Njengoba sihamba phakathi nendawo yonyaka ka-2026, umkhakha webhethri le-lithium umile endaweni ebalulekile yokuhlangana kwezinguquko zobuchwepheshe, ukuhlelwa kabusha kwezohwebo, kanye nokushintsha kwezindleko. Nansi imikhakha emithathu okufanele uyibheke kanye nemibono yethu ezimele.
1. Amabhethri E-All-Solid-State Angena Esigabeni Sokuhlola Izimoto
NgoJuni 10, i-CATL yamemezela ukulethwa kwamasampula ayo okuqala ebhethri le-all-solid-state elisezingeni lemoto kubakhiqizi bezimoto abambisene nabo. Ibonisa ukuminyana kwamandla angu-500 Wh/kg kanye nekhono lokushaja ngokushesha kwe-4C, ukukhiqizwa ngobuningi kuhlelelwe u-2027 — isinyathelo esicacile ukusuka elabhorethri kuya ekuhlolweni kobunjiniyela.
Uhlolo lwethu: Ukufika kwamabhethri aqinile (solid-state batteries) kuzokhuphula kakhulu amandla okuhamba (range potential) nezindawo zokuphepha, okuzoshintsha indlela amabhethri ezimoto zikagesi ezisezingeni eliphezulu nezinto zikagesi zabathengi. Iziqondiso zinconywa ukuthi zilandelele ukuvuthwa kokukhiqiza phakathi kwabadlali abahamba phambili futhi zihlole ngokushesha isikhathi sokuguqukela kwezinto ezithunyelwa ngaphandle.
2. Izintela Zamabhethri Okugcina Amandla E-US Ziqala Ukubona Imiphumela
Kusukela ngoJanuwari 2026, i-United States ikhuphule izintela kumabhethri e-lithium aseShayina angewona ezimoto zikagesi (okugcina amandla, ezemboni, njll.) yafinyelela ku-25% ngaphansi kweSigaba sesi-301. Idatha yeCustoms yaseShayina ibonisa ukuthi kusukela ngoJanuwari kuya kuMeyi 2026, ukuthunyelwa kwamabhethri e-lithium e-US kwehle ngo-18% unyaka nonyaka, kanti inani eliphelele lokuthunyelwa emhlabeni wonke likhuphuke ngo-23%, okubonisa ukushintsha okusheshayo kwesidingo ngaseYurophu, iMiddle East, kanye neNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia. Ngasikhathi sinye, abakhiqizi abahamba phambili baseShayina bayashesha ukwakha izimboni eMexico, Hungary, naseMorocco.
Uhlaziyo Lwethu: Ingcindezi yentela iphoqa abakhiqizi bebhethri baseShayina ukuthi basheshise ukukhiqiza emhlabeni wonke. Kubathengi baphesheya kwezilwandle, ukuhlukahlukana kwezinto zokuhlinzeka akusaseyona inketho. Sincoma ukubeka phambili abahlinzeki abanamalayini okukhiqiza asebenza kakade phesheya kwezilwandle ukuze kuncishiswe ukuchayeka enteleni futhi kuncishiswe izikhathi zokulethwa.
3. Intengo kaLithium “Phansi” Ivusa Ukukhuphuka Kwesitoreji Samandla
Njengomhla zingama-19 kuJuni, i-lithium carbonate esezingeni lebhethri ibiza ngama-yuan angu-80,500/tonne, yehla cishe ngo-15% kusukela ekuqaleni konyaka. Lokhu kuholele ekutheni amanani amaphakethe ebhethri agcina amandla afinyelele ku-0.6 yuan/Wh (cishe u-$82/kWh). Ngokuhlanganiswa nezindleko ezihleliyo zamamojuli e-PV, izindleko ezilinganiselwe zikagesi wephrojekthi ye-solar-plus-storage e-China ziye zehla ngaphansi kuka-0.2 yuan/kWh, kuthuthukisa kakhulu ama-IRR emaphrojekthi e-commercial & industrial (C&I) kanye nawokwabelana ngesitoreji. I-BloombergNEF ibikezela ukuthi ukufakwa okusha kwamandla agciniwe emhlabeni wonke kuzodlula i-180 GWh okokuqala ngqa ngo-2026.
Uhlaziyo Lwethu: Isimo sezulu sentengo ephansi kaLithium sinikeza iwindi elihle kakhulu lokukhiya izindleko. Abathengi bamandla abakhulu kanye nabathuthukisi bamaphrojekthi bayakhuthazwa ukuthi bathathe isinyathelo ngokushesha — bavikele izivumelwano zesikhathi eside zokuhlinzekwa kwebhethri futhi basheshise ukuqaliswa kwamaphrojekthi asezingeni eliphezulu ukuze bathole ngokugcwele inzuzo yezindleko.
Amazwi Okugcina
Ubuchwepheshe, umthetho wezohwebo, kanye nezindleko zezinto ezingavuthiwe kuhlangene kubumba imboni yebhethri le-lithium ngendlela ejulile. Ukugcina iso elibukhali kumathrendi angaphambili kuyindlela kuphela yokuhlala uphambili. Ukuze uthole okunye ukuqonda ngemakethe noma ukwesekwa kwamasu okuthenga, zizwe ukhululekile ukuxhumana nethimba lethu lochwepheshe.