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The battle for Europe’s 21st century automotive market is underway.
France’s leading oil producer, Total SA, is set to become Europe’s fourth largest lithium ion battery producer for electric vehicles (EV) after agreeing a multi-billion euro deal to make 48GWh of cells by 2030.
https://www.benchmarkminerals.com/membership/total-saft-psa-europes-fourth-largest-ev-battery-producer-if-e5bn-mega-project-executes/
Renewables: Total Expands in Wind Power in France with the acquisition of Global Power Wind France 20 Mar 2020
https://www.londonstockexchange.com/exchange/news/market-news/market-news-detail/TTA/14470447.html
The world has entered a new gear in the global battery arms race in new data released by Benchmark Mineral Intelligence.
Benchmark launches Battery Megafactories Europe 2020 Conference, 17-18 June 2020, Berlin, Germany
Europe’s planned lithium ion cell battery capacity surges in 2019 to 348GWh
China continues to dominate adding 564GWh by 2028
Total lithium ion battery capacity in pipeline equals 39m EVs by 2029
https://www.benchmarkminerals.com/?p=765218
Simon Alvarez
By Simon Alvarez
Posted on March 26, 2019
Tesla’s much-celebrated Model 3 has earned another rave review, this time from one of Germany’s most accomplished magazines, Der Spiegel. Their conclusion? Tesla Model 3 is poised to strike fear into the hearts of more established automakers in the region.
https://www.teslarati.com/?p=98809
Tesla is running up against the biggest problem in electric cars. Tesla wants to make more cars, but it can't. “I think it’s more to do with actual lack of battery manufacturing capacity than an issue with lithium supply,” Calum MacRae, automotive analyst at GlobalData. Musk has spoken of his ambition to reach the terawatt-hour scale of battery production. https://is.gd/l3yNCL
on the SAV site + Thurs come & gone - no RNS , BUT Europe Pushes on With Gigafactory plan to Rival Tesla.The plant will cost about 2 billion euros and will complement a French factory in the Hauts de France region. https://is.gd/2NqqmH
A mining license granted to block 9735c provides direct access to the pilot plant near Inhambane via a main road running through the block.
https://www.vivifucecchio.it/Sat/09_8306/mutamba-ilmenite-mozambique/
Targeting first production in 2020 with average annual production of 456,000t of ilmenite and 118,000t of non-magnetic concentrate
https://www.savannahresources.com/assets/mutamba-jangamo-project/
Settlement of Milestone 2 represents the full and final satisfaction of the consideration payable to the Vendors.
The Deferred Equity Consideration will be issued at 6.75 pence per Ordinary Share.
Application will be made for the 20,000,000 Ordinary Shares, which will rank pari passu with the existing Ordinary Shares, to be admitted to trading on AIM ('Admission'). It is expected that Admission will become effective and dealings will commence at 8:00am on or around 12 October 2018
http://www.savannahresources.com/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Settlement-of-Portuguese-Project-Deferred-Consideration-09.10.18.pdf
Sorry if this is old news - have not been following this BB for a while. http://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/23958/regal-petroleum-is-the-end-of-uncertainty-in-sight-23958.html
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aVqbD6T3XJeM
http://www.gizmag.com/first-think-city-ev-produced-indiana/17302/
The Tata Indica Vista EV hits the market early in 2011, carries four people, has excellent performance and can run 150 miles on a charge. Tata is also the world's fourth largest truck manufacturer and the world’s second largest bus manufacturer http://www.gizmag.com/tata-readies-indica-vista-ev-for-market/17156/
SMITH Electric Vehicles has appointed a distributor to help it make electric vans and trucks more popular in Iceland. Makes sense - most of their electricity is geothermal. http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/science-and-technology//2010/11/18/smith-electric-vehicles-appoints-icelandic-distributor-51140-27670647/?campaign=Newcastle_email_nebusinessemail:20101118
Proton Power Systems plc (AIM:PPS), a leading designer, developer and producer of fuel cells and fuel cell electric hybrid systems, is pleased to announce the success of the first testing phase for the range extender system for Smith Electric Vehicles ("Smith"). The Group is conducting trials on the 'Smith Edison' light commercial vehicle, which is based on the Ford Transit chassis. http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:PPS.L&display=news&it=le