Ngenxa yoko ukukhula okubonakalayo kwemfuno ye-lithium Kwiibhetri ezinokuphinda zisebenze, iinkampani ngoku "zilwela" ukuhanjiswa kwezi zinto.
Ukuthengiswa kwehlabathi ngeetyuwa ye-lithium kumalunga kuphela $ 1.000 yezigidigidi ngonyaka omnye. Kodwa le nto yinto ebalulekileyo yeebhetri ezinamandla ezimoto, ii-smartphones, iilaptops kunye nezinye iimveliso. Ngemfuno yokugcina amandla oxinano lweemoto zombane eziya kucoca kwaye ziluhlaza, uGoldman Sachs ubize i-lithium njengepetroli entsha.
I-SQM yeyona nto Oyena mvelisi we-lithium omkhulu eChile kwaye yinxalenye yezo nkampani zilwela ukukhusela ii-lithium zokubonelela abenzi beebhetri ezinkulu emhlabeni, njengabavelisi bemoto.
Ixabiso le-lithium carbonate emsulwa engeniswe e-China iphindwe kabini kwiinyanga ezimbini ezidlulileyo ukusuka ngo-2015 ukuya kwi- $ 13.000 ngetoni nganye. Ukukhula okuphezulu kubonisa inkxalabo malunga nekamva lale nto kwintengiso ibaluleke njenge China. Yi China ngokwayo efumana uninzi lwe-lithium eyifunayo evela e-Australia, enye indlela eya kumvelisi omkhulu waseChile.
Enye yeengxaki kukuba, nangona kunjalo Umhlaba unexabiso elikhulu le-lithium, ukuyikhupha kunokuba kubiza, ngaphandle kokuchitha ixesha, amaxabiso aphezulu ngekungavuseleli ukukhutshwa kubonelele ngeemfuno.
La Ibango langoku liphezulu kakhulu nabenzi abathile bebhetri ye-lithium ion njenge-Samsung kunye ne-LG eMzantsi Korea, iPanasonic kunye ne-Sony eJapan kunye ne-ATL eHong Kong. I-China yenye eza kunye njengomenzi webhetri.
Kananjalo akufuneki silibale ngeTesla Motors elungiselela kulo nyaka ukuqala kwemveliso yayo «Gigafactoria» e-Nevada, ilindele ukubonelela ngokwaneleyo kwiibhetri ze-lithium-ion zeemoto ezingama-500.000 ngonyaka ezintlanu ezizayo. Sele sixoxe kungekudala iingxaki zonikezelo babenako. Kwaye ngu-JB Straubel kaTesla obanga ukuba kuninzi kakhulu ngoku kwi-lithium yokuba isiba yinto yomlingo.