Following the unofficial news that Tesla’s now in talks with the Chile-based lithium mining firm SQM about securing long-term lithium supplies, a BMW exec has now been quoted by Germany’s Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung as saying that a 10-year supply contract for lithium and cobalt for BMW was now close to being signed.
In the world of life, there are small challenges and there are major, critical, existential challenges. That’s the story for humans, for businesses, and for industries. Limited cobalt supply is being pitched more and more as an existential problem for the electric vehicle revolution (and for Tesla in particular), but it’s really just another cog in the machine that needs to get moving.
An analyst for Seeking Alpha says cars like the Jaguar I-PACE using NMC prismatic battery cells offer a better user experience while charging and may outperform the Tesla Supercharger network.
This week is Cleantech Talk’s Tesla Truck take. Anyone can offer a “hot take” on current events, and darn near every media outlet did! But it takes a brave team (or just a very busy-with-other-work one!) to offer a “cold take” weeks later. In our defense, we were trying to add something to CleanTechnica’s already-substantive coverage and reflections (e.g., this and this).
Originally published on EV Obsession. Kokam Company has conducted ballistic tests on lithium-ion battery cells utilizing the company’s NANO battery technology and found that even when the cells in question are shot, they do not undergo thermal runaway. The company’s NANO battery technology also allows lithium-ion batteries to withstand temperatures … [continued]
The Bolt announcement has revealed significant details of the new Chevy Bolt electric vehicle. The pleasing combination of range, performance, and price are at a new level for electric vehicles. With the current information, we can now compare to figures for the Sonic/Trax, the platform the Bolt shares, as well … [continued]
