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https://cleantechnica.com/2020/10/16/gm-rebrands-hamtramck-plant-as-factory-zero-hummer-available-late-2021/

Their Ultium batteries increase the amount of nickel in the battery and decrease the amount of cobalt by adding aluminium.

https://reneweconomy.com.au/bhp-responds-to-elon-musks-call-for-more-nickel-as-miners-wake-up-to-ev-market-11233/

‘In our central energy review, we expect to see the accumulative demand over the next few years is 250% of that of the last 30 years.

Nickel is the standout winner in the decarbonising world. It secures that position because no matter what metals (or combination of metals) are tested in lithium-ion cathodes, nickel produces the highest energy density of any.’

‘This is the insight for why nickel has such a positive future. It is the workhorse of the lithium-ion battery.’

https://www.mining.com/cornish-lithium-gets-5m-funding-boost-for-uk-project/

Hopefully a better outcome than the other ‘new dawn’ mine.

https://www.whichev.net/2020/10/08/almost-one-third-of-mg-sales-are-evs-in-bumper-september/

https://insideevs.com/news/448787/germany-plugin-car-sales-september-2020/

https://thedriven.io/2020/10/13/global-net-zero-target-for-2050-needs-50-million-evs-on-roads-in-next-10-years/

To save the planet?

https://www.mining.com/web/trump-didnt-save-coal-or-steel-to-be-fair-no-one-could/

Apologies long article but points the way.

https://cleantechnica.com/2020/10/12/us-tesla-sales-up-22-in-3rd-quarter-us-auto-sales-down-9/

‘Tesla’s battery plans are ginormous’ to quote the article.

https://cleantechnica.com/2020/10/11/tesla-seeks-approval-to-produce-battery-cells-in-texas/

Tesla expects to produce 3 terawatt (TWH) of batteries by 2030, which is more than the battery experts at Benchmark Minerals expected the whole world to be producing by 2030.

Some of our waste is going to made into building blocks.

Hopefully more successful than the mine waste that was utilised that way in Cornwall until the 1960’s.

It’s called mundic block and generally makes your house unmortgageable as the impurities leach out and become unstable unless the house is well maintained.

https://www.mining.com/as-demand-for-nickel-grows-so-do-environmental-concerns-report/

Plus those environmental concerns again.

https://insideevs.com/news/447992/dpd-announced-fleet-electrification-in-europe/

If you know what I mean, I won’t have a word said against them.

https://insideevs.com/news/448205/western-europe-bev-sales-september-2020/

https://www.mining.com/chasm-between-copper-cobalt-and-nickel-exploration-success-and-future-demand/

HZM got moving early on two out of three of these metals, wonder who has noticed?

https://www.mining.com/vale-enters-jv-to-expand-chinese-port/

I came this way via a flow battery company, they were very chuffed that their storage time out lasted lithium ion batterIes, I think Tesla may have closed the gap a bit.

Appears to need big nickel and big cobalt.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/korihale/2019/08/06/teslas-megapack-battery-ambitions-could-drain-cobalt-supply/#3d7a31c4b8c9

‘The first mega packs installed at P and G Moss Landing substation..... this energy storage system will be one of the largest utility owned, lithium- ion battery energy storage in the world.

WYTT Good question always to ask, batteries are increasing their flavour range. Plenty of business out there for all.