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Jack LiftonCo-founder and DirectorTechnology Metals Research, LLC

Will GM tell us please if the Volt's Miles per Charge is Temperature Dependent?

January 13, 2010

Analysis of:GM Unveils Plans for New Hybrid, Again | www.forbes.com

Before a single Volt is sold to a real customer off of a showroom floor GM is announcing again that they are going to expand their offerings of this "extended range" hybrid powertrain in a Cadillac this time rather than as a Buick or as a Saturn the time before.I have a simple question for GM to answer before anyone at all buys a Volt.

Jack LiftonCo-founder and DirectorTechnology Metals Research, LLC

Underpriced Rare Earth Metals From China Have Created A Supply Crisis

December 6, 2009

Analysis of:Chinese pay toxic price for a green world | www.timesonline.co.uk

China has a policy of predatory pricing, which has allowed it to gain monopoly control over some strategic natural resources such as the rare earth metals. The policy has now backfired as the low revenues to Chinese producers have deprived them of the investment funds they need to not only expand production but also to maintain the production they have.The result is a massive Chinese environmental problem, which threatens all by itself to cut non Chinese end users off from their only supply.

Keith JonesPresidentMaterial Advisory Group, Inc.

Construction Materials Industry Has a Long Road to Recovery

November 25, 2009

Analysis of:Falling aggregates and cement sales points to deeper recession | www.cnplus.co.uk

The United States construction materials industry has likely finally hit bottom, but the ride down has taken its toll. Industry players in cement, ready mix, aggregates, asphalt and contracting are operating at a fraction of their usual total capacity. Stimulus funds have not flowed fast enough to be of any true benefit this construction season and the majority of these funds will rollover into 2010. The upcoming seasonal lull will have a continued negative impact on revenues and profits.

Jack LiftonCo-founder and DirectorTechnology Metals Research, LLC

Is The Rare Earth Supply Crisis Due to Peak Production Capability or Capacity

September 6, 2009

Analysis of:A Different Environmental Threat: Peak Rare Minerals, China, and Green Technology | michaelperelman.wordpress.com

The current "crisis" in the media in the supply of rare earth metals is most likely due to nothing more sinister than mining capacity in China, the country which today produces some 97% of the world's supply of rare earth metals. There is sufficient accessible by current technology rare earth mineralization in North America, Australia, Southeast Asia ,Viet Nam, and South Africa to not only make world industry independent of China, but, ultimately, and soon, to supply China's domestic shortfalls.

Jack LiftonCo-founder and DirectorTechnology Metals Research, LLC

Will The Chevrolet Volt Even Be Built as A Production Model? That's The Question

September 4, 2009

Analysis of:Audi U.S. president Johan de Nysschen addresses Chevrolet Volt is for idiots firestorm via Facebook | www.autoblog.com

The Audi USA president is simply vocalizing what is on everyone's mind in the OEM automotive world. His basic sentiment that the Volt is an idiotic concept is widely shared wherever in the world cars are designed , built, and marketed by existing mass producers.

Jack LiftonCo-founder and DirectorTechnology Metals Research, LLC

The Rare Earth Security of Supply Crisis in Simplified Form

September 3, 2009

Analysis of:China tries to calm unease over rare earths curbs | news.yahoo.com

China's domestic use of its domestic production of the rare earth metals used accross the board in and critical to many if not most green technologies has caused it to restrict exports of these rare metals for years. The economics of Chinese rare earth production caused all other world producers to cease mining them years ago. Chinese domestic demand is now approaching Chinese domestic supply. The sleepy world of natural resource use and finance now calls this hoarding.. The Chinese are not amused.

Jack LiftonCo-founder and DirectorTechnology Metals Research, LLC

Autoblog Misunderstood What Bill Ford Said About Batteries Used By Ford

August 20, 2009

Analysis of:Chevy Volt's 230 mpg rating, ad campaign comes under fire from Bill Ford, AdAge | green.autoblog.com

The Autoblog.com article I am analyzing is poorly edited, poorly fact-checked, and poorly written. William Clay Ford, could not have said what the article attributed to him in the context described.

Jack LiftonCo-founder and DirectorTechnology Metals Research, LLC

Is The Chevrolet Volt Only A Fair Weather Car?

August 12, 2009

Analysis of:How did GM arrive at 230 mpg for the 2011 Chevrolet Volt? | www.autoblog.com

All this nonsense about the Chevrolet Volt's fuel use and performance is just hot air until the car is on the road and its actual performance under real driving conditions and with ordinary drivers is measured. I propose a side-by-side test of the Prius and the Chevrolet Volt to settle which is the more practical and versatile car.

Jack LiftonCo-founder and DirectorTechnology Metals Research, LLC

Fast Charging EV Batteries Is A Problem Not A Solution

August 9, 2009

Analysis of:Electric Car Charge Stations: The Next Third Space? | www.thebigmoney.com

The cart is dragging the horse as the economically and electrical engineering clueless are now debating where to put the infrastructure for recharging (fueling) electric cars. All we have to do is change the transportation fueling, the shopping habits, and the daily routines we have built up over the last 100 years as soon as possible. Not quite. We' will also have to reconstruct our electric power distribution grid and avoid fast charging except in emergency situations. What was that?

Jack LiftonCo-founder and DirectorTechnology Metals Research, LLC

Is General Motors backing Off Of The Chevrolet Volt Type Plug-In Hybrid?

August 8, 2009

Analysis of:New Buick Plug-In Hybrid Due By 2011: Breaking News | www.popularmechanics.com

The new Buick "two mode" hybrid is not an evolution of the Chevrolet Volt power train as this article in Popular Mechanics implies; the Buick (mild) "hybrids rather a step back for GM, and I think, an admission that all is not right with the Chevrolet Volt either in performance and range to be delivered or in marketability. GM made a misstep listening to Rick Wagoner and Bob Lutz both say that there was no future to the full hybrid exemplified by the outstandingly successful Prius.

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