New kid on the EV block announces £1.6bn plans
A new entrant to the UK electric vehicle charging market has announced plans for a £1.6bn investment programme to build rapid charging facilities across the country. Pivot Power is hoping to build a world-first 2GW network of grid-scale batteries and rapid electric vehicle (EV) charging stations across the UK.
360º Video Tour of the Olaroz Lithium Facility
Enjoy this immersive 360º site tour of Orocobre’s Olaroz Lithium Facility (located in Jujuy Province, Argentina). The operations are situated at an altitude of 4,000 metres above sea level and produce lithium carbonate from the Salar de Olaroz brine resource, which contains high concentrations of lithium and potash brine. The Olaroz Lithium Facility is a... View Article
Orocobre’s Chinese Lithium Conversion Market Analysis
Following on from the recent Macquarie Group Conference Presentations (click to download Orocobre’s full Macquarie Conference PDF Presentation), Orocobre Limited (ORE:ASX ORL:TSX) has compiled further in-depth analysis of the Lithium Supply Market (specifically the Chinese Lithium Conversion Market). Below Orocobre Commercial Executive Tara Berries discusses what this research has illustrated.
July 7, 2017
GOTHENBURG: Geely-owned Volvo Car Group said on Wednesday all new models launched from 2019 will be fully electric or hybrids.
The Gothenburg-based company will continue to produce pure combustion-engine Volvos from models launched before that date, but said it would introduce cars across its model line-up that ranged from fully electric cars to plug-in hybrids.
Volvo’s plans make it the first major traditional automaker to set a date for the complete phase-out of combustion-engine-only models though electrification has long been a buzzword across the industry and Elon Musk’s Tesla Motors has been a pure-play battery car maker from day one.