Elon Musk, head of the electric car company Tesla, disclosed in August that more than 450,000 people have placed deposits on the firm’s latest electric car, the $35,000 Model 3. The U.S. firm will start producing it at scale next year. Such strong consumer interest in an electric car is unprecedented and marks a tipping point for electric cars entering the mainstream. And Tesla isn’t going it alone. In recent months a slew of carmakers—including VW, BMW, Mercedes, and most other major European players—have announced dates when they will phase out production of diesel- or gasoline-only vehicles as they switch to hybrids or all-electrics. All these cars will get their energy from batteries, mostly ones that use lithium-ion technology. The flood of activity is leading some market watchers to question whether the battery supply chain—from metal mining firms to materials companies to battery makers—will be able to keep up with
European materials firms take positions as electric car adoption accelerates
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German carmaker BMW will bring out an all-electric version of its i8 hybrid model, pictured, as part of its quest to generate 15 to 25% of sales from electric cars by 2025. (Credit: BMW)
Metal prices challenge battery sector
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Chemical & Engineering News ; 95 , 37 ; 21-23
2017-09-18
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BASF , nickel , cobalt , lithium-ion , battery material , Energy storage
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