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• Has Joby Cracked The Power Problem To Make Electric Air Taxis Work?
  
  Many skeptics think batteries are still at least a decade away from making electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft viable. Joby says it's designed a workable aircraft now using automotive batteries. ...
  By Jeremy Bogaisky, Forbes Staff.  Forbes.  Mon, 23 Nov 2020 06:31:06 -0500.
• Batteries and gold power new mining projects
  
  High gold prices and surging demand for batteries and electric cars have underpinned a lift in resource projects, but there are battles ahead for the coal sector.
  Shane Wright.  Sydney Morning Herald.  Mon, 23 Nov 2020 00:01:00 +1100.
• US automaker GM recalls 69,000 electric cars after battery fires
  
  GM says it doesn't yet know what caused fires in five Chevrolet Bolt batteries but its engineers are investigating.
  Al Jazeera.  Fri, 13 Nov 2020 21:43:32 +0000.
• Ford is 'absolutely' interested in producing EV batteries like Tesla and GM
  
  The comments are a reversal from Farley's predecessor, Jim Hackett, who told investors in July that the automaker saw "no advantage" in producing the batteries.
  CNBC.  Fri, 13 Nov 2020 17:12:06 GMT.
• Ford CEO says carmaker now eyes making own EV batteries
  
  "We are discussing (battery) cell manufacturing," Ford's Chief Executive Officer Jim Farley said Friday at the Reuters Automotive Summit teleconference. ...
  Yahoo.  Fri, 13 Nov 2020 10:32:52 -0500.
• Energizer (ENR) Stock Down on Q4 Earnings Miss; Sales Up
  
  Energizer's (ENR) fourth-quarter fiscal 2020 results reflect adverse impacts from high costs related to the COVID-19 crisis. Nevertheless, growth in the batteries and the auto care segments aid sales.
  Zacks Equity Research.  Zacks.  Fri, 13 Nov 2020 14:06:00 GMT.
• How to hybridise batteries and supercapacitors
  
  The offspring will give electric cars more range and power
  Economist.  Sat, 07 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000.
• Spinach is transformed into battery catalysts that can power electric cars and military gear
  
  Scientists have devised a method that transforms spinach into into carbon nanosheets that can be used in batteries for powering anything from smartphones to electric cars and military gear.
  Daily Mail.  Mon, 05 Oct 2020 23:02:09 GMT.
• Ex-Aston Martin chief Palmer joins electric battery bandwagon
  
  A former chief executive of Aston Martin Lagonda is joining a European developer of electric vehicle batteries amid an accelerating race to roll out the technology across the world's automotive industry.
  Sky News.  Mon, 05 Oct 2020 14:16:00 +0100.
• Musk: $25,000 Tesla ready 'in about three years'
  
  News about cheaper batteries and cars didn't excite investors as $50bn was wiped from its value.
  BBC News.  Wed, 23 Sep 2020 01:57:19 GMT.

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