In The Search For New Energy Resources, Lithium May Be The Key

Lithium may be the world’s lightest metal, but it may hold the biggest weight when it comes to powering the future of the country. Lithium is the substance that helps us power our everyday lives even if we didn’t realize it. Do you use your cell phone regularly? Well, lithium is the battery that powers most cell phones in the world. How about a laptop? It’s also what powers most laptops and other portable devices. However, the best thing about the substance is that it comes from the earth and is basically a clean renewable energy that is being underutilized.

The way lithium is produced is through an extraction process, which is natural that takes place in most dry areas like deserts. Melting snow and water run into underground pools of salt water that later pump out lithium brine that is left after the salt water dries up from the sun. This brine becomes a powder, which is your standard lithium that can later be used on a number of electronics via batteries and energy sources. This makes lithium lightweight and a powerful energy source that could help bring an end to a lot of dirty energy practices.

The greatest use of lithium may come from its use in electric cars that will allow automobiles to travel hundreds of miles off a single charge. Being that the type of lithium found in your everyday cell phone battery is around one-tenth of an ounce, it is likely that a much bigger (more powerful), yet remarkably lightweight, lithium battery could be developed to power your car.  Car companies are actually starting to develop these type of batteries in order to produce a mass market auto. Stay tuned…lithium could be the future of the auto industry.

Niranjan Shah Technical Expertise

Niranjan Shah is more than just a symbolic C.E.O. of Globetrotters Incorporated. He founded that company and sits at the top of it because he’s qualified to do so and because he is one of the most talented technical engineers in the world. Niranjan Shah has had over 25 years of experience and expertise in the field of engineering design, construction, and management. Niranjan Shah is a licensed professional engineer in Illinois, Wisconsin, and Indiana and his company is a force in Midwest construction. Niranjan Shah has shown off his technical expertise on many projects ranging from small and meaningful enterprises to large million dollar projects like:

• Design and Construction Management of 911 Emergency Response Center in Chicago
• Civil Design for McCormick Place Expansion
• Management of Chicago O’Hare International Terminal

Niranjan Shah has earned his spot amongst the top professional engineers in the world.  He will continue to innovate in order to maintain that status.

Toyota Invests In Tesla Motors, Electric Automobiles

Tesla Motors may not be a well known company to the general public, but Toyota is making an investment that the future of car manufacturers may be given a healthy jolt by Tesla. Tesla Motors is a Silicon Valley based company that is creating some of the most state of the art electric cars in the world. Now, up to this point, Tesla has flown under the radar of the majority of the general public but now with a major car company like Toyota putting an investment and financial backing into the company there’s a real possibility that Tesla’s electric cars could become commonplace on the road.

By reopening the NUMMI plant, which is located in Northern California, Toyota has made a play to get Tesla cars manufacturered and out onto the street. Investing over $50 million dollars in the car company, Toyota is banking that the time for Tesla Motors and their electric cars have come. Being that the company is somewhat small (Tesla Motors employs about 500 people) it’s hard for them to be competitive in such a big market, but now with the help of Toyota, they can expand their company and their resources and go from being primarily an expensive carmaker into a common car company that can hit all types of the market.

So far Tesla Motors has been known for it’s Tesla Roadster which was it’s first automobile and also the first automobile to us a lithium-ion battery that had a charge that could last longer than 200 miles. For many, it’s considered to be a state of the art vehicle that is great for the environment and has the speed and kick (can go from 0 to 60 in 3.9 seconds) that many other electric cars are missing. Yet, the car is still very expensive and out of the price ranges for many in the marketplace. This is why Toyota teaming up with Tesla Motors is a good thing because it will allow state of the art automobiles to be a big part of the market and may just open new clean doors to the way people get around.