You can’t blame VW for wanting a little bit of Tesla’s glamour. But its April Fools’ Day calamity shows the dangers of trying to be cool and funny.

US-based Livent will supply the lithium directly to BMW’s battery cell manufacturers from 2022 on.

Company had refused to pay Perth-based MSP Engineering for building a lithium hydroxide plant, saying the project ran over budget.

The facility will be designed to accept lithium mineral concentrates and produce lithium hydroxide and other lithium battery materials.

Biden on Wednesday proposed spending $174 billion to promote EVs and increase the number of charging stations by 12-fold.

Battery-grade lithium carbonate prices started to buck a three-year downturn in the second half of 2020 as electric vehicle demand roared back from the coronavirus outbreak.

For those seeking evidence of a new commodity supercycle, and for the sceptics of a sustained boom in natural resources, Australia’s government forecaster has it covered.