sage in the hills
03 Oct 2017
Complete summary EV Detroit Rolls Ahead On Electric Vehicles -- WSJ03/10/2017 8
2amDow Jones NewsGM (NYSE:GM)Intraday Stock ChartToday : Tuesday 3 October 2017Click Here for more GM Charts.Mike Colias This article is being republished as part of our daily reproduction of WSJ.com articles that also appeared in the U.S. print edition of The Wall Street Journal (October 3, 2017).Detroit's largest auto makers ramped up plans for electric vehicles in coming years, the latest push from traditional car companies to respond to tougher emissions regulations and the prospect that some markets across the globe could eventually ban internal combustion engines powered with fossil fuels.General Motors Co. plans to introduce two more electric vehicles in the U.S. over the next 18 months and 20 globally within six years, the nation's largest auto maker by sales said Monday. At the same time, crosstown rival Ford Motor Co. said it had formed a new team to help direct investments toward new electrified vehicles expected in the next several years. The Detroit-based group, called "Team Edison," will explore partnerships with suppliers and other companies, the auto maker said.The auto makers are investing billions of dollars in electric vehicles despite challenges turning a profit on them due to expensive technology costs that increase vehicle prices, and tepid consumer demand. GM and Ford are currently minting profits in the U.S. with fuel-thirsty pickup trucks and sport-utility vehicles that consumers find enticing amid low gasoline prices.Electric vehicles account for less than 1% of U.S. sales, and a sliver of the nearly 90 million sold around the world. Infrastructure challenges remain, with additional charging stations needed to keep vehicles powered and avoid stranded motorists. Investors have bid up shares of Tesla Inc., pressuring traditional car companies, but the Silicon Valley electric-car maker consistently loses money.Still, countries including China, the U.K., France and India have signaled plans to ban sales of vehicles powered with gasoline or diesel fuels in the coming decades. The head of California's Air Resources Board recently suggested the state could follow suit. That is on top of burgeoning negotiations among California, Trump administration officials and car executives over potentially relaxing tough future emissions standards that require companies to sell vehicles getting better mileage.The upshot is car executives, even while highlighting challenges with market demand and lobbying for regulatory changes, are increasingly sounding bullish on electric cars and, in some instances, echoing statements from government officials."General Motors believes the future is all-electric," said Mark Reuss, GM's product-development chief, at the auto maker's suburban Detroit design center. He said GM's future electric vehicles would be profitable without further explanation.GM's lineup will continue to offer hybrids and traditional vehicles reliant on gasoline and diesel fuels during what the company expects to be a prolonged transition to those predominantly running on batteries, Mr. Reuss said.GM said it would use the underpinnings of the Chevrolet Bolt electric car currently on sale for coming vehicles in the U.S., though declined to discuss further details of their makeup. The auto maker also said it has developed a next-generation battery system that will allow for greater flexibility in electric-vehicle sizes and body styles in coming years.GM said it would do more to expand the availability of charging stations to help spur consumer demand for electric vehicles, but didn't peg an investment amount or disclose specific plans. Volkswagen AG, stung by an emissions-cheating scandal, has begun investing in charging stations around the U.S. and expects to offer 50 electric vehicles by 2025. Tesla already has thousands of charging stations in its home country and elsewhere.The mark
sage in the hills
25 Sep 2017
..and digesting this....uhmmm [link]
sage in the hills
23 Sep 2017
Digesting ADVFN news feed Sat....."Though not unexpected, China's announcement brings two things to the EV battery industry it sorely needs: certainty of demand (albeit compulsory) and scale. Global battery production is expected to double in the next five years. As down-payment on its plan to lead the world in energy storage devices, China will add 120 gigawatt-hours of annual battery production capacity by 2021. That's three times the output of Tesla's Gigafactory. VW Group board member for research and development Ulrich Eichhorn told Automotive News the company will need more than 200 gigawatt-hours worth of batteries by 2025 to meet its goals.Now sooner than later, China's mandates will push the market price of batteries below the $100/kWh threshold at which -- thereabouts, all things equal -- an EV design attains cost-parity with an internal-combustion vehicle. After that, Katy bar the door.The other skunk at Daimler's picnic was Dieselgate. Two years after clean-air investigators discovered emissions-cheating software in VW Group products, affecting 11 million vehicles world-wide, the scandal and public ire has become general. In remarks from the stage, Daimler AG chairman Dr. Dieter Zetsche pushed back on growing sentiment in Europe to restrict diesel vehicles if not ban them altogether. "It's a fact that it's worthwhile to improve modern diesel engines rather than to ban them," Mr. Zetsche said. "That is why Daimler has invested 3 billion euros in the further development of our diesel engines."With respect, that is a bit post-hoc: It's the 3 billion euros already spent that makes it worthwhile, not the other way around. Even the Project ONE raised an eyebrow.In any event, Mr. Zetsche will have to take it up with the people and parliaments of Europe. In two years, diesel's market share has fallen by 8%. In the home court of Germany, sales fell 14% in August from 2016. Madrid, Paris, and Athens have announced diesel bans to combat urban concentrations of NOx and particulates, coming fully into force by 2025. Even Daimler's hometown of Stuttgart wants to brush the city's famous soot from its shoulders.SAGE
theprior
09 Sep 2017
LG Chem [link]
theprior
17 Aug 2017
Re: Capital network "BUY"
theprior
17 Aug 2017
Re: Capital network What's the point of recommending a sell based on something the company paid for. Doesn't make any sense.I wasn't making any comment at all, just putting the link out there for anyone to see.What's the point of reading?What's the point of posting "what's the point of reading"What's the point of anything?TP
JakNife
17 Aug 2017
Re: Capital network What is the use of reading something that is undoubtedly going to say positive things because EMH paid for it?This is the last page:"This report has been commissioned by European Metals Holdings Ltd and prepared and issued by Capital Network for publication globally."
theprior
17 Aug 2017
Capital network Research document[link] reading!TP
theprior
16 Aug 2017
Rns Further drill results and appointment of DFS manager.TP
sage in the hills
26 Jul 2017
Re: Would've thought ...theprior.......what a difference a day makes !!SAGE
theprior
25 Jul 2017
Would've thought all the talk about batteries and domestic power supply would've kicked off the sp here. KDNC has rocketed today, so why not EMH ?TP
Tatty
04 Jul 2017
Rns Market cap around £60m. Cinovec npv around £340m. Capital costs for mining operations around £200m. I fear the mother of dilutions is waiting to happen.
theprior
19 Jun 2017
Back in At this level I reckon we can double our money pretty quickly.Li demand continues to grow, as does EV usage across Europe. This can only accelerate as EVproduction in the area ramps up.TP
theprior
15 May 2017
Zinc ?? The writing seems to have been on the wall for a few days but I wonder if this has anything to do with the rot setting in ?No recommendation but, I'm out for now, till the dust settles.Leaving my KDNC intact..it's not worth much and they've got other interests besides Li.Luck all,TP[link]
theprior
03 May 2017
Re: Mining permit granted Thanks YB, the link you've posted is definitely worth a read. Gives good background and the map is a useful tool. It makes sense of the relative size of the project.TP
