{"id":1111913,"date":"2019-04-19T20:37:35","date_gmt":"2019-04-19T20:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mining.com\/?p=983438"},"modified":"2019-04-19T20:37:35","modified_gmt":"2019-04-19T20:37:35","slug":"lithium-use-in-electric-cars-sold-around-the-world-surges-76","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/?p=1111913","title":{"rendered":"Lithium use in electric cars sold around the world surges 76%"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Battery metals tracker\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.adamasintel.com\/lithium-usage-ev-batteries-feb-2019\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">Adamas Intelligence says<\/a>\u00a0that in February 2019, 76% more lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE) was deployed worldwide in batteries of new electric, plug-in hybrid and hybrid electric passenger vehicles compared to the same month last year.<\/p>\n<p>The Dutch-Canadian research company, which\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.adamasintel.com\/subscription\/ev-battery-battery-metals-tracker\/\">tracks EV registrations and battery chemistries<\/a>\u00a0in more than 80 countries, says among all metals and materials found in EV battery cathodes, lithium use saw the greatest gains. <q class='pullQuote-right'>The surge in lithium use per kWh of battery capacity deployed is due to an ongoing shift from lithium iron phosphate (LFP) to nickel-cobalt-manganese (NCM) cathodes among Chinese vehicle makers\u00a0\u2014 Adamas Intelligence<\/q><\/p>\n<p>Adamas says the surge in lithium use per kWh of battery capacity deployed is due to an ongoing shift from lithium iron phosphate (LFP) to nickel-cobalt-manganese (NCM) cathodes among Chinese vehicle makers.<\/p>\n<p>Full electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles are also taking market share from traditional hybrid vehicles, meaning that a greater share of kWh deployed this year was in the form of Li-ion cells, as opposed to NiMH cells, which contain no lithium, according to Adamas.<\/p>\n<p>Globally, the top five cell suppliers by LCE deployed in February 2019 were Panasonic, LG Chem, CATL, BYD and Samsung SDI. Collectively, these five suppliers were responsible for almost 75% of all lithium deployed globally in passenger EVs around the world.<\/p>\n<p>China&#8217;s automakers association <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xinhuanet.com\/fortune\/2019-01\/15\/c_1123989803.htm\"  rel=\"noopener\">predicts sales<\/a> of electric cars in China will reach a record 1.6 million units this year \u2013 up from 1.2 million in 2018 \u2013 representing around half of global sales.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mining.com\/web\/18-billion-electric-car-bubble-risk-bursting-china\/\">Bloomberg reports<\/a> there are now 486 EV manufacturers registered in China \u2013 more than three times the number two years ago.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mining.com\/lithium-use-electric-cars-sold-around-world-surge-76\/\">Lithium use in electric cars sold around the world surges 76%<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mining.com\/\">MINING.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shifting battery chemistries sees lithium deployment outpace global electric car sales volume growth &ndash; 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