South Korea Unveils Breakthrough New Battery

The most exciting story in lithium over the last year has easily been the discovery... The most exciting story in lithium over the last year has easily been the discovery...                                                                                                      [Outsider Club Header] Feb 12, 2024 By Alex Koyfman for the Outsider Club South Korea Unveils Breakthrough New Battery Dear Reader, Earlier this month, I wrote to you about how lithium batteries are likely going to stick around for a while despite all the supposed moves being made to depart from the standard. In fact, There are two lithium-based lithium-ion alternatives currently being researched at two major American universities that have shown promise to radically cut charge time and increase battery life. Today, I’m writing with another example of just how universal the lithium solution is to, well, the lithium problem. Last week, researchers at the Chung-Ang University in South Korea announced that they had a breakthrough in charge speed and longevity by making precise modifications to a lithium-ion battery’s electrolyte. The electrolyte is the solution which separates the electrodes, and is also the location of where most catastrophic battery failures take place. Overheating, swelling, casing failure and fire are all common symptoms of a failing electrolyte, with all lithium ion batteries exhibiting one or more with advancing age. Another side effect of repeated use is the decline in charge capacity, an unpleasant reality which anybody who's owned a wireless device for more than a few years can attest to. 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[lithium decline] In addition to longevity, which has been the bane of EV owners since the very start of the EV revolution, these batteries promise to charge much faster, and also alleviate fire risks associated with traditional liquid-organic electrolyte solutions. Put that all into a single package and what you get is enough to alter the course of the entire automotive market. Getting charge times down from the 20–30-minute range to the 5–10-minute range, which is what most of these lithium-powered lithium-ion alternative next generation batteries are going to feature, would break down some of the final walls of resistence for potentially millions of would-be EV buyers. At which point the choice to go electric will become a virtual no-brainer for at least 90% of the car-owning public.  Shots Fired!!! A war is raging between Wall Street and Main Street, and we’re going to battle. Join our private community of like-minded investors every trading day at 9:00 a.m. for our "Opening Salvo." We’ll tell you which stocks we’re watching. We’ll catch you up on key market-driving events. And we’ll be speaking our minds without any corporate sponsors or three-letter agencies peering over our shoulders. Participation is free for anyone with [this invitation.]( P.S. This is an exclusive, limited-time event. We rally at 9:00 a.m. until market open. Trading days only. You must be a member of our private Discord to participate. [Join here]( and check back in at the "Opening Salvo." From Internal Combustion to Electrons But here’s the thing, all of these lithium-ion successors are still themselves lithium powered. Which means the bull case for lithium, largely predicated on a healthy and growing lithium-powered EV market, remains intact. And you can see that fact illustrated pretty concisely in the chart below. Demand for lithium is going up while supply growth is lagging. [MI Black Lithium Image 13] Right now, the most exciting story in lithium over the last year has easily been the discovery at McDermitt Caldera. Ancient Eruptions... Tomorrow's Batteries The caldera — a remnant of an ancient eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano, has been determined to contain between 20 million and 40 million tons of lithium. That's enough to fill global lithium supply for the next 8–12 years, all by itself! Here’s where the story gets really interesting… The company that owns it is a relative unknown. This is a stable company with a $750 million market cap. Even with just 1% of the value of the resource, it might be the wealthiest company in the world right now, and nobody knows about it besides the shareholders. Word of the discovery became public last summer, but hardly anybody noticed because lithium prices were in freefall after two solid years of irrational exuberance. When I first got acquainted with this outfit — around the same time that news of the discovery broke, it was trading for twice where it is today. The reason? A general downturn in the lithium market. Now that we’ve hit a bottom, the next step might be the biggest resource run of the century. [Get all the info you need on the McDermitt Caldera lithium play, right here.]( Fortune favors the bold, [alex koyfman Signature] Alex Koyfman [[follow basic]Check us out on YouTube!]( P.S. Today’s article was originally published by our sister publication [Energy and Capital](, which is solely dedicated to helping readers profit from the ever-expanding and ever-changing energy sector. If you would like to receive daily free email investment letters from the editors of Energy and Capital, [simply click here.]( Follow the Outsiders [YouTube]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. You can manage your subscription and get our privacy policy[here](. 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