Lithium
Lithium in The News
| May 21, 2010 Toyota and Tesla Motors join to build electric vehicles Toyota Motor and Tesla Motors have agreed to jointly develop electric vehicles to be on the market by 2012 Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) and Tesla Motors, Inc have partnered for the joint development of electric vehicles, production, parts and engineering. A team of specialists will be appointed from both groups to develop those efforts. Toyota will purchase $50 million in Tesla's common stock which was offered in a private placement to close immediately after the closing of Tesla's i... (12 KB) |
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| August 13, 2009 Electric car mania sparks lithium boom Little-known lithium has emerged as the hottest commodity of the moment as investors look for a way to cash in on the anticipated flood of electric cars into the marketplace. (...) To view the entire article as a PDF, please follow the link: (15 KB) |
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| July 23, 2009 Will electric cars ignite a lithium boom? During last year's American presidential campaign, John McCain laid out his plan to jump-start the electric car industry with a US$300-million reward for whoever could build a better battery. His then rival, Barack Obama, roundly mocked the scheme, calling it a "gimmick." But it turns out that Obama's biggest problem with the plan may have been there weren't enough zeros in the prize. Any day now, the U.S. Department of Energy is expected to announce the winning recipients of grants to foster... (14 KB) |
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| May 01, 2009 The Problem with Lithium (...) world's oil supply is finite, fossil-fuelled vehicles pollute and the public outcry for an alternative is strong. The leading alternative right now --- if you judge technology by the amount of press generated --- is electric cars. Electric cars don't pollute, electrons are relatively cheap and, perhaps most importantly, these vehicles seem to have captured the imagination of the American consumer, still the greatest economic engine in the world. To view the entire article as a PDF, ple... (24 KB) |
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