Lithium Americas Corp (LAAC)

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"Battery Life Powers Ahead Toward Sizable Gains"

(excerpts from yesterday's WSJ Business & Finance Section):

* Li battery capacity to store electricity will soon jump by double digit percentages, with the next wave of batteries, long in the pipeline, ready for commercialization;

* This will mean: phones with 10% to 30% more battery life, or with the same battery life bust faster and lighter;

* more cellular-connected wearables;

* (and this one I really like) makers of electric vehicles and home storage batteries will be able to knock thousands of dollars off their prices over the next five to ten years;

* the limit as to how far Li batteries can take us is predicted to be about twice their current capacity;

* the first commercial consumer devices to have higher capacity lithium-silicon batteries will likely be announced in the next two years, with a wearable expected to be first; and

* BMW plans to incorporate improved Li battery technology in a plug-in electric vehicle by 2023, expecting an increase of 10% to 15% battery-pack capacity in a single leap. While this is the same technology destined for mobile electronics, the higher volumes and higher safety demands of the auto industry mean slower implementation there.

Go LAC longgggg!!!