THE LITHIUM SPOT E-ZINE SPEAKS WITH OROCOBRE MD/CEO RICHARD SEVILLE
The Lithium Spot e-zine has spoken with Orocobre Limited (ORE:ASX ORL:TSX) MD / CEO Richard Seville on all things Lithium, including the recent Morgan Stanley downgrade of the lithium sector and much more.
Strong policy and falling battery costs drive another record year for electric cars
According to the latest edition of the International Energy Agency’s Global Electric Vehicles Outlook the number of electric and plug-in hybrid cars on the world’s roads exceeded 3 million in 2017, a 54% increase compared with 2016. China remained by far the largest electric car market in the world, accounting for half sold last year.... View Article
Australia unplugged: why we’re still lagging behind on electric cars
For Brigid Niall and her daughter Queenie it was quite a road trip. Not because of the route they took on their weekend drive – around their inner-Melbourne suburb, through Melbourne’s CBD and up to East Brunswick in the inner-north – but for the reaction they received from other motorists and onlookers. Niall was at... View Article
March 26, 2018
Much of the success of the electric vehicle will come down to the performance and price of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries, the costliest and heaviest component of the car. Just seven years since its founding, one Chinese company has emerged as a rising star in the battery industry, backed by strong support from Beijing.
Fujian-based CATL was the center of attention at “Battery Japan,” a trade show held in Tokyo in March. Liang Chengdou, head of CATL’s research center, spoke with confidence. “Batteries produced by CATL for EVs will become as competitive as internal-combustion engines through technological innovation,” he promised.
ARTICLE: China’s battery king poised to overtake Panasonic-Tesla alliance