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...Nissan hopes those EVs are the same ones that will carry the next-generation batteries. Investors, however, are still feeling a distinct lack of enthusiasm. “They just don’t move the needle . . ....
...“If it’s sustained at this level, they aren’t making enough money [for it] to make sense to build a new battery,” he said....
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...“The US could try to use AI to optimise battery materials that they have access to and don’t need to rely on China for,” said James Frith, principal at Volta Energy Technologies, a battery supply chain investment...
...Tim Bush, a battery analyst at UBS, said: “The Europeans are putting all their money into inexperienced local new entrants like Northvolt, while Korean battery companies aren’t expanding their investments...
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...Sales of battery electric vehicles (BEV) in Europe dropped 11.3 per cent year on year in March, the second fall in four months, according to figures this month. The timing of Easter played a part....
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...Even on days when people told us they weren’t going to invest in us, Peter would have this complete conviction. Without Elon Musk, I don’t think we’d have a Northvolt.”...
...Ukraine currently has at least three Patriot batteries and one SAMP/T battery which it received in 2023. “They only need seven,” one person said. “But it’s complicated.”...
...“We don’t see any reason why we should not expand production of nickel for battery materials,” Seto told the Financial Times. “What we want to achieve is price equilibrium....
...An EU official said: “The problem we face right now is that we don’t have enough batteries or we don’t have enough chemicals. We want these batteries to be built in Europe or in the UK....
...“There isn’t much visibility in the financial situation of its parent, which leaves doubts about the healthiness of related transactions between them,” said a China-focused manager at a UK-based hedge fund...
...Batteries require cobalt and unregulated artisanal cobalt mining in the Congo is finishing off the job King Leopold started....
...Meanwhile, don’t forget to register for the first Moral Money Summit Africa, happening in Johannesburg and online next Tuesday, November 21....
...“It’s more of a confession that growth isn’t going to come roaring back than anything,” he added....
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...“It’s a chicken and egg [problem]. You can’t build [manufacturing] capability because you don’t have reliable supply. You can’t create a reliable supply unless you’ve got a buyer of it.”...
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...“We see this as a big opportunity. We wouldn’t go into it unless we intended to play a major role in it.” Additional reporting by Harry Dempsey in Singapore...
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