Nokuda kwe exponential kukura mu lithiamu kudiwa Zvemabhatiri anodzoreka, makambani izvozvi ari "kurwira" zvekuwaniswa kwechinhu ichi.
Kutengeswa kwepasi rose kwe lithiamu munyu kungori nezve $ 1.000 bhiriyoni mugore rimwe. Asi chinhu ichi chinhu chakakosha pamabhatiri anopa magetsi mota, mafoni, malaptop uye zvimwe zvakawanda zvigadzirwa. Nekuda kwenzvimbo yakasimba-yesimba-yekuchengetedza mota dzemagetsi dzinozove dzakachena uye dzakasvibirira, Goldman Sachs akatumidza lithiamu peturu.
SQM ndiyo Chigadziri chikuru cheChile lithiamu uye iri chikamu chemakambani aya anorwira kuchengetedza lithiamu zvigadzirwa kune vanogadzira mabhatiri makuru pasi rese, sevagadziri vemota.
Mutengo weiyo yakachena lithiamu carbonate inotengeswa kuChina yakawedzera zvakapetwa kaviri mumwedzi miviri yekupedzisira kubva 2015 kusvika $ 13.000 tani. Kukura kwepamusoro kunoratidza kunetsekana kweramangwana rezvinhu izvi mumusika wakakosha seChina. Iyo China pachayo inowana yakawanda yeiyo lithium yainoda kubva kuAustralia, imwe nzira kune mugadziri muhombe uyo ari Chile.
Rimwe rematambudziko nderekuti, kunyangwe Nyika ine huwandu hwakawanda hwe lithiamu, kuitora kunogona kudhura, kunze kwekunge ichitora nguva, saka mitengo yakakwira haingakurudzire kuburitsa kupa kudiwa.
La kudiwa kwazvino kwakanyanya kwazvo iine vamwe vadziri vemabhatiri e lithiamu ion senge Samsung uye LG muSouth Korea, Panasonic uye Sony kuJapan neATL kuHong Kong. China ndeimwe iri kuuya pamwechete semugadziri webhatiri.
Uye hatifanirwe kukanganwa Tesla Motors iri kugadzirira gore rino iyo kutanga kwekugadzirwa pairi «Gigafactoria» muNevada, inotarisira kuve nekuwana kwakaringana kwemabhatiriyiti-ion mabhatiri emota mazana mashanu ezviuru pagore kune mashanu anotevera. Takatokurukura kare kare kuunza matambudziko ivo vaive vaine. Uye, ndiTesla chaiye JB Straubel uyo anoti kune yakawanda kwazvo hype izvozvi ye lithiamu kuti yave kuita zvemashiripiti.