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https://auto.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/industry/denmark-calls-for-eu-strategy-to-phase-out-diesel-and-petrol-cars-from-2030/71450092

https://electrek.co/2019/10/05/tesla-quietly-acquires-battery-manufacturer/

This will now put even greater pressure on all car manufacturers to make heir own batteries and very much source their own Lithium and rare earths .

Good Morning Mr Sloan !
Does that make you feel back in class ?

https://seekingalpha.com/article/4294575-ev-company-news-month-september-2019?isDirectRoadblock=true

For all intensive purposes , I anticipate China is manipulating the current Lithium market whilst they maintain a momentum to control the world supply chain .

https://auto.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/auto-components/tianjin-battery-co-to-buy-cells-from-munoth-industries/71323631

https://auto.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/industry/china-battery-giant-shrugs-off-headwinds-with-1-4-billion-plan/71315336

And why would you spend these sort of dollars if there was not going to be a need ????

Any Germans on this thread whom can give us an idea of what they are saying ?

https://insideevs.com/news/372902/vw-battery-cell-rd-pilot-production/

Carmaker open to join ventures to fill supply gap in electric vehicle push

"MASTER THE ENTIRE VALUE CHAIN" will make them the "MASTER OF THEIR OWN DESTINY " And they have to Lawrence .
These articles are just short of saying European Metals Holdings

Performance, costs and quality should be secured in order to “MASTER THE ENTIRE VALUE CHAIN of lithium-ion batteries from raw materials through production to recycling”.

https://www.electrive.com/2019/09/23/volkswagen-to-build-a-gigafactory/

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https://www.ft.com/content/110f749e-de17-11e9-9743-db5a370481bc

Opening a prototype cell production line at the site of a future Gigafactory in Salzgitter, Stefan Sommer, the group’s supervisory board member for procurement, said that the carmaker’s current providers “can only fulfil 50-60% of [VW’s] total need by 2023” and Volkswagen was thus “open to joint ventures”.

“We need huge capacity for battery cells,” he added. “Six or seven times the size of [the Salzgitter] factory.”
And Who have they called ????????????????

https://www.ft.com/content/110f749e-de17-11e9-9743-db5a370481bc

Prime Minister Andrej Babiš will visit the Ústí Region on Wednesday 18 September, accompanied by Ministers of Health, Industry and Environment. It will negotiate with the region's management, among others, on projects to SMOOTH MINING and the course of reclamation of mined sites. The Prime Minister will visit the Milada and Most lakes, the CSA quarry and the Masaryk Hospital in Ústí nad Labem.
https://www.vlada.cz/cz/media-centrum/ocekavane-udalosti/18--zari-2019-premier-babis-navstivi-ustecky-kraj-176154/

https://electrek.co/2019/09/09/vw-battery-cost-gigafactory-northvolt/

And where will their Lithium come from ?

Carmakers will have to invest in the mining sector to guarantee supplies of materials needed to make batteries and keep costs under control if the drive for electric vehicles is to be sustained.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=12265993

A spokeswoman declined to give names of companies potentially taking part but added that German companies play important roles in both production consortia.
All they have to do is mention European Metals Holdings once and we are off , bloody confidentiality clauses .

https://auto.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/industry/germany-pushing-new-ev-battery-consortium-with-1-bln-euro-subsidy/71022228

Every five weeks, some 9,500 more electric buses hit the road in China – the equivalent of London’s entire bus fleet – according to a new report by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF).
40,000 tonnes of lithium per annum just for these buses .
China’s e-bus fleet is projected to rise to more than 600,000, BNEF says.
https://www.star2.com/living/2019/09/08/electric-buses-solution/

The world’s biggest carmaker announced Friday that it had struck a deal with Sweden’s Northvolt to build a giant battery factory in Germany. It also confirmed production dates for two new models key to the group’s success.
https://www.ozarksfirst.com/local-news/volkswagens-electric-future-is-quickly-taking-shape/
And where will they get Local Lithium from .
Offtake agreements must be close .

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-06/china-mulls-target-for-60-of-auto-sales-to-be-electric-by-2035

https://byznys.ihned.cz/c1-66636770-skoda-auto-vyrobila-prvni-baterie-pro-elektromobily-koncernu-volkswagen-vyuzije-je-treba-pro-model-skoda-superb-iv

No way mac4671 , KC has been talking to VW for two years , and we received a tender for supply 2 years ago . You don't think that discussions would not be on going considering VW did not get a response from any of the mines . EMH would be talking to all and sundry for sure . Why would he go to Korea if there weren't some customers there that requested his presence .
All it will take is one announcement of offtake and we are off , I am just surprised that the market does not recognise that there actual will be one . VW , BMW , Panasonic , LG etc I am sure we will end up with more than one .