Growing Demand for EV, Hybrid Batteries Puts Focus on Bolivia’s Lithium Reserves. Nation Has Half the Known Supply, But Easy Access Doubtful Says New Yorker Article. Lithium-in-Bolivia.jpg A little-discussed aspect of the drive to replace … Chile and Argentina alone could supply the world’s demand for cheap lithium well past 2060 (at which point Bolivia would still have to be dealt with if lithium hadn’t been replaced as the basis for advanced automotive batteries). …