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17 May 2021
Foxconn the carmaker? Disruption in the era of electric vehicles
(Read more)[FT] In a matter of just months, Foxconn has assembled more than 1,200 member companies...from software giants ...to auto suppliers...It...has a co-operation agreement with Chinese EV company Byton and signed a deal to manufacture for US EV designer Fisker...
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14 May 2021
Philippines’ Nickel Asia lifts 1Q nickel ore sales
(Read more)[Argus Media UK] Nickel Asia attributed increases in its average prices to higher demand from outside the country, with China forced to source material from the Philippines after Indonesia banned nickel ore exports from the start of last year.
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14 May 2021
Electric car, commodities boom make it imperative to have price hedging tools for battery metals, says CME Group
(Read more)[SCMP] With the battery accounting for 20 to 40 per cent of the cost of an EV, futures will help users and traders to manage price risks...according to CME Group, the world’s largest derivatives marketplace.
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13 May 2021
Fisker, Foxconn Firm Up Plan For Sub-$30,000 EV, Target U.S. Production In 2023
(Read more)[Forbes] The companies signed an agreement for the so-called Project PEAR (an acronym for personal electric automotive revolution)...The PEAR vehicle, which Fisker hasn’t yet revealed a design for, is the second vehicle coming from the company that recently listed shares via a SPAC merger.
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12 May 2021
New York Lawmakers Seek to Expand Electric Vehicle Access By Allowing Direct Sales
(Read more)[WSKG] State lawmakers are looking to expand access to electric vehicles by allowing more manufacturers to sell directly to consumers in New York, in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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12 May 2021
Electric-Vehicle Firms Push for Their Own Dealerships in New York
(Read more)[WSJ] Laws completely prohibiting direct sales exist in 16 states, including Texas and Connecticut, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council, an environmental group that supports lifting those bans. The group says another 11 states, including New York, restrict sales.
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12 May 2021
Electric vehicle shift poised to transform Canada’s miners
(Read more)[FT] On both sides of the US-Canada border, a regional electric vehicle (EV) supply chain is being created, with the potential to transform mining in Canada and loosen China’s grip on the minerals used in batteries.
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12 May 2021
Wall Street is having second thoughts about electric vehicle start-ups like Lordstown Motors
(Read more)[NYT] The swift rise and stunning decline of Lordstown are emblematic of the recent mania for E.V. businesses that are far from making a product, let alone selling it...
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12 May 2021
Electric Vehicle Batteries: How To Avoid The Next Sustainability Crisis?
(Read more)[Forbes] The global stockpile of used lithium-ion (Li-Ion) electric vehicle batteries is expected to grow...Battery passports, recorded on the blockchain, are emerging as a sustainable solution...The battery passport aims to reduce the number of ‘orphan’ batteries that end up untracked and unwanted...
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05 May 2021
Material Matters: Nickel, Aluminium & Iron Ore
(Read more)[FN Arena] Macquarie points out there are already projects totalling 500,000tpa of nickel...planned for fulfilling battery demand...Still, the broker suspects, at most, half of the sulphide projects intended for meeting battery demand will get off the ground...