RE:Germany to extend incentive for buyers of electric vehiclesGiven the current California climate emergency and other climate anomalies around the globe, clearly the trend around the world is towards vehicle electrification.
Hence, the aggressive move by auto manufacturers to source & secure a critical Lithium supply (GM investing $139 Million in California Lithium project):
(see article by Michael Wayland, CNBC.com)
"GM has invested and partnered with Controlled Thermal Resources, a company that plans to extract lithium from the Salton Sea Geothermal Field in Imperial, California. GM said it is investing “multi millions” of dollars into the company and its lithium project..........."