January 21, major automakers in the world, Toyota Motor, Toyota Tsusho subsidiary, with the Australian mining company Ltd Orocobre cooperation in the development of potash mines lithium Argentina and join the fight for industry of South America lithium. This cooperation, Toyota Tsusho will invest 4.5 billion U.S. dollars, which the Government of Japan will provide a regime of low interest loans to joint venture accounting of joint venture investment of 60%. According Motorlink car was reported that by 2014, the global automotive lithium batteries market size will increase to 248 billion U.S. dollars, nf343 ,an increase of 215 times in 2008. Predicted that 70% of lithium-ion batteries used in mobile phones and laptops, and the popularity of hybrids and electric vehicles, the new world energy market car should grow rapidly, some countries are beginning to participate in this new energy future, on their self-development “war Lithium” at home.
Car manufacturers are required to participate lithium upstream
In fact, the car companies in the world to participate in development have been and are taking lithium. The Japanese Toyota, Nissan and Matsushita Electric Industrial and other related businesses already signed an agreement to jointly develop a new generation of lithium batteries unified specification cars, and plans for mass production within 2 years. sony vgp-bps2a ,Toyota Tsusho to participate in the development of the upper level of lithium mining is unprecedented, and provide the industry to provide high purity, quality, first-class lithium metal, is the first in the automobile industry can be considered a precedent.
Not only Japan, Germany, in 2009 launched a 360 million euro program to the vehicle battery development, almost all German cars and carryover giant energy join. The German government said the implementation of the plan marks the era of Germany will enter the electric car. At the same time, Daimler Motor Company and the energy company RWE said that co-operate in the country to build 500 recharging stations for electric cars. Alliance of the German car industry should be completed by 2012, before the German series of electric vehicles, and opened a prelude to commercial production.
The industrialization of electric vehicles seems to be the next global power. In this context, Volkswagen, Toyota and other major International Automotive Group have to take the field of lithium initiative with companies in upstream and downstream to work more closely linked to the joint venture and cooperation. Volkswagen Group has announced a partnership with Sanyo of Japan conclusion rechargeable battery developer of a cooperation agreement, both companies will jointly develop the lithium-ion technology based on new high-performance systems of the battery.sony vgp-bpl11 , Volkswagen expects to begin in 2010, the lithium-ion batteries for cars.
South Korea, production of spare largest car manufacturer Hyundai Mobis Company (HyundaiMobisCo.) last November 2, it would be adopted before 2013, with LG Chemical (LGChemLtd.) have formed a joint venture for the construction of 40 billion won in plant lithium annual production of 20 million. Currently Hyundai Mobis Hyundai Motor Company has concluded the following in the Chinese market. Johnson Controls-Saft and Ford signed a Ford Transit (Transit) to connect the battery electric cars, lithium-ion battery supply contract. Ford Transit Connect battery electric car is a pure electric vehicle, expected to begin production by the end of 2010. It is reported that Johnson Controls-Saft has recently become the supplier of battery d’Azur. In addition to Ford and Azure, the joint venture Johnson Controls-Saft is currently considered to Mercedes – Benz S Class Hybrid, BMW 7 Series Hybrid lithium-ion provides.
“The wars of the Lithium-Ion” China is the main battlefield
Recently, the United States issued the “Joint Declaration”, said that both parties will be launched at the initiative of the U.S. electric car, the two countries over the next few years, several 1 million electric cars in use . Last year, in March, China was the “restructuring of the automotive industry and the revitalization of planning” in the development of new energy vehicles have also developed a broad target – the next three years, China will form a cap of 500,000 hybrid electric and hybrid joint Energy Qijuchanneng. To this end, domestic Shanshangufen, CITIC Guoan, CITIC Baoan, Jiangsu Guotai the power of God, Tianjin, universal ankaya, automobiles Fukuda began a new cycle of research and development. tecra a5 battery
Statistics show that South Korea, China, Japan and the production of Li-ion batteries in three countries in the global share market up 96%, the competition is very fierce among the three countries. Experts believe that, despite the production of lithium batteries in China ranks third in the world, but in products, and technical level with Japan, the United States, there is a certain gap, the lithium batteries of ‘car not yet in the industrialization of the essay. Currently, China’s development of the lithium is still no real sense of the development plan, research and development, technology and materials essentially all firms or separately, are not together coupled with our car battery has not yet reached mass production, there are no large scale application in electrical vehicles, battery facing the development of short-term difficulties.
To this end, some have put forward three proposals: first, from the product itself. For study materials, improve the cost of materials, electrical engineering, electric vehicles supporting facilities should be strengthened and improved. Second, to develop and improve the lithium-vehicle production, manufacturing standards, there are specialized agencies of the car battery for testing. Third, short-term benefits the country by supporting existing businesses, macbook pro 17 inch battery , improve their competitiveness. In the long term, the state should take the lead, so that core activities, colleges and universities to form alliances to conduct a strategic planning and long-term technical research online.
Some professionals believe that lithium is increasingly important for future oil resources of power, while energy use new lithium-battery vehicles will become the future development of the automotive industry. In 2009, China has more than 13.5 million Qijuchanneng, China became the center of the global automotive industry, and therefore the future of the automobile market of China will also become the new world of energy development vehicle, has a main battlefield,fpcbp121 , the war power lithium is inevitable.