Lithium-ion battery speed driving demand for Lithium (part 1)
Rising gasoline prices and increased consumer awareness of green has been the global automotive industry to review its training system power, rechargeable lithium-ion 361742-001 371785-001 417066-001 batteries for hybrid electric vehicles has now become (HEV) application technology come to the forefront.
Analysts said that the face of near-zero emissions from the point of view, hybrid electric vehicles (HEV) battery with 2015 sales of lithium is expected to more than 500 million U.S. dollars.
Currently, Rockwood Holdings, Chile, Quimicay Sociedad Minera (SQM) and FMC Corporation is the world’s leading manufacturer of lithium, the effectiveness of lithium to be due to many new applications.
1. Lithium For development prospects ion
Lithium in the application of lithium-ion is confirmed. The first phase of cell phone applications, each cell needs to use about 1 / 10 ounce of lithium carbonate. The second step is the demand of 346970-001 367759-001 F2024A laptops, mobile phones require the use of lithium carbonate is about 10 times the amount used.
Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) use of lithium batteries for laptop computers must use lithium-lithium 100 times.
The lithium-ion batteries should be the performance of the HEV to play a key plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) using the combustion engine and two electric propulsion systems. HEV, including plug-in hybrid (PHEV), the system used by combustion engines, because there is enough electricity for storage can be powered by battery, a certain distance. In addition, the pure electric vehicle (EV) does not define the combustion engine, rely on battery electric drives. The lithium-ion batteries is expected to enable the plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) price and performance to natural gas powered cars comparable. F2024B F4486B F4809A
Although Nickel - Metal Hydride has been applied to most of HEV batteries, but lithium-ion battery and compared to the manufacture of chemicals, plants larger and smaller. Toyota Prius hybrid electric cars common to nickel - metal hydride-powered. Toyota said that by 2010, hybrid sales of 1 million years.
Chemical manufacturers to invest in plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), there is potential for development. Rockwood company has developed a proprietary technology of lithium salts driver, as driver lithium battery can help to overcome some challenges. SQM with Europe, Japan, Korea and the United States, the leading manufacturer of cathode business alliance created to develop automotive lithium-ion batteries.
However, the automotive industry in the mass production of hybrid electric vehicles are F4812A HSTNN-lB31 PB991A still at the initial stage, the lithium battery car is still very low. The strong growth in other end user demand and the prices just continue to support the application of lithium.
Bank of America, Kevin McCarthy, according to forecasts, sales of lithium 2015 HEV will approximately 6 billion dollars. Analysis, HEV lithium there are more opportunities for long-term development. It is estimated that by 2010 sales of approximately one million hybrid electric vehicles, will double annual sales by 2015. Bank of America, Kevin McCarthy expects operating income in 2015 consumption of lithium batteries account for almost half of batteries pure electric vehicles in 2007 will be the total amount of lithium is less than 1% increase in sales business in 2015 was 1 / 4.
Rockwood company in 2007 by lithium carbonate, lithium metal and lithium compounds from total operating revenues of approximately 4.5 billion U.S. dollars. FMC 2007 sales of 210 million U.S. lithium. Rockwood and similar to FMC products of lithium PB992A PB994A PP2182D carbonate and special common lithium products downstream. SQM is the world’s leading manufacturer of lithium carbonate, which came in 2007 from lithium and lithium derivatives revenues of 179.8 million U.S. dollars.
Batteries, and medical end-users together accounted for on the supply of lithium Rockwood 40%. Analysts estimate that the short term, demand for lithium in the pharmaceutical sector will be affected mainly by strong demand for butyl lithium and other battery applications of lithium hydroxide, lithium carbonate and stimulate request.
Production of lithium carbonate consumption in HEV cases showed a high demand there is no double-digit rates. In 2007, nearly 20% of demand growth is expected in the medium term will continue to be above 10% rate.
In most applications the PP2182L HSTNN-LB31 battery, the rapid increase in the medium term are presented in the grease lubricants lithium hydroxide, glass and glass-melting material with lithium carbonate, lithium carbonate and d ‘ other air conditioning systems.
With lithium-ion HEV Powered accelerate the commercial market, the battery company Johnson Controls-Saft was in January 2007 in France, a large-scale production of the world’s leading manufacturer of batteries for hybrid electric vehicles production, and has been with Mercedes hybrid electric vehicle company signed class supply lithium-ion battery contracts, hybrid electric vehicles in the class of commercial production in early 2009. NEC Electronics Japan, the annual production in 2009 is 13,000 lithium-ion batteries by 2010 expansion to 6.5 million units, to apply to hybrid electric vehicles Nissan. Latitude C500 battery Latitude C510 battery
Some car manufacturers use lithium-ion battery powered hybrid electric vehicle program developed. Tesla Motors has been the United States in March 2008 to begin production in 2008 Tesla Roadster electric hybrid vehicles, we will launch the 2009 model. Toyota and Matsushita joint venture Panasonic EV Energy Company in 2009 vehicle production limited to lithium-ion batteries in 2010, transition to mass production.
A number of other manufacturers of lithium ion, including LG, South Korea Company, Chemical, Society and the South Korean Hyundai Motor Company has signed a contract with effect from July 2009 to Accent Hybrid distribution of electric vehicles lithium-ion batteries. PHEV Saturn and General Motors Volt EV mass production in 2010. Sanyo Electric Company will begin production of 1.5 ~ 20000 / year on lithium-ion battery for HEV use in 2011. Volkswagen, hybrid electric cars in 2010 using the Sanyo Electric Company-technology lithium ion batteries. Latitude C540 battery Latitude C600 battery
2009 lithium-ion rechargeable battery market was formally established. This is because in Japan and the automakers abroad have started in the cars on the use of lithium-ion battery. Domestic manufacturers in Japan, Toyota Motor, Fuji Heavy Industries, Mitsubishi Motors has decided to adopt, while in Europe and the United States, Daimler also said that the adoption. In addition, Nissan, Germany, Audi, General Motors is also ready to adopt in 2010.
Decided hybrids (HEVs) and electric vehicles (EV) performance of rechargeable batteries, most of the more significant changes occur. The reason is that Toyota, Nissan, automakers top of Japan have since introduced in 2009 models with lithium-ion rechargeable battery. Latitude C610 battery Latitude C640 battery
Objects involved in HEV, EV, plug-in hybrid (PHEV) and other areas. Toyota has announced it will start a subsidiary in 2009 - Panasonic EV Energy production in small batches for the hybrid rechargeable lithium-ion battery, started mass production in 2010.
In 2000, “Tino hybrid” style on the first lithium-ion battery is equipped with Nissan, also in 2010 with mass production of lithium-ion rechargeable HEV and EV. HEV due to the back of four-wheelers motor, the current transmission has been made public, and tap into the luggage compartment is equipped with a lithium-ion battery. These batteries will be Nissan and NEC, NEC Dong-Jin, a joint venture Automotive Energy Supply (AESC) provides. Latitude C800 battery Latitude C810 battery
In addition to Toyota, Nissan, other major providers are also required to use the lithium-ion battery. Fuji Heavy Industries, mass production scheduled in 2009 to “Plugin Stella Concept” for the prototype EV, Nissan will be the same car using batteries manufactured AESC. In addition, Mitsubishi Motors will also purchase and GS Yuasa Corporation (GS Yuasa), as a joint venture between Lithium Energy Japan (LEJ) Batteries manufactured in 2009, mass production of EV “i MiEV”.
Honda plans new models of HEV further in 2009 and 2010 in the “Fit” in additional HEV models, but has not yet shown that in general the use of lithium-ion HEV battery. However, the company in November 2008 in Japan began to rent vehicles to hybrid fuel cell “FCX Clarity” is equipped with lithium-ion rechargeable battery, replacing the capacitor has been used before. Latitude C840 battery Latitude CPi battery
In foreign manufacturers, the Volkswagen Group in Germany is planned for 2010 Audi Announces HEV, the lithium-ion batteries, Sanyo Electric will mass production in 2009. The decision of General Motors on the HEV market in 2010, lithium-ion batteries will also Hitachi Vehicle Energy (Hitachi Vehicle Energy) for mass production by the end of 2009.