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Battery Power

Peter Day asks if Bolivia really could become what experts are calling 'the Saudi Arabia of lithium', as demand for the metal grows for the building of plug-in cars.

The world may soon need huge supplies of the lightest metal, lithium, if plug-in cars really are a future replacement for the internal combustion engine. Half the world's supplies of lithium are high up in the Andes in the landlocked country of Bolivia. Peter Day asks if Bolivia really could become what experts are calling 'the Saudi Arabia of lithium'.

30 minutes

Last on

Sun 23 Aug 2009 21:30

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  • Thu 20 Aug 2009 20:30
  • Sun 23 Aug 2009 21:30

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