Increasing Lithium-Ion Battery Demand: Manganese Industry Expert Martin Kepman, CEO of Manganese X Energy Weighs In on Ford Projects $45 Billion Profit from New EV Transit Service.
Tesla is no longer the only player in the electric vehicle sector, with most big-name automobile manufacturers across the world producing electric and hybrid models to keep up with market demand.
Batteries for electric vehicles, energy storage systems, and all of our electronic devices need lithium. Lithium-ion batteries are expected are on a rise. Data: Statista estimates; US Department of Energy; IEA; 2019
Projected demand for lithium-ion batteries worldwide in EVs 2019-2030 (*)
The global market demand for lithium-ion batteries used in electric vehicles is projected to grow between 2019 and 2030. In 2030, the global demand for lithium-ion batteries is expected to reach approximately 1,525 gigawatt hours.Ford Motor Company has recently announced its first electric delivery van, which is set to roll out this month. The medium-duty business van is designed for and marketed towards commercial applications. In addition to selling the vehicles themselves, Ford will be launching software and services — collectively named Ford Pro Intelligence — to help companies manage their delivery fleets. These services are set to include charging depots (to help customers minimize energy consumption while maximizing vehicle run time), cloud-based routing (to increase efficiency and decrease drive time), over-the-air updates for new features, and tailored alerts for maintenance and repairs.
Read my full full report on Financial Post.
Lithium-ion batteries are a staple of everyday life, powering everything from electric vehicles to electric toothbrushes and smartphones and laptops. As the demand for lithium-ion batteries rises even further due to new products and programs in the electric vehicle sector, so does the demand for one of the key components of these batteries: manganese.
Manganese is an essential component of the lithium-ion battery, but it is also used in the other most common type of battery produced globally, the nickel-manganese-cobalt (NMC) battery.
[Watch Lithium-Ion Battery & Manganese Expert Martin Kepman Video Interview]
“There are plans to re-engineer the chemistry of the current NMC battery by eliminating cobalt and increasing the proportion of manganese in future lithium-ion nickel manganese EV batteries. Some of the reasons that make manganese potentially the mineral of the decade is it doesn’t have the ethical sourcing issues of mining cobalt in the Congo, where the majority of cobalt is produced. Economically, cobalt is 10-47 times more expensive than manganese to acquire, based on the commodity markets of fluctuating prices. Safety, manganese is renowned for its stability in nature and has the characteristics of increasing energy density, which ultimately increases capacity and improves driving range. Also, manganese decreases the combustibility of EV batteries, which is problematic with cobalt infused lithium-ion batteries. Our strategically located manganese property in Canada will provide EV battery manufacturers access to a domestic supply with less reliance on China imports, “ Martin Kepman CEO of Manganese X Energy Corp.
Locating and mining manganese deposits will be an important goal for the electric vehicle industry. Manganese can be found in rich deposits in North America, such as in the Battery Hill manganese site in Woodstock, New Brunswick, Canada.
CEO Martin Kepman - “Manganese X Energy Corp (TSX-V:MN, OTCQB:MNXXF) has underlined the potential of the company's strategically located asset in New Brunswick Canada as demand for manganese for batteries grows and as US vehicle titan Ford recently launched its first electric delivery van. Manganese is an essential component in the staple lithium-ion battery but is also found in the nickel-manganese-cobalt (NMC) battery - the other most common type, noted Kepman. "There are plans to re-engineer the chemistry of the current NMC battery by eliminating cobalt and increasing the proportion of manganese in future lithium-ion nickel manganese EV batteries," he added. Source
About Manganese X Energy - Manganese X Energy Corp. (TSXV: MN) (FSE: 9SC2) (OTC:QB:MNXXF) (FRANKFURT:9SC2)
with its head office in Montreal QC, owns 100% of the Battery Hill property project (1,228 hectares) located in New Brunswick Canada. Battery Hill is strategically situated 12 kilometers from the US (Maine) border, near existing infrastructures (power, railways, and roads). It encompasses all or part of five manganese-iron zones, including Iron Ore Hill, Moody Hill, Sharpe Farm, Maple Hill and Wakefield. According to Brian Way’s (2012) master’s thesis on the Woodstock manganese occurrences, that includes Battery Hill, the area “hosts a series of banded iron formations that collectively constitute one of the largest manganese resources in North America, approximately 194,000,000 tons.
When sharing on social media please help us by using these hashtags:
#ManganeseXEnergyisElectricGold #ManganeseXMinerforElectricGold
#ManganeseisElectricGold #ManganeseXisElectricGold
New Brunswick, Canada
https://www.manganesexenergycorp.com
Manganese Industry Expert Martin Kepman Reports Increasing Lithium-Ion Battery Demand
Published by Statista Research Department, Jun 28, 2021
Media contact:
Rene Perras Digital PR Consultant
for Manganese X Energy Corp
514-816-4446
News via KISS PR Brand Story Media Contact [email protected]
