Articles Tagged "general motors"

Westport Signs Agreement with General Motors to Research Advanced Natural Gas Engine Technology

Gas – Westport Innovations Inc. (TSE:WPT,NASDAQ:WPRT) reports it will work with General Motors (NYSE:GM,TSE:GMM) to develop natural gas engine technology.

Inflationary Costs Impacting Lithium Producer

Lithium – At the beginning of next month or as contracts permit, a large lithium producer will be increasing global pricing for all of its lithium bromide products by 15 percent for all standard and non-standard pricing. The inflation is directly related to an "exponential spike" in the cost of key raw materials over the last few months.

Toronto Auto Show Abounds with Lithium Battery Technology

Lithium – For lithium investors the strong focus of technological innovations, including the latest in electric hybrids, pure electric solutions and hydrogen-powered models have already made the event a success as a showcase of both advanced concept models in addition to a more immediate term, and practical product display.

Toyota Adopts Tesla Laptop Battery Strategy for Electric Cars

Lithium – Bloomberg reports that Automakers are testing packs of lithium-ion batteries assembled by Silicon Valley startup Tesla Motors Inc. costing less than bigger, car-only batteries favored by General Motors Co., Nissan Motor Co. and Mitsubishi Motors Corp.

Major Australian Lithium Producer Merging with Chilean Brine Explorer

Lithium – Last Thursday, a binding letter agreement was executed to combine Salares Lithium Inc and Talison Minerals to strategically merge their respective lithium assets and create the world's largest, publicly traded lithium production and exploration company.