These cost reductions, in turn, also encourage continued expansion of battery power. Lithium-
Ion technology is starting to emerge on the grid, scooters, ferries and airplanes --
It will only accelerate the spread.
It all happened quite quickly.
Electric cars have little lithium
Marie e Pillot, partner and director of Paris, said Ion demand ten years ago
Based on eviken energy.
The battery first appeared on electric vehicles in 2006.
But until 2014, cars accounted for nearly 15,000 MW.
Vehicles will exceed 25 of the world\'s total lithium share
According to Avicenne, ion supply.
Between 2014 and 2017, lithium is used in electric vehicles-
The ion has more than doubled to 71,000 MW.
Hours, there are similar turbulence forecasts by 2023.
Half the lithium content of electric vehicles.
According to Avicenne, ion demand in 2016, although surpassed consumer electronics for the first time a year ago. With electric-
With the growth of car sales and the slowdown in smartphone demand, the gap will only grow.
\"1 million cars consume the same amount of lithium --
The ion battery is everything, \"Pirlo said.
A chemist named Stanley Whittingham helped open up rechargeable lithium.
In early 1970, ion technology was working for the unlikely battery booster Exxon.
One reason is: \"The oil giant believes that in the decades after the millennium, oil production is likely to peak. now is the time to diversify, seth Fletcher wrote in a 2011 book, bottled lightning, about the birth of electric vehicles.
At that time, the leader-acid-
Rechargeable batteries are common.
Whittingham, who is now teaching at State University of New York at Binghamton, contacted Exxon\'s leaders to ask them to approve the continuation of battery research.
\"I spoke to an elevator at a subcommittee of the Exxon board of directors in New York City,\" he said . \".
\"It\'s still conceptual at this point.
We only made prototypes in the lab.
\"In the 1980 s John Goodenough, a material scientist, managed to increase the voltage and thus the energy density.
\"I ask myself, I ask my students: How much lithium do you have to take out before the oxide changes its structure?
Goodno said he is now teaching at the University of Texas at Austin.
The results show that more than half of lithium can be removed without changing the structure.
\"It\'s interesting enough, so we published the article.
But people say you have no ability to act.
These efficiencies make Lithium
In the early 1990 s, Ion batteries entered mobile phones and then slowly entered other consumer electronics.
Some governments are aware of climate change and carbon emissions.
Carbon dioxide emissions, measures are being taken to stimulate demand.
By 2030, California wanted 5 million electric cars on its way, and the state basically required automakers to either sell electric cars or pay zero.
Emission points.
By 2025, China wanted 7 million electric vehicles on the road and-
Car authorization for the California project.
BNEF expects China to account for nearly half of the global electric vehicle market by then.
Of course, there may be setbacks on the way to cheaper batteries.
Anything that hinders the global spread of electric vehicles
Falling oil prices, shortage of infrastructure fees or policy changes in Europe, China or the United StatesS. —
Could cause trouble.
No power.
Yayoi Sekine, an analyst at BNEF in New York, said car sales and battery price forecasts may not be possible.
But more use will create a feedback loop that will make the battery more competitive in other markets.
Logan Goldie said: \"More electric car batteries will make more batteries for cheaper batteries
Scots in San Francisco
Basic analyst at BNEF.
\"It means more batteries in more things.
\"It turns out Exxon is right about the future of lithium --ion batteries —
Just don\'t know how or when it will happen.
Now there are rumors that demand for oil may peak in the next generation.
On the contrary, the rise of electric cars and renewable energy --
Energy could mean some crude oil could stay underground.
BP said last year that,
Electric vehicles could flatten the expected oil.
If cars become cool enough, demand for cars will grow in the next 20 years.
The speed of battery conversion is attributed to generations of consumer electronics driving lithium
Development of ion technology
\"There have been 30 years of gradual improvement and then it started,\" said Manghani of GTM . \".
\"We started turning to personal devices that rely on lithium --ion-
Then, more and more companies are starting to produce batteries. \"—