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  Our Lithium developers are waiting for this technology confirmation to break out from the consolidation stage now.
   It looks like Warren Buffet will be right on the money again with his call on Electric Cars!

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GigaOm:

A battery breakthrough that could bring electric cars to the masses

By Katie Fehrenbacher

A startup working on battery technology says it’s developed a key breakthrough that could one day lead to an electric car that has a 300-mile range and could cost around $25,000 to $30,000. Envia Systems, backed by venture capitalists, General Motors, and the Department of Energy, plans to announce on Monday at the ARPA-E conference that the company has created a lithium ion battery that has an energy density of 400 watt-hours per kilogram, which Envia CEO Atul Kapadia told me in an interview could be the tipping point for bringing electric cars to mainstream car owner.

The secret sauce

Energy density is how much energy a battery can store and provide for the car with a given battery size — the more energy dense the battery, the less volume and weight is needed. For electric cars it is particularly important to have a high energy dense battery because electric cars need to be as light weight as possible (any extra weight just drains the battery faster), and batteries that are smaller and use less materials can also be lower in cost.

Kapadia tells me that current lithium ion batteries deliver an energy density of around 100 to 150 watt-hours per kilogram, while Envia’s battery can deliver 2.5 times that energy with about the same weight as the current electric cars that have hit the market. To build a 300-mile range electric car with standard lithium ion batteries, it would cost around $40,000 just for the batteries alone, says Kapadia.

Envia says with an energy density of 400 watt-hours per kilogram, its battery cell costs could be at $125 per kWh. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said recently that he sees battery cells dropping in price to below $200 per kWh in the coming years. Current electric cars like the Volt have been reported to be closer to $500 to $600 per kWh, and the Nissan LEAF at $375 per kWh.

Envia, founded in 2007 in the Palo Alto public library, began its business by developing technology for a low-cost cathode. A battery is made up of an anode on one side and a cathode on the other, with an electrolyte in between. For a lithium ion battery, lithium ions travel from the anode to the cathode through the electrolyte, creating a chemical reaction that allows electrons to be harvested along the way. After Envia developed its cathode technology, it started working on a silicon carbon anode, and then paired these two innovations together, with a high-voltage electroloyte.

Kapadia says the innovation is also important because many scientists have thought that the lithium ion battery had certain limits on how efficient and cheap it could get: “The rumors of the demise of lithium ion batteries are greatly exaggerated.”

Kapadia also says: “Gone are the days of relying on ancient consumer batteries for automobiles and stifling this revolution by making expensive electric cars.” And in case you didn’t get this reference, Tesla Motors uses small format standard lithium ion batteries like the ones found in laptops for its cars.

Getting the battery into cars

Charging up the Volt

Envia is announcing at the ARPA-E conference that it has reached this 400 watt-hours per kilogram milestone in tests, but the company is still in the prototype stage, and an Envia battery will probably take about three years to move into the commercial auto market. Envia plans to work with battery and auto partners, potentially licensing or creating joint ventures to get the batteries manufactured. Kapadia tells me that Envia plans to avoid the capital intensive model of trying to be a startup that does all its own manufacturing.

General Motors is one of Envia’s high profile investors, and invested $7 million into Enviaabout a year ago. GM has said that Envia will provide battery technology for future generations of GM’s Volt electric car. Other investors in Envia include Japanese giant Asahi Kasei, Pangaea Ventures, and Redpoint Ventures.

Envia received a $4 million grant from the DOE’s ARPA-E program to attempt to hit the 400 watt-hour per kilogram milestone. Expect Envia to be touted throughout the ARPA-E event, as proof that its program is working to develop green innovation in the U.S.

Images courtesy of Envia Systems."

MarketWatch:

Envia Systems Achieves World Record Energy Density for Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Batteries

Breakthrough 400 Watt-hour/kilogram Lithium-ion Battery Poised to Revolutionize Cost, Range and Safety in Electric Vehicles

PRESS RELEASE

Feb. 27, 2012, 7:00 a.m. EST

Envia Systems Achieves World Record Energy Density for Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Batteries

Breakthrough 400 Watt-hour/kilogram Lithium-ion Battery Poised to Revolutionize Cost, Range and Safety in Electric Vehicles

NEWARK, Calif., Feb 27, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Envia Systems, a technology leader in high-performance, low-cost lithium-ion energy storage solutions today announced test results that verify the company's next-generation rechargeable battery has achieved the highest recorded energy density of 400 Watt-hours/kilogram (Wh/kg) for a rechargeable lithium-ion cell. When commercialized, this 400 Wh/kg battery is expected to slash the price of a 300-mile range electric vehicle by cutting the cost of the battery pack by more than 50 percent.

The testing of Envia's next-generation lithium-ion battery was performed by the Electrochemical Power Systems Department at the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) in Crane, Ind., under the sponsorship of ARPA-E. Tests at various cycling rates at NSWC confirmed that Envia's automotive battery cell demonstrated energy density between 378-418 Wh/kg for rates between C/3 to C/10 for a 45 Amp-hour (C/3) cell. Similar cells have been cycling in Envia's test labs for over 300 cycles. NSWC Crane will also test these cells to validate cycling performance. [See excerpts of the test results here: http://enviasystems.com/announcement .]

"Since the inception of Envia, our product team has worked tirelessly and logged over 25 million test channel hours to optimally develop each of the active components of the battery: Envia's proprietary Si-C anode, HCMR cathode and EHV electrolyte," said Dr. Sujeet Kumar, Envia Systems co-founder, president & CTO. "Rather than just a proof-of-concept of energy density, I am pleased that our team was successful in actually delivering 400 Wh/kg automotive grade 45 Ah lithium-ion rechargeable cells."

"Envia's new battery technology represents exactly the kind of innovation and breakthroughs that ARPA-E is looking for from the American research and development community," said ARPA-E Director Arun Majumdar. "We hope that this low cost and high density battery technology enables wide spread adoption of electric vehicles across the country and around the world."

"In an industry where energy density tends to increase five percent a year, our achievement of more than doubling state-of-art energy density and lowering cost by half is a giant step towards realizing Envia's mission of mass market affordability of a 300-mile electric vehicle," said Envia Systems Chairman and CEO Atul Kapadia.

About Envia Systems

Envia Systems is the industry leader in high performance, low cost lithium-ion energy storage solutions. Based in Newark, Calif., Envia's patented cathode, anode and electrolyte materials enables its batteries to deliver high energy density, safety and calendar life. These systems are used by manufacturers developing Electric Vehicles and Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles. For more information, please visit www.enviasystems.com .

Envia was awarded grants by both the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) and the California Energy Commission in 2010 to develop high energy density batteries for electric vehicles. General Motors Ventures LLC participated in an equity investment round of $17 million in 2011. For more information, please visit www.enviasystems.com .

Photos/Multimedia Gallery Available: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/mmg.cgi?eid=50182412&lang=en

SOURCE: Envia Systems"

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Thursday, February 9th 2011 -- The New Year saw International Lithium Corp. (TSX-V:ILC) off to a running start after the exciting lithium assay results from their recent drill program at Mavis Lake/Fairservice not only met, but exceeded expectations.

Key findings include:

Intersections of 1.86% Li2O over 26.25m; 1.22% Li2O over 28.45m; and

2.58% Li2O over 7.80m78m pegmatite intersection interpreted as a new occurrence13 of 17 drill holes intersecting pegmatites >2 metres thick returned notable lithium grades

Only Li2O grades are reported with other rare metals analyses anticipated shortly

A High Grade of 3.08% Li2O over 5 Metres

Also exceeding their expectations was the return of ILC’s initial investigation at their Mariana lithium brine project in Argentina. The highly compelling geochemistry not only revealed grades of 440 mg/L lithium, but 12,700 mg/L potassium – one of the highest grades comparative to any of the neighbouring salars outside of the world class operation on the Atacama salar in Chile.

With the rousing assay results at Mavis Lake/Fairservice and the 3-5 hole Phase 1 resource delineation reverse circulation drill program at the Mariana lithium brine project having just commenced and poised to deliver high returns, it looks like it’s going to be a prosperous year for this young, ambitious company.

Mavis Lake / Fairservice

Located 15km Northeast of Dryden, Ontario - easily accessed via the Trans- Canada Highway - the Mavis Lake-Fairservice claim blocks comprise 2,624 hectares. The property straddles a continuous pegmatite field exhibiting highgrade, well-evolved lithium and tantalum zonation alongside rich levels of cesium and rubidium. The historic Pre NI /s43-101 compliant resource of 500,000 tonnes of 1.0% Li2O, delineated on 1 out of 10 known pegmatite bodies on the Fairservice property, consists of 6 mining leases totalling 88.4 hectares. These mining leases are dominated by east trending spodumene-beryl-tantalite-type pegmatites considered to be part of the same dyke swarm as the adjacent Mavis Lake claim block.

ILC began its highly anticipated drill program on Mavis Lake/Fairservice on August 18th 2011, with the objective of confirming historical lithium grades and testing the rare metal potential of approximately eight pegmatites. There was cause for celebration when initial expectations for the preliminary drill program were exceeded after more extensive pegmatite intersections than anticipated were revealed. In addition, a long intersection of previously unknown nearsurface pegmatite body was discovered, thus exhibiting the under-explored potential for the project. Further adding to the prospectivity of the property is the intersection containing multiple intervals of significant lithium values deeper than the limit and further north of previous drill results. These exciting findings make the decision to expand the scope of the project in the coming year a no-brainer for Mike Sieb, President of ILC.

Mariana Lithium Brine Project

The Mariana Lithium Brine Project is located in the province of Salta, Argentina in the renowned “Lithium Belt” – an area centred on the junction of Argentina, Bolivia and Chile and host to the vast majority of global lithium resources, reserves and production. It is easily accessible year-round by paved and dirt roads and is conveniently situated 20kms from the international Argentina-Chile railway – a valuable resource to have access to when considering future development possibilities at Mariana. The project covers an expansive 160 km2 and is undeniably one of the more prosperous salars in the region.

A salar is a predominantly dry lakebed containing minerals such as lithium, boron and potassium dissolved in brine. Salars contain some of the largest known lithium resources in the world and are a prime source of global lithium production. The advantage of lithium extraction from salars versus other sources of lithium is the simplicity, rapidity and cost effectiveness of the development and production.

Because the Mariana lithium brine project encompasses the entire salar on which it is situated, ILC enjoys the advantageous and highly coveted position of not having to deal with multiple company claim holdings within the same salar, as is the case with other lithium explorers in the area. With fewer “straws in the milkshake”, ILC’s ability to pump from a single-owner lithium brine reservoir will only further add to ILC’s burgeoning success.

Initial sampling and hydrogeology studies have been completed on Mariana with significant lithium, boron, and potash levels reported in brines within the main body of the salar. Average grades observed from the sampling programs are 440 mg/L lithium, 12,700 mg/L Potassium and 790 mg/L Boron, with peak values on the surface as high as 650 mg/L lithium. The lithium grade is comparable to initial results from other advancing projects and of special note are the potassium grades – the highest reported outside of the world class producing Atacama salar in Chile.

Phase 1 Drill Program of the Mariana Lithium Brine Project

The recently commenced 3-5 hole Phase 1 drill program of the Mariana Lithium Brine Project carries the objectives of characterization of subsurface brine across different regions within the salar, identification of the stratigraphy for a geological model of the salar and identification and characterization of aquifer potential of the basement of the salar. This drill program will be utilized as an initial step towards resource classification of the brine, allowing identification of priority areas of the salar for the more extensive Phase 2 drill program planned for next year. Phase 2 will continue to delineate, characterize and add to the confidence level of geochemistry of the host aquifer, with an Inferred Resource estimate targeted for late 2012. Says Mr Sieb, “This phase 1 drill program on the company's Mariana lithium brine project is much anticipated and will provide the basis to rightfully rank the project amongst some of the more advanced projects in the world."

About International Lithium Corp

ILC is an international rare element metals (REM) exploration company that is currently active in some of the world’s most prolific REM regions. It was conceived 2 years ago as a spin-out of TNR Gold Corp. (TSX-V: TNR) in a bid to take advantage of the increased investor interest in the Lithium and Rare Metals sector as well as the significant potential valuation of the new company. ILC boasts an outstanding portfolio of projects, strong management ownership and robust financial support from its strategic partner, Jiangxi Ganfeng Lithium Co. Ltd. – a leading China-based lithium product manufacturer and a keystone investor.

ILC currently has 9 active REM projects, balanced between lithium brines in Argentina and Nevada and hard rock pegmatites in Canada and Ireland. Their prime focus is on advancing 3 properties in particular – the Mariana lithium brine property in Argentina, the Moose lithium/rare metals property in NWT, Canada and the Mavis Lake/Fairservice lithium/rare metals property in Ontario, Canada. The characteristics of ILC’s hard-rock REM projects include limited past exploration, excellent accessibility and limited assaying for rare metals. ILC’s mandate is to increase shareholder value through aggressive advancement of core projects and source joint venture partners to expand the scope and diversify the risk of its exploration effort.

The ILC Management Team

As is expected, ILC boasts a highly experienced, all-star management team. Standing as CEO is Gary Schellenberg, B.Sc. (Geology). Mr. Schellenberg has been managing and financing public and private resource based companies for 20 years with several successful ventures including Winspear Resources, which was purchased by De Beers in 2001 at over $300 million. He brings a wealth of experience to his role as steward for both enterprises.

President and Chief Operating Officer is Michael Sieb, B.Sc., MBA, who brings 22 years of strong corporate growth and project management experience in international mining and exploration. Prior to joining TNR, he was president of Brilliant Mining Ltd. which was named to the TSX50 "Top 10 Mining Companies on the TSX: V" for two consecutive years during his tenure. Mr. Sieb is recognized as a committed executive with an exceptional array of skills essential for operating and developing a premier mining company.

Non-Executive Chairman, Kirill Klip, holds a significant share position in the company (over 20% of outstanding shares) that demonstrates his confidence in not only TNR Gold and ILCfs projects, but also their management team. From his previous track records of managing billion dollar businesses and successful ventures spanning telecommunications, transportations and other resource companies, Mr. Klip is known to select companies that deliver superior long-term value.

Amongst the other members of the board are Paul Chung, B. Sc. (Geology) MBA, Jerry Bella (CGA), Roberto Lara, John Harrop, P. Geo., Jerry Huang MBA, Thomas Currin and Dr. Frederick W. Breaks.

A Sign of Things to Come

ILC has adopted an approach of initial aggressive project advancement in a bid to provide a significant potential value increase over a short period of time. With management and insiders holding more than 50% interest in the company, ILC is bolstered by huge internal support . not to mention the support of its strategic partner Jiangxi Ganfeng . enabling it to apply and advance this approach in earnest.

With such propitious facts and figures revealing themselves at the Mavis Lake/Fairservice and Mariana properties straight out of the gate, it seems safe to say that International Lithium Corp. is poised for a very successful future and is a company worth keeping both eyes on.

Follow ILC's rise to success at www.internationallithium.com"

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  France has all chances to become the capital for Electric Cars in Europe. Gas prices are higher across the pond than in US, there is a regulation to install charging spots in Commercial Real Estate and Residential Building and majority of Electricity is produced by Nuclear Power. Renault is pushing very aggressively and its Electric Cars are coming out this year.

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"Finally, Renault is making headlines with its promised Electric Revolution. "Normal car", but better one - this electric car has all chances to make EV revolution to take to the streets. Pricing at the level of the ICE car and lease of Lithium batteries is making it the real game changer."

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  BMW is very serious now with promotion of its Electric Cars - we do hope that they will take out this market by storm!

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  With 2011 coming to its end we would like to share these days major events from this year which will be defining our future. This future will be uncertain and unknown, but we can grasp the major trends already. It will be about the Energy Transition. This transition is not something that we just would like to do, but it is the only way to survive - it is what we have to do. We still can try and reverse the inevitable economic collapse and stop the Power Transition and biggest Wealth Transition in the mankind history. 

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  We all are paying this price. It is time to make the change, it will happen anyway, it is happening already. Shift of Power on geopolitical scale, ground based movements and calls for "Springs". We will all win if this power will go to create something new, not just to destroy. Big boys can not afford to live like nothing is happening any more, we need just to push them to accept that we know and demanding change and "lead" us in the "right direction. 

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  We are reaching the tipping point - it is impossible to hide the truth about the real Price of Oil and influence of Oil on all aspects of our life. We are doing our part here and need your help - share this information with others.

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You can have the different solution - talk about it. Share it with us. We have found ours - Electric Cars and all New Energy industry related to it. 

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We call it Next Big Thing. We are investing in these companies, we are talking about them, we would like to be the part of this new Change.

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  With all "downsides" of this new technology - which is advancing very rapidly - we have the solution to Pollution, Peak Oil and Energy Security Today. 

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