I believe , If someone doesn't know about Li technology, he/she...

I believe , If someone doesn't know about Li technology, he/she is a short term investor and will miss the big part of cake. however, long term investors need to know about risks and opportunities


I learned Lithium batteries have other components, like Cobalt and Nickel. so I'm going to read about Cobalt, Nickle and maybe invest on them as well.
More EV = more Li+Co+Ni+...
Nissan Leaf, BMW i3 and other EVs use the proven lithium-manganese (LMO)battery with a NMC blend, packaged in a prismatic cell. (NMC stands for nickel, manganese, cobalt.) Tesla uses NCA (nickel, cobalt, aluminum)

My friend works on Nickel-Hydrogen batteries and his team don't believe in Li.
For example: The Hubble Space Telescope, when its original  Nickel-Hydrogen batteries were changed in May 2009 more than 19 years after launch..... but Lithium is winner so far!

EV Running cost, if compare with current Petrol car, it is amazing... BUT new petrol engines are fantastic and they have high performance which drop their running cost dramatically like:
- Duke engine
- Opposed-piston engine
- Variable Compression Engines (in mark very soon)

	EV make	Battery	Range km (mi)	Wh/km (mi)	Energy cost/km (mi)
1	BMW i3	22kWh	135km (85)	165 (260)	$0.033 ($0.052)
2	GM Spark	21kWh	120km  (75)	175 (280)	$0.035 ($0.056
3	Fiat 500e	24kWh	135km (85)	180 (290)	$0.036 ($0.058)
4	Honda Fit	20kWh	112km (70)	180 (290)	$0.036 ($0.058)
5	Nissan Leaf	30kWh	160km (100)	190 (300)	$0.038 ($0.06)
6	Mitsubishi MiEV	16kWh	85km (55)	190 (300)	$0.038 ($0.06)
7	Ford Focus	23kWh	110km (75)	200 (320)	$0.04 ($0.066)
8	Smart ED	16.5kWh	90km (55)	200 (320)	$0.04 ($0.066)
9	Mercedes B	28kWh (31.5)*	136km (85)	205 (330)	$0.04 ($0.066)
10	Tesla S 60	60kWh	275km (170)	220 (350)	$0.044 ($0.07)
11	Tesla S 85	90kWh	360km (225)	240 (380)	$0.048 ($0.076)

Source: http://batteryuniversity.com/