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The cities–Bogota, Buenos Aires, Chicago, Copenhagen, Delhi, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Toronto, Sao Paulo, Seoul and Sydney–have come together to form the ‘C40 Electric Vehicle Network’ and collectively will work in four areas of municipal action that they see as critical to the successful introduction of electric vehicles: - ReedResources

It took 48 years to grow from 2,300 vehicles in 1949 to one million in 1997; the second million took 6.5 years; the third took 3 years and nine months; the fourth million is coming after 2 years and 7 months. - ReedResources

Boom! That’s the sound of another round being fired in the electric vehicle war, and it’s a big one: BMW is getting in on the action in a big way. The Germans are rolling into the Detroit auto show next month with the slick Concept ActiveE and hinting it might see production. It looks mighty close to being showroom-ready as it is. - ReedResources

TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (TMC) announces the introduction of the "Prius Plug-in Hybrid", a plug-in version of the third-generation "Prius" gasoline-electric hybrid vehicle, into key markets. Approximately 600 units will be introduced in Japan, the United States, and Europe over the first half of 2010, for use by governments and businesses. TMC will analyze feedback regarding the Prius Plug-in Hybrid, with an aim to begin sales in the tens of thousands of units to the general public in two years. - ReedResources

EV's to be powered by paper batteries...? - ReedResources

"By extracting oxygen, rather than storing it, and by using lithium metal as an anode, lithium-air batteries are 10 to 15 times more energy dense than other lithium rechargeables." - ReedResources

Boardroom Radio interview with Reed MD, Chris Reed. - ReedResources

"Nissan Motor Co. Chief Executive Officer Carlos Ghosn said U.S. consumer demand for electric vehicles may exceed President Barack Obama’s goal of 1 million plug-in models by 2015. " - ReedResources

"Japanese automaker Nissan’s CEO Carlos Ghosn said that consumer demand for electric vehicles in the US might exceed President Obama’s target of one million plug-in models by 2015. Speaking his mind, Mr. Ghosn said, “There is absolutely no reason that you will not have much more than 1 million cars in the U.S. before 2015.”" - ReedResources

"Toshiba expects to sign up about five car companies as customers for its new lithium-ion battery" - ReedResources

"It will be the first from Toyota Motor Corp. with a lithium-ion battery, which is more powerful than the nickel-metal hydride battery, now in its hybrids, according to the nationally circulated Yomiuri newspaper." - ReedResources

In this document we explore what is required of a solar battery and why the newest vanadium redox flow batteries have outstanding properties in this regard. - ReedResources

What is a vanadium redox flow battery? - ReedResources

"Toshiba, like most other battery manufacturers, has decided that the market for automotive grade lithium ion cells is going to be huge in the next decade. As a result it has decided to build a second factory dedicated to automotive battery production in Kashiwazaki, Japan. The new 355,000-square foot plant will cost about $274 million and construction is expected to start in April of next year with production scheduled to start about one year after that. " - ReedResources

"Demand for vanadium, which Evraz produces in South Africa and the U.S., will probably grow faster than steel as emerging economies buy more of the steel additive, Tatyanin said Oct. 28 in Moscow, where the company is based. " - ReedResources

"Thanks very much Ray. Your support is appreciated." - ReedResources

Bollore Group opens lithium-metal-polymer battery factory near Montreal to supply electric vehicles made by Italy's Pininfarina and France's Gruau Group. - ReedResources

Reed said that pilot test work on the site produced lithium concentrates of 6.5 per cent to 7 per cent lithium oxide, with lithium recoveries of between 75 per cent and 83 per cent. The project is proposed to initially deliver up to one million tonnes per annum of ore. - ReedResources

"Looking further ahead, he said that industrialisation in developing countries was driving resource demand and "I believe we stand at the threshold of an era of unprecedented growth due to demand generated by China and in the future India," he said. " - ReedResources

"TOKYO — Move over hybrids -- the biggest buzz at this year's Tokyo Motor Show looks set to come from electric cars as the dream of affordable zero-emission vehicles moves closer to reality." - ReedResources

Reed and Kingsrose have agreed to terminate the Production Joint Venture effective June 1, 2010. Reed will be entitled to 100% of production from June 1, 2010. Reed will pay Kingsrose A$1M in cash and A$2M in shares. Reed will also aquire the associated mining assets and infrastructure for A$1M cash. This will allow Reed to expand production from the underground operations as well as to potentially exploit shallow open-pit resources. Read more: http://www.reedresources.com/announc... - ReedResources

"THE long night is almost over for steelmaking, which will enjoy a strong recovery in 2010, the World Steel Association has predicted. Exceptionally strong consumption in China means that demand for the steel output of the world's mills will rise by 9.2 per cent next year, a recovery to 2008 levels, the association said. " - ReedResources

"THE lithium car battery is primed to become a "major disruptive force" over the next decade, dictating the fate of the world's largest vehicle makers, reshaping the electronics industry and sparking possible tensions between the mineral haves and have-nots." - ReedResources

"Takeuchi received the National Medal of Technology and Innovation at a White House ceremony this afternoon "for her seminal development of the silver vanadium oxide battery that powers the majority of the world's life-saving, implantable cardiac difibrillators..." - ReedResources

"One of the things that has nothing to do with the cell or any technology itself, is at the end of life if the battery still has 70 to 75% of its power and energy left. Why throw it away when you can recapture it? If you could capture that residual value by effectively leasing the battery and putting it to work again in a utility application, at 50% of its initial value, it will cut the effective cost by a factor of two." - ReedResources

"Industry experts may disagree but Hykawy feels much of the 30-40,000 tons of additional demand we have seen for lithium since 2000 has been unexpected and largely as a result of this unseen shift by manufacturers to integral Li-ion batteries. Lithium consumption in electric car batteries hasn’t figured yet on the demand curve as early hybrids like the Prius have largely relied on NiMH." - ReedResources

"Various groups are investigating the use of lithium vanadium phosphate batteries or lithium vanadium fluorophosphate batteries. Their advantages over current chemistries are greater safety and much longer operating lives, which might be very, very interesting for automotive batteries." - ReedResources

"If CSM's forecast will occur, the industrial and technological development will drive down the price level for lithium ion batteries rather fast. By 2015, CSM senior manager Andrew Fulbrook expects the price for a standard 25 kWh battery to fall by 50 percent," - ReedResources

But what's with the empty Google map? - Dominic Jones

it is due to the zoom setting set by picasa. Because the map location is in the middle of the bush with no marked roads, there aren't any details on the map other than the place marker. It would be better if we could set the zoom further out - but doesn't appear to be possible. - ReedResources

"Reed Resources shares surged 84 per cent after its August 12 announcement of an option agreement to buy the high-grade Mt Marion lithium project near Kalgoorlie. The former Western Mining Corp ground boasts a head ground of 2 per cent (that is, good) and an undemanding strip ratio of 1.3 to one. " - ReedResources