A new detailed report issues a compelling message for policy makers that it is essential for a widespread shift of direct fuel transportation application to electricity in order to achieve green house gas reduction targets.
A commercial partnership between Daimler AG and BYD Company Limited expects to unveil a future electric vehicle concept during an autoshow in Beijing next April.
Nissan has recently released a new six year environmental agenda and is expanding the Smyrna facility with a $1 billion lithium battery plant on site with a capacity of up to 200,000 lithium battery packs per year with the potential both for domestic production and export.
The most recent Resource Investing News 2011 Network Audience Survey revealed that the majority of respondents that focus on lithium consider energy to offer the greatest potential for investment in the future and a significant number of these respondents have been active in trading this year.
A recent agreement between Korea and the United States indicates that the two countries will collaboratively develop research in areas including green transportation, smart grid technology, energy efficiency, renewable energy, and energy storage systems.
A report from Pike Research indicates China will be firmly positioned as the leading market for electric vehicles in the Asia Pacific region within the next 4 years. For lithium industry stakeholders and observers the bullish report suggests that the growing Chinese market will contribute to almost 50 percent of the territory’s aggregate sales.
In a recent global consumer survey, global consumer segmentation for electric vehicles indicates “potential first mover” or “willing to consider” interest to be over 85 percent in the emergent markets of Brazil, India and China.
Lithium producers, lithium battery manufacturers and the broader lithium investment community received some interesting news on Tuesday, as the Department of Energy (DOE) disclosed the results of a major review of research spending.
Senior government officials and ministers have announced an agreement to commit to increasing the energy efficiency of transportation, including the promotion for electric vehicles, lithium batteries, biofuels and natural gas vehicles minimizing oil demand for transport.
Canada is demonstrating a commitment to the lithium industry by creating the framework for programs that support electric vehicle initiatives with further support for the potential of recycling of lithium ion batteries.
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