Lithium – Boeing’s Dreamliner battery woes are casting a dark shadow on both lithium batteries and the electric car industry. However, most electric car makers use lithium-manganese batteries, which are considered much safer in terms of thermal stability.
Lithium – The question is not one of absolute feasibility; the question is one of economics and performance in the sense that how much more might it cost you to avoid lithium and REEs, and how much poorer performance will the resulting vehicle have.
Lithium – FMC recently announced that Umicore will be acquiring a series of product and process patents covering “high end active cathode materials." The market responded strongly to the news release sending FMC share prices climbing on relatively large trading volumes.
Nickel – Tesla Motors (NASDAQ:TSLA) announced that it has launched a program through which their battery packs can be recycled.
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