Lithium Rush: First BMW i8 in US sells for $825,000.

Kirill Klip.:

Lithium Rush: First BMW i8 in US sells for $825,000.

  

  Some people are already getting the Lithium exposure over excitement, judging by the lofty price paid for that BMW i8. I have just driven one thanks to Marcus Bateman from BMW I certified dealer at Sytner High Wycombe, UK. He will make the better deal for you! Just mention International Lithium to him. 

  The BMW i8 is like a fighter jet on the road with the perfect handling and it is totally silent in full electric mode, but with enough torque for all road conditions. For the real fun you can switch on the engine to feel the sport part of this super car. In my personal opinion, collaboration with Tesla can make BMW i8 even better - provide much longer full electric range and make the engine just for your Range Anxiety control, but switched off most of the time!

China Rolls Out Welcome Mat for Electric Cars: Ganfeng Lithium Partners with International Lithium in Argentina and Ireland.

AutoBlogGreen:

First BMW i8 in US sells for $825,000

"Here are some numbers. The standard BMW i8 starts at starts at $135,700. The first i8 in the US was auctioned off at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance this past weekend and the auctioneers, Gooding & Company, said before the gavel was lifted the fist time that they expected the i8 with unique Frozen Grey Metallic and other upgrades to raise between $150,000 and $200,000 for the Pebble Beach Company Foundation. Turns out, the car eventually sold for $825,000 to an unnamed buyer.

Along with the honor of having the first i8 on these shores, the special plug-in hybrid comes with Dalbergia Brown leather upholstery, a set of Louis Vuitton luggage and something called a "professional edition" charging station along with laser headlights (subject to regulator approval). A number of other i8s were delivered to a few wealthy car shoppers who managed to make their way to Pebble Beach over the weekend, including automotive guru Roger Penske and Nest CEO Tony Fadell. The special edition was presented at the auction by Jay Leno and BMW North America president and CEO, Ludwig Willisch. You can't put a price on that. Just kidding. You can, and it's apparently $825,000. AutoBlogGreen."

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Kirill Klip.: Why Lithium? You Can Choose Your Reason: BMW i8 Or A $26 Billion Lithium Battery Market. $ILC.v $TNR.v $LIT

  

  Our quest's post today dives into the Lithium Market and why this metal is chosen by the auto-industry for its Electric Cars all over the world.

Kirill Klip.:

Why Lithium? You Can Choose Your Reason: BMW i8 Or A $26 Billion Lithium Battery Market.

  Advance in Lithium Technology has made this kind of Electric Cars possible. BMW i8 is a Plug-In Hybrid - its full electric range is only 23 miles, but this car makes the statement how the Electric Future looks like already today. Lithium batteries are now the auto industry choice and this market will rise dramatically according to the recent report released by Navigant Research: "Lithium Ion Batteries for Electric Vehicles Will Surpass $26 Billion in Annual Revenue by 2023." I will not go into the heavy stuff today which is making Lithium Technology so special: like specific power, energy density and memory effect, but you can study it in the report:

“The shift to lithium ion represents a major endorsement of the ability of this chemistry to perform consistently in an automotive environment,” says David Alexander, senior research analyst with Navigant Research.  “Most of the major automakers have introduced battery electric vehicle (BEV) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) models in the last two years, almost all of which use lithium ion batteries for onboard energy storage.”

  Europe is the very important market for our strategic partner Ganfeng Lithium: now we are advancing our Blackstairs Lithium project in Ireland under the $10 million J/V agreement with our partner from China.

International Lithium: Moving Forward With Ganfeng Lithium.

"Ganfeng Lithium now operates its expanded production facilities which were put online last year. Company stock is halted due to "major asset acquisition announcement". ILC projects could become the part of Vertically Integrated Lithium Business supplying the raw materials to Ganfeng Lithium. Headlines about horrible air pollution in China are making rounds last couple of years and now Chinese government has declared The War on Pollution. I am proud to be the part of this fight for clean air with our International Lithium Team and this move provides the unique business opportunity for us. All major auto makers have announced J/V operations to produce Electric Cars in China and even Elon Musk from Tesla Motors is talking about Tesla Model S production in China in 3-4 years time."

International Lithium Meets The First BMW i8 Electric Drive in UK at Wentworth!

  I am looking forward to the start of BMW PGA Golf Tournament at Wentworth to meet BMW i8 and BMW i3 in person again! I will post some pictures."

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We Do Not own any content in the third parties' articles, news releases, videos or on the links embedded on this blog; any opinions - including, but not limited to the resource estimations, valuations, target prices and particular recommendations on any securities expressed there - are subject to the disclosure provided by those third parties and are NOT verified, approved or endorsed by the authors of this blog in any way.

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Powered By LIthium: Mercedes Partners Tesla Motors Inc For New Electric Car ILC.v TNR.v LIT TSLA

  

  Mercedes is getting anxious with BMW i3 and i8 success and pushing now its own real Electric Car in the market. Mercedes B Class Electric is bigger than BMW i3 and has a range of 122 miles. Collaboration with Tesla Motors can bring better and cheaper batteries in the future to Mercedes Electric Cars as well. Elon Musk is talking about 400 miles range for Tesla Model S with the new batteries made on Gigafactory.

International Lithium: Nick Clegg Launches £500m Scheme To Boost Electric Cars In Britain ILC.v TNR.v LIT

  "International Lithium has chosen well the geographic locations for its Lithium projects. Ireland is the door to the European markets with friendly mining environment,  government tax incentives and open for business policy. After extensive due diligence phase, which has confirmed historic mineralisation at Blackstairs project,International Lithium has signed 10 million J/V agreement with one of the top world-wide Lithium Materials producers from China Ganfeng Lithium. 

  Now the company is finalising the budget for the next stage of Blackstairs development and drilling will start this season according to the ILC newsletter. UK is destined for Electric Cars and today's announcement will provide the huge incentives to take this business opportunity very seriously."

International Lithium: Moving Forward With Strategic Partner Ganfeng Lithium ILC.v TNR.v LIT

  
  International Lithium has issued the newsletter covering the latest transactions with its strategic partner Ganfeng Lithium from China.

ValueWalk:

Mercedes Partners Tesla Motors Inc For New $41,450 Electric Car

by Brendan ByrneApril 30, 2014, 6:16 pm

Mercedes-Benz is no stranger to Silicon Valley. Prior to the release of the new all-electric Model X SUV in 2015, Tesla will have to compete with a car which it has helped to power.

Powered By Lithium: BMW i3 - First Drive, Test Drive and Review ILC.v TNR.v LIT

  Will BMW i3 be able to unlock the huge market for Electric Urban Mobility? Pricing point will be the most crucial consideration here. BMW has a few short years before Elon Musk will be bringing the competition heat with his Tesla Model E - 200 miles range and 35k dollars price-tag will be very tough to beat. China and India are destined for Electric Urban Mobility, but price and utility will be even more crucial in those markets.

Powered By Lithium: China Considers More Electric-Car Incentives TSLA ILC.v TNR.v KNDI BYDDY

"We can see more concrete steps implemented in China towards cleaner economy and electrification of transportation. New Energy Cars is one of the strategic industries and Chinese government provides full support to the domestic companies in order to secure strategic commodities like Lithium and technology for this transformation."

Strategic Partner, Ganfeng Lithium, Receives Approval to Purchase Interest in International Lithium's Mariana Brine Project, Argentina ILC.v TNR.v

International Lithium: Ganfeng Lithium Is Halted Pending Major Acquisition ILC.v TNR.v LIT TSLA KNDI

"We are following International Lithium here with its strategic partner from China Ganfeng Lithium. Elon Musk with his Tesla Gigafactory has brought a lot of attention to the Lithium strategic commodity story and Asian companies are coming into the spotlight as well now. LG Chem is talking about building major Lithium battery plant in China and Lithium Materials Industry is getting the green light from the Chinese government in its efforts to curb the horrible pollution.

"Kirill Klip, president of International Lithium (TSXV:ILC), views the announcement of Tesla’s Gigafactory as a “groundbreaking development.”

Tesla “brought attention to what Elon Musk has accomplished,” Klip told Lithium Investing News. “He showed to everyone that electric cars are not toys anymore — they are for real.”

International Lithium's Strategic Partner, Ganfeng Lithium, Takes Large Stake in Mariana and a $10 million Option on the Blackstairs Projects ILC.v TNR.v LIT

  "Mar 19, 2014 (ACCESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- Vancouver, B.C. / ACCESSWIRE / March - 2014 / International Lithium Corp. (the "Company" or "ILC") announces several major transactions with strategic partner GFL International Co., Ltd. ("Ganfeng Lithium" or "GFL")." 

Powered By Lithium: Tesla vs. BMW: Battling for Electric Car Supremacy TSLA, LIT, ILC.v, TNR.v, RM.v

  We need more electric cars and now they are coming onto our streets. Tesla Model S demonstrates the technology and BMW i3 can cut more into the urban mobility market. Tesla Gen III - mass market electric cars will be the game changer.

  Electric mobility can be the only way for China's ongoing urbanisation in the future and they are moving fast to secure the technology and strategic materials for electric revolution now.

Powered by Lithium: BMW Mulls Boosting Electric-Car Capacity on Early i3 Demand LI, ILC.v, TNR.v, RM.v

"We have very encouraging developments with BMW i3 now. Maybe this Electric Car will cut into the more mass market niche of urban mobility being cheaper than Tesla Model S, but more fashionable than Nissan Leaf? BMW has to work hard now to use the advantage of the first time to market in this sector before Tesla will produce its Gen III model."

Lithium Catalyst: No Planes, No Trains, And No Automobiles As Record Smog Shuts Beijing LIT, ILC.v, TNR.v, RM.v

"Now we have another confirmation of the very important trend that we have discussed yesterday and you can realise why China becomes now the Top player in the Lithium market under the radar screen of Facebook investment community."

Beijing curbs car sales in drive to cut pollution

Powered By LIthium: Volkswagen Group Night - The age of electric mobility begins LIT, ILC.v, TNR.v, RM.v

  So far it was a lot of talk about Electric Cars among German automakers, but not a lot of work. Now with BMW pushing its BMW i3 and BMW i8 models VW group is keeping on par and now we can expect that electric mobility will be taken for real. 

 Tesla Model S will provide very strong competition to the luxury auto makers in Europe as we can see it in California this year.

Lithium Catalyst: Will Tesla Alone Double Global Demand For Its Battery Cells? ILC.v, TNR.v, RM.v, LIT

"Catalyst for the lithium junior miners will come with the realisation that electric cars are here to stay and they will become the mainstream of auto-production in the nearest future."

Powered by Lithium: Elon Musk: Electric Cars Majority Sold in 10 Years TSLA

"Elon Musk is very bold with his predictions and people should listen now. Every single new Tesla Model S is proving his point. Tesla Model S is driving the electric revolution now and Tesla Gen 3 Model for mass market will be the game changer for electric cars."

Global demand for lithium expected to rise significantly LIT, ILC.v, TNR.v, RM.v

"Euro Pacific Canada has produced the very interesting report Lithium Industry - A Strategic Energy Metal, we can expect now the push of Lithium Investment story into the market place on the back of Tesla Model S success in the market place. International Lithium is mentioned as well with its strategic partner from China Ganfeng Lithium in the report."

Powered By Lithium: BMW i8 2013 New York Commercial BMW Electric Hybrid

  This is The Right Energy For us. Electric Bimmers will make The Green Mobility Revolution happen for Real. Ones the Big Boyz from Auto Sector and such iconic brand as BMW start to promote Electric Cars for real our modest effort on this blog will be unnecessary any more and we do hope that will be able to Retire filthy rich just checking from time to time our Holdings in Strategic Commodities.

Lithium Rush: The Art Of War In The Markets: China Getting Ready For 5 Million Electric Cars by 2020

Lithium Drive: 2014 BMW i3 Coupe Concept at LA Auto Show 2012

 "Please meet the Baby Electric BMW i3 - it looks very nice and solid. Actually, it is that rare occasion when the real car looks better then its prototype. The prototype had a "plastic feeling" for us - this one looks like a Real Bimmer."

Lithium vs Big Oil?

“If at first, the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for" 

Albert Einstein.

 Now we have BMW on our side, not fully committed yet like Tesla Motors, but it is the very important development for our Sector.

BMW i: Born Electric. Naturally Intelligent.

BMW Group Electro-Mobility History.

"John talks with the head of BMW's i Design about the exterior styling elements of the i8 Concept. Guest host Michelle Krebs from Edmunds.com gives her analysis of November's sales numbers. All that and more, plus we have the results of this week's poll question, who you thought was the biggest winner in LA."

Lithium Drive: BMW i Born Electric Tour Makes First Stop in Rome

   BMW is moving forward with its Electric Cars: BMW i8 can gain some traction in luxury sector in Europe in 2013 before Tesla Model S will arrive and BMW i3 can be the first mass produced Electric Car made using carbon fiber in order to reduce weight and cost of the battery necessary to achieve the same range vs normal cars made of steel.

Lithium Catalyst: Live Video of Tesla Model S Launch - Responsible Luxury With 265-mile Range

   "This is The Future - we can still chose it. We can still share this Energy and Drive, we can chose stop the wars, stop funding of terrorism and Dump the Pump! As one very wise and honest  person has put it: "How to stop wars and terrorism? - Stop using Oil."  

  History is happening in front of our eyes today - Tesla Model S first Electric Car, which is actually better than conventional car in the same pricing category, is coming into the mass production. In order to be responsible  to your own future and contribute to the next Technological rEVolution you do not have to sacrifice any safety, comfort or performance! Forbes yesterday has pronounced "Tesla Model S: "If Apple Made A Car, This Would be It" - we were calling for it for years!

  

Next step is - Generation III: Bringing EVs to the Mass Market"

HybridCars:

BMW i Born Electric Tour Makes First Stop in Rome

PUBLISHED JUNE 23, 2012

BY PHILIPPE CROWE

Yesterday the BMW Group announced it had inaugurated its international BMW i Born Electric Tour to promote its pending electric vehicles, with the first stop being at the Palazzo delle Esposizioni located at Via Nazionale 194 in Rome.

The event in Rome is scheduled to cover four days from June 20 to 24, then the tour will visit six other cities over the next 12 months: Dusseldorf, Tokyo, New York, London, Paris, and Shanghai.

The BMW i brand was introduced last year and is now in the process of preparing for the launch of vehicles characterized by very low environmental impact and designed for sustainable individual mobility.

Two prototypes to be showcased that you are likely already aware of are the BMW i3 Concept and the BMW i8 Concept.

With its zero-emissions all-electric powertrain and a range of about 93 miles, the BMW i3 Concept was designed expressly for city use, although BMW says it does stay true to its heritage of a dynamic driving experience.

The extended-range i8 offers up to 22 miles electric-only driving, and utilizes a 215-horsepower, 1.5 liter gas engine plus 128-horsepower electric motor to speed to as high as 155 mph, and it sprints from 0-62 mph in around 4.8 seconds.

The BMW i Born Electric Tour is intended to demonstrate the BMW Group’s “holistic approach to future mobility, not only in terms of products displayed, but also in terms of networking information, technologies, and transportation systems.” BMW says. “The initiative also benefits from collaboration with the Italian architect and designer, Fabio Novembre. Through collaboration with the Officina Design and Driade, he will create his interpretation of the city and be the first of seven major world-class artists engaged to offer their visions of the urban context.”

BMW will also demonstrate its range of mobility services aimed at optimizing use of parking spaces and the utilization of navigation systems that can access local information, as well as intermodal road maps, and car-sharing schemes such as DriveNow.

BMW i recently acquired an interest in MyCityWay and ParkatmyHouse Web portals. ParkatmyHouse makes it possible for private persons to rent their personal parking space when it is not in use, via the Internet or a specific smartphone application."