{"id":292512,"date":"2023-12-24T13:32:36","date_gmt":"2023-12-24T12:32:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=292512"},"modified":"2023-12-24T13:32:39","modified_gmt":"2023-12-24T12:32:39","slug":"is-consumer-rejection-of-evs-behind-the-lithium-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=292512","title":{"rendered":"Is Consumer Rejection of EVs behind the Lithium Crash?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"723\" data-attachment-id=\"292514\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=292514\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-568.png?fit=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-568\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-568.png?fit=723%2C723&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-568.png?resize=723%2C723&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-292514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-568.png?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-568.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-568.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-568.png?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-568.png?resize=800%2C800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-568.png?resize=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-568.png?resize=400%2C400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-568.png?resize=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-568.png?resize=450%2C450&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-568.png?resize=60%2C60&amp;ssl=1 60w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/image-568.png?resize=550%2C550&amp;ssl=1 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/Watts Up With That?\">Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Essay by Eric Worrall<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lithium prices are down lately, and EV manufacturers, the major users of Lithium, have recently announced substantial cuts to production. So why are Lithium miners so optimistic?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Electric Vehicles Are Stuck In A Lull. What That Means For Tesla, Other EV Stocks And EV Battery Manufacturing.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investors.com\/author\/narayanana\/\">APARNA NARAYANAN<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>12:38 PM ET 12\/18\/2023<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The transition from internal combustion engines to electric vehicles was never going to be easy. But the gradual arrival of battery-powered cars drove sprawling plans to make EVs and EV batteries in the U.S., with companies like&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.investors.com\/news\/technology\/tesla-stock-is-it-a-buy-now\/\"><strong>Tesla<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;(<a href=\"https:\/\/research.investors.com\/quote.aspx?symbol=TSLA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TSLA<\/a>),&nbsp;<strong>Ford Motor<\/strong>&nbsp;(<a href=\"https:\/\/research.investors.com\/quote.aspx?symbol=F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">F<\/a>) and&nbsp;<strong>General Motors<\/strong>&nbsp;(<a href=\"https:\/\/research.investors.com\/quote.aspx?symbol=GM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GM<\/a>) leading the charge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Federal funding combined with geopolitical and climate concerns to expand the promise of industry growth for EV stocks and the so-called battery belt taking shape across the U.S. and beyond. The hope was to strengthen the Achilles\u2019 heel of the nation\u2019s electric vehicles boom: its reliance on batteries and critical minerals from abroad, especially China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But consumer enthusiasm for electric cars has recently lost some of its charge, with Tesla, Ford, GM and&nbsp;<strong>Rivian Automotive<\/strong>&nbsp;(<a href=\"https:\/\/research.investors.com\/quote.aspx?symbol=RIVN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">RIVN<\/a>) among those turning cautious&nbsp;and scaling back, among other things, their battery manufacturing plans.&nbsp;Now analysts and executives are reading the data and the tea leaves, trying to determine whether the vibrant outlook for EVs and battery manufacturing is paused, broken or evolving into something new entirely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c<strong>Automakers are losing tens of thousands of dollars for each electric vehicle sold,<\/strong>\u201d said CFRA equity analyst Garrett Nelson. \u201cSomething had to give, and it has given.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026Read more:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.investors.com\/news\/electric-vehicles-market-loses-charge-what-means-ev-stocks-tesla-ev-battery-buildup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.investors.com\/news\/electric-vehicles-market-loses-charge-what-means-ev-stocks-tesla-ev-battery-buildup\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A cut in EV production is a big deal for Lithium miners, according to the IEA&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.iea.org\/reports\/global-ev-outlook-2023\/trends-in-batteries#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">in 2022 around 60% of Lithium production was used for EV batteries.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Lithium miners are still projecting optimism;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Lithium prices crashed in 2023, but these figures show white gold is still the market\u2019s biggest bet<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Lithium prices have tumbled in 2023, but new data shows the money men continue to bet on the battery metal<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>BDO\u2019s Sherif Andrawes says financiers and punters are looking at long term demand for lithium by backing equity and debt raisings in the metal ahead of traditional stayers like gold<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Weak IPO market and falling cash balances should see even more lithium and gold M&amp;A in 2024<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As gold prices picked up steam and lithium prices began to crash, the flow of money into ASX explorers ran the opposite direction in a sign investors continue to view lithium as the commodity of the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oversupply in China and the consequences of a small, volatile market have seen spodumene concentrate prices fall to a little over US$1000\/t, just 12 months after rising to upwards of US$8000\/t in an unprecedented bull run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chemical prices have fallen from around US$80,000\/t to a little over US$15,000\/t in the same time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The fall has revived memories of the bear market from 2018 to early 2020, when against many industry projections, but inline with the warnings of some investment banks like Morgan Stanley, spodumene prices fell to around US$500\/t and only the strong survived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BDO\u2019s head of global natural resources Sherif Andrawes said investors continued to punt on a massive uptick in electric vehicle demand going forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere is a long term view that even despite the short term prices coming down and a lot of volatility in the lithium price, the long term demand for lithium will be there,\u201d he told&nbsp;<em>Stockhead<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026Read more:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/stockhead.com.au\/resources\/lithium-prices-crashed-in-2023-but-these-figures-show-white-gold-is-still-the-markets-biggest-bet\/?amp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/stockhead.com.au\/resources\/lithium-prices-crashed-in-2023-but-these-figures-show-white-gold-is-still-the-markets-biggest-bet\/?amp<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Why are Lithium miners so optimistic?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It might be because they think politicians are still in their corner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the politicians have been slow to inflict promised EV mandates on voters, in what promises to be a difficult election cycle for Net Zero aligned politicians \u2013 so slow that EV manufacturers are starting to complain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ford UK says any delay on government petrol car ban risks EV transition<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reuters<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">September 20, 20239:30 PM GMT+10 Updated 3 days ago<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ford said dropping the [British] 2030 deadline would be a mistake, and hinted it could put further investments at risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe UK 2030 target is a vital catalyst to accelerate Ford into a cleaner future,\u201d Ford UK chair Lisa Brankin said in a statement on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur business needs three things from the UK government: ambition, commitment and consistency. A relaxation of 2030 would undermine all three.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026Read more:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/autos-transportation\/ford-uk-slams-potential-relaxation-plans-ban-new-petrol-diesel-car-sales-by-2030-2023-09-20\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/autos-transportation\/ford-uk-slams-potential-relaxation-plans-ban-new-petrol-diesel-car-sales-by-2030-2023-09-20\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What can we make of all this?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For starters I don\u2019t think Lithium is going away forever. Even if current generation EVs turn out to be a bust, as seems increasingly likely, there really is no substitute for Lithium when it comes to batteries. The nearest relative to Lithium (atomic weight 7) is Sodium (atomic weight 23). But Sodium on an atom for atom basis is 23 \/ 7 = 3x heavier than Lithium. So in any application where weight is important, Sodium has a huge disadvantage compared to Lithium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Having said this there are alternatives to batteries, which might one day supplant Lithium batteries \u2013 so there is no absolute guarantee Lithium batteries are the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For vehicles, the distress of EV manufacturers is creating an opportunity for hydrogen and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/energycentral.com\/c\/cp\/can-we-run-car-ammonia-fuel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ammonia<\/a>&nbsp;fuel proponents. Even laptops may one day be powered by fuel cells rather than batteries. And there is the ever present possibility of a supercapacitor nanotech breakthrough which could upset everyone\u2019s apple cart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Frankly I find the green alternatives to EVs scarier than EVs. When an EV catches fire you usually have a chance to get out, a few seconds between smoke and deadly fire. But ammonia can kill you on contact, it chemically attacks and burns any flesh it touches. And&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hydrogeninsight.com\/transport\/engulfed-in-flames-fuel-cell-bus-in-california-destroyed-after-explosion-during-refuelling\/2-1-1488705\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hydrogen is horrifyingly explosive and flammable<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 as residents of Bakersfield discovered in July this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As for supercapacitors \u2013 anyone who has seen an old style TV fail with a bang has witnessed a small scale capacitor dielectric failure. Imagine that scaled up million times, and you get the idea of why I\u2019m going to let someone else drive the first supercapacitor EVs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Given I think \u201cgreen\u201d alternatives to EVs are even worse, am I saying EVs are the future?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The answer, for now at least, is no.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Consumers are clearly voting with their wallets, rejecting EVs, leaving them on the dealer lots. And politicians are caving in to demands from voters to extend the deadline for phasing out gasoline vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Barring an unexpected range, price and reliability breakthrough, I can\u2019t help thinking the Lithium bulls could be in for a long wait, to realise a return on their investments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Update (EW): Added a quote from the first article \u201cAutomakers are losing tens of thousands of dollars for each electric vehicle sold\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lithium prices are down lately, and EV manufacturers, the major users of Lithium, have recently announced substantial cuts to production. 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