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One to Watch: Hong Kong Battery Company Eyes European Expansion

October 13, 2022 By admin Leave a Comment

Surging lithium prices and supply chain snarls aren’t keeping Brandon Ng, cofounder and CEO of Hong Kong-based Ampd Energy, from charging ahead with global expansion plans. His company has created an all-electric replacement for diesel generators at construction sites. After starting in Hong Kong, Ampd has recently expanded to Singapore and Australia—and Ng is eyeing Europe as his next market as the building industry starts to clean up its act.

Construction sites count among major polluters and decarbonizing the construction industry is a crucial front in the battle against climate change. Today construction companies are turning to firms such as Ampd to power equipment such as tower cranes and welding machines. “Sustainability is no longer a core agenda for just a fringe group,” says Ng, who earned a master’s degree in chemical engineering from Imperial College London. “I think now everyone cares about it.”

Ampd, which was founded in 2014 and made the inaugural 100 to Watch list last year, says its products emit up to 85% less carbon dioxide than traditional diesel generators and produce no tailpipe emissions such as nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide. A typical diesel generator at a construction site produces about 100 tonnes of carbon emissions each year, it claims—equivalent to the amount of greenhouse gases produced by about 22 gasoline-powered cars driven continuously over the same period.

The company started out making lithiumion battery-powered backup generators for buildings needing uninterrupted power supply, such as hospitals, data centers and telecom networks. Then, in early 2018, Hong Kong’s Gammon Construction, which had just launched a campaign to reduce carbon intensity—or emissions per unit of energy—by 25% by 2025, approached Ampd to see if its battery technology could be adapted to power construction sites.

After almost two years of tinkering, Ampd created a 7.3-tonne, 2.6-meter-tall gleaming white box packed with 30,000 lithium-ion battery cells. Ng named it Enertainer, a portmanteau of energy and container. “It was unprecedented in construction,” he says. “This was the first time that anyone had tried to use an energy storage system entirely to run the construction site.”

“Sustainability is no longer a core agenda for just a fringe group.”
Brandon Ng, cofounder and CEO of Ampd Energy

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In October 2019, Gammon Construction—a 50-50 joint venture between Hong Kong conglomerate Jardine Matheson and Balfour Beatty, Britain’s biggest construction company by revenue—became the first company to use the Enertainer. Gammon deployed them to power equipment used to build the nine-story, 108,000-squaremeter, $600 million Advanced Manufacturing Center for government-backed Hong Kong Science & Technology Parks (HKSTP was also an early backer of Ampd). Since then, Ampd’s customer list has grown to include some of the region's prominent family-led real estate companies: brothers Robert and Philip Ng’s Far East Organization, Lee Shau Kee’s Henderson Land, Henry Cheng’s New World Development, Vincent Lo’s Socam and the Kwok family’s Sun Hung Kai Properties.

New World Development’s Hip Hing Construction uses Enertainers to “reduce the use of fossil fuels, lower the carbon footprint and optimize the use of energy,” says a spokesperson for the infrastructure unit of New World Development in emailed comments. Entertainers are also helping Sino Group (which is an investor in Ampd), the sister company of Far East Organization, achieve its 2030 sustainability vision set two years ago in support of UN goals. Besides the environmental benefits, Enertainers provide a big data platform for analysis, says deputy chairman Daryl Ng in emailed comments, the eldest son of chairman Robert Ng and founding chairman of the Hong Kong Innovation Foundation (no relation to Brandon Ng). “This is conducive to raising project efficiency as well as the digitalization of construction,” he adds. Other benefits of the units are noise reduction and increased safety, as electric power is quieter than diesel motors and doesn’t require flammable fuel, Ampd claims.

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The company announced in May that it deployed its 100th unit—a number that it expects to increase as Ampd pursues expansion. To fund that effort Ampd last year had an undisclosed series A funding round led by London-based venture capital firm 2150 and Australian real estate-focused Taronga Ventures. Ng declines to disclose revenues but says Ampd is profitable on a per-unit basis, meaning it makes a profit on individual sales or leases but isn’t profitable overall due to fixed costs.

Ampd made its first move abroad late last year. In November, Far East Organization installed Enertainers at the building site for One Holland Village in Singapore, managed by local construction giant Woh Hup. In July, the system was deployed by Australia’s Multiplex at The Grove, a luxury mixed-use development in Perth. “We saw Singapore and Australia as two markets in the AsiaPacific that are really driving the sustainability agenda,” says Brandon Ng. “They’re at the forefront of this.”

He’s now eyeing the environmentally conscious European market. He plans to launch in the U.K. later this year before expanding to continental Europe, where competitors such as Swedish engineering group Atlas Copco and Austrian startup Xelectrix Power already have a foothold with similar technologies.

To prepare for this growth, Ng has been busy. Ampd has more than doubled its headcount to 60 over the past 12 months and recruited key executives. Last year, it hired Tara Hobbs, a former director of products at Elon Musk’s SolarCity, as vice president of software, and Charles Cox, who previously served as China and Southeast Asia managing director at Katerra, a once fast-growing construction startup backed by SoftBank’s Vision Fund, as vice president of hardware and supply chain.

The company announced in May that it deployed its 100th unit—a number that it expects to increase as Ampd pursues expansion.

As it expands, Ng says Ampd is working with partners to manage industrywide challenges. “Our suppliers gave us very early notice of the supply chain disruptions—all the way back in 2020,” he says. “So, we adapted to this new reality by maintaining high inventory levels—obviously higher than we’d like—but that has enabled us to maintain continuity of production and growth.” However, Ampd is still experiencing long lead times, sometimes over a year, for many parts, especially chips.

At the same time, as with other battery companies, Ampd’s margins have come under pressure as strong global demand for electric vehicles drives up the cost of lithium. Prices have risen by more than 120% so far this year and are up roughly 360% in the past 12 months, according to data from Benchmark Mineral Intelligence. Scant supply, constrained by limited investment in new projects, has helped fuel the lithium price surge.

That's led Ng to innovate. Ampd’s team of engineers, who account for almost a quarter of its workforce, improved its software so that fewer batteries—up to 40%—are required, while improving performance, he says. “Necessity is the mother of all invention, as the saying goes.”

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Big News for the Next Generation of Electric Vehicle Batteries

September 21, 2022 By admin Leave a Comment

It’s been a while since we had a look at the backlog of container ships waiting to unload their cargo at the Port of Los Angeles. The Pacific Ocean near Los Angeles, and San Francisco for that matter, looked like a parking lot during the pandemic… I saw it with my own eyes flying overhead to/from the West Coast.

I thought it might be interesting for us to check in and see what things are like today…

Not surprisingly, there has been a long decline in the queue of container ships since February of this year. The pandemic is clearly over, and logistics teams got back to work clearing out containers on the dock and returning to more normal operations.

August was still busy, with a queue of about 25 ships, but what happened in the last few weeks has been striking. At the start of this month, the queue had dropped to just eight ships, an all-time record low.

That might sound like a good thing. After all, the queue was a symptom of the lack of labor to both unload containers from ships, clear those containers through customs, and haul them out of the port via trucks to distribution centers. Finally, it appears that this backlog has cleared… which means that lead times for goods coming from Asia should quickly return back to pre-pandemic levels.

But the busy August masked what’s really going on. Container imports to the U.S. have collapsed 36% year-over-year. The rapid decline began in May, and it’s really starting to show in the numbers.

What does it mean? There’s an excess in inventories in consumer goods in the U.S., which make up more than 75% of all imports. With “real” inflation much higher than the consumer price index (CPI), discretionary spending has collapsed… and with it, demand.

Imports are suffering as a result. And it’s easy to see the weakening economy now that the Port of Los Angeles has cleared out its container backlog. There’s no hiding it now.

Sadly, even with excess inventories and rapidly declining freight costs, prices for goods and services will remain at elevated levels well into 2023. But on the bright side, the days of 6-month lead times, or not being able to find that PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X, should be well behind us.

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A new player enters the fray to power EVs…

A very interesting company in Utah just came out of stealth mode – Ionic Mineral Technologies. This one caught my eye because it could be big news for the next generation of electric vehicle (EV) batteries.

Ionic Mineral Technologies mines halloysite – a mineral it uses to produce “nano-silicon.”

That’s possible because halloysite is an aluminum-silicate clay that naturally occurs with a nano-tubular structure. This quality makes it a great resource for producing high-quality nano-silicon as a material input for EV batteries.

We’ve written a lot in The Bleeding Edge about solid-state batteries. There is an extensive list of companies working on that technology. And most design their batteries with silicon anodes instead of graphite ones (the typical approach for lithium-ion batteries).

This is important for two big reasons…

First, compared to graphite, silicon anodes provide greater energy density (i.e., charge capacity).

This is key for solving a major issue holding back EV ownership – limited range. Silicon anodes enable people to travel further with these batteries before needing to recharge.

And second, a big EV owner complaint is the 30-45 minutes it takes for their cars to charge. The reality is that most EV owners don’t have access to a 240-volt charger at their home or apartment.

With silicon anode batteries, it’s possible to charge an EV to 80% capacity in about five minutes… a fraction of the time.

But these silicon anodes aren’t perfect. They suffer one major challenge. Silicon swells and contracts during the charge and discharge stages. And dendrites are formed during this process which can, in the worst case, lead to fires.

That’s where Ionic comes into play. It believes its nano-silicon will be a game changer with solid-state batteries. This nano-silicon material has the potential to address this swelling problem.

That’s why I’m going to be keeping an eye on Ionic. I’ll be watching in particular to see if any of the leading-edge EV battery companies begin to adopt the nano-silicon material.

Ionic is unique in that it owns the resource for producing nano-silicon. The company controls 2.4 million tons of halloysite resources in Utah. This is the world’s largest deposit of high-purity halloysite.

The company expects its Utah-based manufacturing plant will be up and running by the end of Q2 next year. Then it will have the capacity to produce tens of thousands of tons of nano-silicon a year that it can sell to battery makers.

And since Ionic is building its plant on U.S. soil, this will help domestic supply chains secure materials. It’s yet another piece in the Great Recalibration I’ve been writing about in these pages, and it’s potentially great news for domestic EV makers.

So this company could be revolutionary for solid-state EV batteries, especially if designs start incorporating its nano-silicon material.

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eVTOL technology continues gaining momentum…

We’ll continue with another frequent topic in these pages – electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles (eVTOLs).

United Airlines just stepped up and made a firm commitment for purchasing more electric air taxis.

Last year, we covered its $1 billion order for eVTOLs from Archer Aviation. This August, United paid out $10 million of that payment for the first 100 eVTOLs from Archer Aviation.

Well, now United is upping the ante for its electric air taxi fleet. The airline just ordered another 200 taxis from Eve Air Mobility, with an option to buy 200 more.

This order came as United invested $15 million into Eve Air. So it clearly sees something it likes… and is hedging its bets.

Now, keep in mind that this is not a recommendation for Eve Air (EVEX). Currently, it has an enterprise value of $2.9 billion, yet it’s years away from any kind of material revenue. It’s currently trading at a valuation that reflects about 63 times forward 2025 annual revenue estimates. And it’s going to be bleeding cash until that time. It will most certainly require additional financing that will further dilute shareholders.

So while this isn’t an interesting investment opportunity right now, it is still a company to watch. Major airlines are pairing up with their eVTOL partners in preparation for what they believe is coming.

The future of transportation includes how air transportation is changing. It’s not just about supersonic aircraft like the kind of technology that Boom Supersonic is pursuing. It’s also about the kinds of short hops that eVTOLs can support.

These air taxis can carry three or four passengers about 150 miles. This could enable people to commute to work from a rural area into a city.

Or people could use them to travel from one part of a city to another. Los Angeles or New York City are perfect examples. They have so much traffic, it can be miserable and inefficient getting around.

So people could opt for eVTOLs for convenience in congested cities. We could take an eVTOL right to JFK airport, bypassing all the traffic.

And these electric vehicles are emission-free, which will make them attractive to some. Once we have clean energy generation to power them, these aircraft could be a “green” option for transportation.

Regardless, this is yet another example of the gaining momentum in eVTOL technology. We’ve come a long way in a few short years…

And it won’t be long until we could start seeing more of these aircraft in the skies where we live. I doubt we’ll have to wait much longer than 2025-2026 before there is widespread use of this technology.

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Starlink goes live in Antarctica…

A couple weeks ago, we had another look at Starlink – a division of SpaceX – partnering with T-Mobile in enabling remote cell phone coverage.

Now, Starlink has launched service availability in all seven continents.

That’s because its service just arrived at McMurdo Station on the coast of Antarctica, delivering high-speed broadband to the outpost.

That’s huge because McMurdo historically hasn’t had enough bandwidth to run all its scientific programs. Internet bandwidth has been rationed and in high demand at such a remote location.

What’s interesting about the deployment in Antarctica isn’t just Starlink’s availability. It’s actually how SpaceX is making it happen.

The issue at hand is that there aren’t any ground stations connected to fiber optic networks in Antarctica. So SpaceX is accomplishing this high speed broadband internet connection using space lasers. Cool, right? The lasers allow for high-speed connections between satellites.

So rather than beaming up from a ground station to a Starlink satellite and back down to Antarctica, Starlink uses space lasers to send data back and forth between other Starlink satellites until it is in range of a ground station (for example in Australia).

While the world sees Starlink has a satellite-based internet provider, I believe that the endgame is to create a space-based, interplanetary, body backhaul network. That’s the big play.

The backhaul network is only possible with a laser-enabled communication system from satellite to satellite. That way, Starlink will need fewer ground stations and be able to provide coverage to places where ground stations aren’t an option or simply don’t make any sense.

Is this the beginning of interstellar broadband infrastructure? Musk is crazy enough, and smart enough, to put something like that together.

This will be a vast improvement for people who live in rural areas and developing countries – as well as remote locations like Antarctica… or even the Moon. And needless to say, it will put Starlink and SpaceX in an enviable position.

Regards,

Jeff Brown
Editor, The Bleeding Edge.

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Critical Electric Vehicle Battery Bottleneck in China?

August 29, 2022 By admin Leave a Comment

As we’ve reviewed before, if the majority of our electricity is produced by fossil fuels – as it is, almost everywhere on the planet – carbon emissions won’t be reduced by shifting to EVs. Some have even argued that emissions will increase, as typically 7–15% of electricity is lost in transmission from the power plant to the end user. That’s just the nature of the inefficiency of the distribution of power over our current infrastructure.

But let’s set those inconvenient truths aside for a moment. Is it even possible for the automotive industry to produce enough new EVs to hit the targets set aside for 2030? I recognize that it’s a moot point, given the nature of how electricity is produced, but the exercise will reveal something quite interesting.

It is possible to produce enough of the new vehicles, the cars themselves, but – and this is a big but – it won’t be possible to manufacture enough EV batteries to “fuel” them. The fundamental problem is with the EV battery supply chains.

And at the very beginning of the supply chains are the metals that need to be mined and extracted from the earth, and ultimately processed for use. It’s a destructive and very dirty process that leaves massive “scars” on Earth’s surface – and produces immense amounts of carbon emissions. And yet without these metals, we don’t have EV batteries…

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The problem is that with these massive targets for EV production set by countries around the world, the politicians and policymakers (especially those in the U.S.) didn’t think much about the details of whether or not the targets were possible. Or for that matter, whether or not the process would be “clean” and actually result in lower emissions.

In order to meet these grand goals of EVs everywhere by 2030, the world will need to mine and extract critical metals from the ground. The need is no small task either, as seen in the above chart… 50 new lithium mines will have to be built, 60 new nickel mines will have to be built, and 17 new cobalt mines need to be built.

The automotive industry is already struggling with shortages of these metals, as well as with securing future supply, yet the policy targets established within require more than a 5X increase in kilotons (kt) in lithium production, 2X in nickel, and almost double in cobalt.

Making matters worse, on average it takes 7–10 years to get permitted to build a mine in the U.S. And that’s right… in just eight years it will be 2030. How’s that going to work?

Some other countries, particularly in developing markets, are able to permit in shorter periods of time, but it is still a multi-year process. Further, what about the practicalities of the “where” and “how” to extract and process these metals?

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Cobalt is almost entirely mined in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, not exactly an anti-fragile location for a key material in a supply chain. More than half of nickel production comes from Indonesia, the Philippines, and Russia.

The majority of the rare earth metals are all mined in China… critical metals used not just in EVs, but most forms of advanced electronics like our smartphones.

And the majority of the world’s lithium is mined in Australia and Chile. While these locations are politically stable, it’s the required step up in production – more than 5X – that’s the problem.

But even if we assume that somehow the permitting of new mines magically happens within the next two years, and the metals can be found at the scale that is necessary to meet demand, there is one more sticky problem…

The majority of the processing of these metals takes place in China, not exactly the location that I’d choose for a secure supply chain right now. The reality is that extraction and processing of these metals is a very dirty and fossil fuel-intensive business, which is why the western world was happy to offshore these tasks to developing markets.

And now, the implications of those decisions are being felt across supply chains. These metals are not only important in the context of battery production, but in many cases, are considered to be matters of national security.

The reality is that China has a chokehold over these metals and can control how much of each are exported to the world. And of course, its own country’s needs will be prioritized over others.

It’s great to have aspirational goals and objectives with regard to clean energy. My sincere wish is that we transition the entire power production infrastructure to clean energy produced from technology like nuclear fusion.

Sadly, these tax and spend stimulus packages have no chance of achieving their targets. “They” neglected the most basic and fundamental inputs required to meet stated targets.

Even worse, all of this spending will enrich a small number of vested interests, very wealthy individuals, and politicians… at the expense of normal taxpayers.

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Profit from California’s Aggressive Climate Change Laws…

July 19, 2022 By admin Leave a Comment

Under the umbrella of the state’s California Air Resources Board (CARB), which is a sort of “clean air agency” that was established under Ronald Reagan while he was governor, California has been instituting a variety of programs and legislation that puts the state in the pole position of trillion-dollar economies transitioning to a cleaner energy economy.

Here are a few examples:

The Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction bill, which required California to reduce its overall greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 and 40% below 1990 levels by 2030, appointing CARB to develop policies (ultimately including the state’s cap-and-trade program) to achieve this goal
Renewable Energy Procurement bill, which requires the state to procure 60% of all electricity from renewable sources by 2030 and 100% from carbon-free sources by 2045, double the energy efficiency of existing buildings, and allow greater electric utility investment in electric vehicle charging infrastructure
Sustainable Transportation Planning bill, which set regional greenhouse gas emission reduction targets for passenger vehicles and requires agencies to assess and mitigate the vehicle miles traveled (VMT) impacts of new developments
Energy Storage bill, which requires electric utilities to install minimum levels of grid-scale energy storage infrastructure
Electric Vehicle Charging bill, which requires local governments to develop streamlined ordinances for electric vehicle charging infrastructure.
Advanced Clean Cars Program, which was designed to reduce greenhouse gas and smog-causing emissions from California cars, including vehicle performance standards and manufacturer requirements
Green Building Standard program, which was designed to reduce the energy use of California buildings, including energy efficiency standards for new construction and retrofits for existing buildings
Low Carbon Fuel Standard program, which requires transportation fuel producers to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions intensity of their products, from extraction to refining and end use
Renewables Portfolio Standard, which is a statewide requirement that electricity providers procure 33% of energy from renewable sources by 2020 and 60% of total electricity by 2030. It's worth noting that the state exceeded its 2020 goal after data showed that 59% of the state’s electricity came from renewable and zero-carbon sources in 2020.

Now, I understand that some folks don’t think much of these types of programs and laws that seek to address climate change.

And that’s fine.

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To be honest, I really don’t care what your thoughts are on climate change-related laws and mandates because I’m not here to convince you to hug trees or recycle. I’m here to convince you that if you play it right, you can make a lot of money by investing in the companies that are going to benefit from California’s very aggressive clean energy and climate change laws — especially now that some of those laws are about to get even more aggressive.

You see, in an effort to counter the Supreme Court's recent decision to restrict the EPA’s ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, California is now making moves to become carbon neutral by 2035 — which is 10 years ahead of the state’s current target. And some have suggested that the state may also try to reach its 100% clean energy portfolio by 2030, which would be five years ahead of schedule.

A lofty goal, to be sure, but not impossible to reach.

In fact, earlier this year, on May 8, California produced enough renewable electricity to meet 103% of consumer demand.

So much renewable electricity was generated that day that the California Independent System Operator even exported some of it to other western states.

Still, in order to speed up the state's renewable energy goals, it will need to build solar and wind projects three times faster than they’re being built now, and battery storage projects need to be built eight times faster.

I’m not fully convinced that the state will be able to pull this off, but I do know enough about California’s aggressive climate change mitigation strategies to understand that those leading the charge here are going to make a very serious effort. This, of course, will result in certain renewable energy projects and technologies getting a very serious shot of steroids.

Translation: Savvy investors are about to make a ton of cash.

Might as well be you, right?

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To a new way of life and a new generation of wealth…

Jeff Siegel

The Hydrogen Economy is on the Cusp of an Enormous Tipping Point

July 11, 2022 By admin Leave a Comment

Technological advancements and falling renewable energy costs have led to a new era of scalable “Green Hydrogen” production.
Thanks to its unmatched energy density, hydrogen outplays battery electricity when it comes to range, recharging times and emissions.
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Today, electric vehicles are all the rage. They’re at the epicenter of the world’s shift to cut carbon emissions dramatically and rapidly for a cleaner future. But EVs weren’t always at the forefront of the Clean Energy Revolution. Indeed, back in 2003, it was all about hydrogen.

In his 2003 State of the Union address, then-President George W. Bush said, “the first car driven by a child born today could be powered by hydrogen and [be] pollution-free.”

He was half-right. There are a lot of pollution-free cars out there today. And many children born back in 2003 are driving them. But for the most part, they’re powered by electric batteries, not hydrogen fuel cells.

Where did it go wrong?

In the words of Matthew Blieske, Shell’s (NYSE:SHEL) global hydrogen product manager, “… there was always something missing.”

The History of Hydrogen

In the early 2000s, hydrogen fuel cells were hyped up for their ability to reduce energy dependence. That was at a time when crude oil prices were north of $50 and rising. But falling oil prices in the late 2000s and early 2010s sapped some of this hype. And it dramatically slowed the Clean Energy Revolution.

Then the world started getting serious about decarbonization again in the back half of the 2010s. And hydrogen was but one of many zero-emission energy sources out there, alongside solar, wind, and electric batteries.

And relative to those other energy sources, hydrogen has proven to be less efficient and more expensive.

That’s because hydrogen, while the most abundant element in the universe, doesn’t exist in its pure form on Earth. So, producing it requires a complex, multi-step process. And that results in significant electricity loss and requires tons of added infrastructure – and dollars.

Not to mention, to offset these extra costs, most companies have turned to producing hydrogen from cheap natural gas. That means that most isn’t zero-emissions at all.

Net net, hydrogen has gone from being the epicenter of the Clean Energy Revolution to just a niche afterthought.

But that’s all about to change.

The Hydrogen Economy is on the cusp of an enormous tipping point.

For the first time in its choppy history, the time has come for this clean energy source to reign.

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The Drivers Have Arrived

As every country works toward a net-zero emissions target, the global political stage is set for mass decarbonization.

Economies of scale have led to the cost of hydrogen fuel cells dropping 60% over the past decade. Deloitte expects those costs to drop below electric battery and combustion engine costs within just a few years…

Technological advancements and falling renewable energy costs have led to a new era of scalable “Green Hydrogen” production. And now it can be cost-effectively produced from renewable energy sources, like solar and wind.

In other words, all the drivers have finally shown up to the party at the same time.

In the words of Blieske: “[In the past] there was a policy missing, or the technology wasn’t quite ready, or people were not so serious about decarbonization. We don’t see those barriers anymore.”

With those barriers removed, the Hydrogen Economy will tip into its long overdue renaissance in the 2020s. And that will create what Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) sees as an $11 trillion market in the coming decades.

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Where will all this hypergrowth come from?

We’ll see it in high-usage and long-range energy and transportation markets. That’s where hydrogen’s advantages over electric batteries shine brightest.

You see, when it comes to cost, efficiency, safety, and public roads infrastructure, battery electricity wins out. To that extent, battery electricity will likely be the dominant clean energy source for passenger cars and last-mile delivery vans.

But thanks to its unmatched energy density, hydrogen outplays battery electricity when it comes to range, recharging times, and emissions. So, in heavy-usage and long-range situations, hydrogen is best in class. Therefore, those fuel cells will likely be the dominant clean energy source for industry, stationary and cross-country haul.

Think forklifts in warehouses, trucks that travel across the country, and ships that sail across oceans. And what about data centers that have to be “always on”?

Indeed, hydrogen fuel cells are on the cusp of disrupting those industries over the next decade.

Who is at the forefront of this multi-trillion-dollar disruption?

Plug Power (Nasdaq:PLUG) is. The company started out supplying hydrogen fuel cells for forklifts to warehouse operators like Walmart (NYSE:WMT) and Amazon (Nasdaq:AMZN). Now Plug Power is morphing into an all-in-one, vertically integrated powerhouse at the epicenter of the Hydrogen Economy.

Needless to say, Plug Power stock is a long-term winner.

But other names are also piquing interest in this hypergrowth space…

Like Ballard Power (Nasdaq:BLDP), who’s making hydrogen fuel cells for buses, trucks, and trains. And Bloom Energy (NYSE:BE) is creating energy “boxes” powered by green hydrogen to help replace grid power.

With these hypergrowth stocks, you have three of the highest-quality plays on the multi-trillion-dollar Hydrogen Revolution. And they’re three stocks that could easily rise several hundred percent in the 2020s.

Hypergrowth investors should take a good hard look at these emerging hydrogen stocks.

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On the date of publication, Luke Lango did not have (either directly or indirectly) any positions in the securities mentioned in this article.

Is Decentralized Manufacturing the Key to our Clean Energy Future?

April 5, 2022 By admin Leave a Comment

The sanctions have resulted in excess production in Russia. The trading companies in Europe can only buy and store so much oil for future refinement. That means that Russia’s storage facilities and pipelines are at full capacity. I don’t think it will be long before wells shut down because there is no place to put the oil.

Some might think, “Great! Serves them right!” But there are other implications…

Once these wells shut down, or freeze, new wells must be drilled. It could take years, or even a decade, before Russia’s production returns to 2021 levels.

And that means much higher prices for oil in many parts of the world for an extended period of time. I believe that Europe will eventually see $200 a barrel.

Only countries that have the capacity for domestic production will be able to keep oil below $100 a barrel. Prices in the $120–150 range will be considered normal.

The U.S., however, is fortunate to have strong domestic production capabilities. And as I predicted on Monday, I believe that the current administration will have to ramp up domestic production and likely ban oil exports in the interest of keeping oil, and thus gasoline prices, down.

It will be entirely political, but it will happen nonetheless. This will, of course, come at the expense of other countries who would like to purchase excess production.

It has never been more obvious that we need energy-producing technology that will meet the world’s energy requirements in a fully decentralized manner, where no one country can have such an outsized – and negative – impact on the global economy.

The three most critical and fundamental needs of the human race are food, potable water, and energy. Yes, love and friendship count, too. But without food, water, and energy, there wouldn’t be a human race.

Limitless, abundant, and clean energy across the planet can bring abundance in both food and water (think desalinization). Imagine a world in which there would be no need for any geopolitical conflict caused by the need for energy. Sources of energy have been the driver of war for centuries.

The answer is, of course, the power of the Sun – the nuclear reactions that literally sustain life on Earth by making the planet habitable. It’s time for the world to step up and make nuclear fusion a reality.

Carbon-free, emission-free, abundant, and limitless power… Some forms of which don’t produce any nuclear waste at all.

If we don’t solve the problem for clean, utility-scale, baseload energy production, we’re going to be suffering decades more of geopolitically-driven pain and suffering largely caused by the puppet masters toying with our own life and liberty.

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The all-seeing orb is cashing up…

We talked about Worldcoin and its all-seeing orb back in November. This creepy project is moving forward faster than expected…

For the sake of new readers, Worldcoin envisions creating a global monetary system.

Worldcoin’s plan is to scan everyone’s retina to create a unique biometric identity. That identity then becomes a digital wallet for the project’s cryptocurrency, Worldcoin (WDC).

The device that scans retinas is “the Orb.” It’s a silver orb that looks like the palantir “seeing stones” in The Lord of the Rings movie series.

Worldcoin is aggressively pushing the Orb on consumers. The project’s goal is nothing short of capturing every eyeball on the planet. And Worldcoin is giving away “free” WDC to everyone who scans their retina as an incentive.

“Orb operators” are also incentivized to sign people up by awarding the operators WDC for their services. Worldcoin reports that the “best” orb operators can sign up about 1,000 people a week with a single orb.

Well, Worldcoin just raised $100 million in a WDC token sale… at a $3 billion valuation. That’s steep given the project is still in its early stages.

Among the institutions that purchased WDC tokens were crypto-focused powerhouse venture capital (VC) firm Andreessen Horowitz, Coinbase Ventures, and Digital Currency Group (DCG). In addition, LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman personally invested in Worldcoin’s token sale.

This is a powerhouse of backers. I’m a bit surprised to see them investing in Worldcoin at a $3 billion valuation… especially considering the privacy issues around taking biometric data from people.

Of course, Worldcoin’s mission sounds very altruistic. It’s all about global financial inclusion. And its website is even set up as a ‘.org’.

But to me, this is the same pitch we got from Facebook (now Meta). And we know how poorly Facebook has treated its users’ data.

So I’m very skeptical. And I don’t believe for a moment that our biometric information will be kept “safe.” I absolutely recommend readers stay as far away from Worldcoin’s Orb as possible… Please don’t look “deep into its eye.”

Still, we will need to keep a close eye on this project going forward. Worldcoin’s cryptocurrency, WDC, might just be a good speculation at some stage.

And with $100 million in new funding and powerhouse backers, Worldcoin is setting itself up to gain some serious momentum…

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More evidence that decentralized manufacturing is the future…

Tesla just opened its first European factory in Germany last week.

This is a remarkable development given all the chaos unfolding in Europe right now. And it clearly demonstrates the major shift in manufacturing we have been tracking in The Bleeding Edge…

As we know, people hold the German auto industry in high regard. German-made cars are typically associated with high quality and attention to detail.

However, Germany is also known for high labor costs. Labor unions are very strong in the country. The average workweek for German auto workers is just 35 hours per week. I can’t imagine what that would feel like… A light week for me is 70 hours.

The high costs and relatively low hours make it expensive to manufacture in Germany. Yet Tesla plans to produce half a million vehicles every year in this new factory.

In other words, Tesla’s automation technology has made it economical to produce cars in high-cost markets for the first time in decades.

And this allows Tesla to manufacture much closer to its target markets. This is the decentralized manufacturing trend that has been gaining steam over the last several years.

For the last several decades, nearly all manufacturing has been centralized in China and Southeast Asia. Then companies would ship the finished goods to consumers in the U.S. and Europe. This makes for complex supply chains that, as we discovered, are subject to major disruption.

Tesla is breaking that cycle. We are witnessing a dramatic shift towards decentralized manufacturing and something called reshoring.

And it’s all thanks to automation. Robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) can now boost productivity and make manufacturing economical in the West again.

This is a trend that will accelerate for the rest of this decade.

And we’ll continue to find ways to profit as the trend continues.

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NVIDIA’s $1 trillion opportunity…

NVIDIA just held its annual GPU Technology Conference (GTC).

To me, this is one of the most important conferences of the year. I always drop in to listen to CEO Jensen Huang’s presentations.

And Huang’s presentation this year was certainly special. He announced NVIDIA’s new AI semiconductor architecture. It’s called the Hopper chip family – named after computer scientist Grace Hopper.

The Hopper chips are designed to replace NVIDIA’s Ampere chips. And get this – the first Hopper-based chip, H100, provides nine times the performance of its predecessor. This is a revolutionary step forward.

The new chip uses 4 nanometer (nm) processing technology. And it consists of 80 billion transistors. That’s 68% more than the Ampere chips.

So the Hopper chips represent almost a magnitude jump in performance. And that opens the door to a massive market opportunity.

With this new product, Huang said the company is targeting industries with $100 trillion in revenue. And he believes NVIDIA can capture 1% of that.

In other words, NVIDIA has a $1 trillion-a-year opportunity.

Here’s the breakdown of where NVIDIA thinks this $1 trillion in revenue will come from:

$300 billion – Automotive industry
$300 billion – Data center applications
$150 billion – AI for enterprise software
$150 billion – AI software for the Omniverse (NVIDIA’s word for metaverses)
$100 billion – Gaming industry

Incredible.

And what stands out to me most is how far NVIDIA has come since I first recommended the company in February of 2016. That was at a small conference focused on high-net-worth investors and family offices.

At the time, NVIDIA was considered to be just a video game tech company. Its graphics processing units (GPUs) were primarily used almost exclusively for gaming.

But I knew that NVIDIA’s GPUs would ultimately enable AI and machine learning applications at scale, as well as power autonomous vehicles. That was my pitch in 2016. NVDA was trading around $24 per share at the time.

Fast forward to today, and my predictions all came true. NVDA trades around $283 a share. Anyone who bought on my original recommendation in 2016 is now up 4,290%.

And subscribers to The Near Future Report are up 721% on my official recommendation in that publication. (If you’d like to learn more about joining us, go right here for more information.)

This is such an incredible success story. NVIDIA is a textbook example of what’s possible when bleeding-edge technology is applied to explosive growth markets.

What’s more, NVIDIA’s new chip architecture will lead to incredible breakthroughs in the field of AI and machine learning in 2023 when Hopper becomes widely available. I can’t wait to see what comes from this.

Regards,

Jeff Brown
Editor, The Bleeding Edge

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This Metal Is Vital for a Secure Energy Future

April 4, 2022 By admin Leave a Comment

Russia’s Grip on Europe

Russia’s dominance over global energy markets has expanded significantly under Vladimir Putin.

The European Union imports nearly half its natural gas from Russia. This gas fuels Europe’s economy and heats its homes.

And that dependency has grown in recent years. In 2021, 45% of total E.U. gas imports came from Russia. That was up from 26% in 2010.

The three largest economies in the E.U. import huge amounts of their gas supplies from Russia:

Germany: 55%
Italy: 45%
France: 17%

Russia also accounts for 10% of the world’s oil supply. It exports almost 5 million barrels of crude oil and 2.8 million barrels of refined products every day.

Most of that goes to countries in Europe.

Finland and Hungary get almost all their oil from Russia. Poland gets more than 55%. Germany and the Netherlands get upward of 40%.

Europe is dangerously addicted to Russia’s energy.

Putin knows this. Recently, he threatened to shut off Russia’s pipelines.

Now, I believe it’s unlikely he will follow through on this threat. After all, his country relies heavily on the income from its energy exports. From his perspective, with a war to finance, he can’t afford to shut off that income stream.

But European countries are (finally) realizing that they cannot rely on a supplier who explicitly threatens them.

And they’re taking action to reduce their dependence on Russian oil and gas…

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Dashing into New Energy at Lightning Speed

The European Union plans to cut its reliance on Russian gas by two-thirds this year.

And here in the U.S., President Biden announced an immediate ban on all Russian oil imports.

Here’s the bottom line… Global powers are determined to reduce their dependence on Russian energy.

So, they need to find alternative sources of energy… fast.

And that’s where the opportunity for us lies.

Earlier this month, the European Union outlined a plan to become independent from all Russian fossil fuels “well before 2030.” It plans to triple its renewable energy capacity by 2030.

Frans Timmermans, the European Commission vice-president responsible for the European Green Deal, promised to “dash into renewable energy at lightning speed.”

Germany is moving swiftly towards alternative energy sources.

Previously, it aimed to shift to 100% renewable power supply by 2050. And it is phasing out its nuclear power plants. The last three reactors are set to go offline later this year.

But just days after Russia invaded Ukraine, the E.U.’s top economy ramped up its timeline. It now aims to generate all the country’s electricity from renewable sources by 2035. That includes wind and solar.

And it has allocated an extra 200 billion euros to expedite the new agenda.

Energy Security Is Just As Important to the U.S.

What about the U.S.?

Thankfully, our nation is far less dependent on Russian oil than Europe. In 2021, about 8% of U.S. oil imports came from Russia.

Now, that’s not insignificant. But it meant the U.S. was in a much stronger position than Europe to announce a complete ban on its energy imports from Russia.

But oil is traded in a global market. So, if oil prices go up further because of what is happening in Europe, Americans will feel the pinch at the pump even more than they do today.

In other words, energy security is just as important for the U.S. as it is for Europe.

And one way to guarantee our energy supply is to develop domestic sources of renewable energy.

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law President Biden signed in November 2021 earmarks $100 billion for clean energy projects.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine is an added impetus to the rollout of any projects that will help the U.S. secure its energy supply into the future.

This Metal Is Vital for a Secure Energy Future

A lot of that money will flow into the raw materials we need to build a cleaner and more secure energy future.

Commodities will play a massive role in the New Energy revolution we’ve been telling you about. Copper will take center stage.

The world will need a whole lot of copper to make the transition to a greener economy a reality.

The global wind power buildout is a case in point.

Right now, offshore wind is responsible for less than 0.5% of global electricity capacity. But the number of annual offshore wind installations is expected to grow 13-fold by 2030. This will generate demand for up to 7 million tonnes of copper.

Meanwhile, many other renewable energy systems use as much as 12 times more copper than traditional fossil fuel-powered systems. These include solar, hydro, thermal, and air source heat pumps.

The global electric vehicle (EV) race is another essential piece in copper’s story.

Currently, 10% of new vehicles sold in the world’s major markets are electric. Bloomberg estimates that by 2030, that figure will rise to about 50%.

Copper is used extensively in EV batteries, wiring, and charging stations. In fact, each EV uses up to 83 kilograms of copper. That’s more than three times the 23 kilograms used in an internal-combustion-engine vehicle.

And copper is a vital component of the wiring used in charging stations.

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A Simple Way to Profit

The global transition to cleaner energy and EVs will play a vital role in future copper demand growth.

And what’s happening in Ukraine right now has lit a fire under governments worldwide. They are determined to do whatever it takes to speed up these trends and reduce their reliance on Russian energy.

It’s the perfect set up for higher copper prices.

A great way to position yourself in copper is with the United States Copper Index Fund ETF (CPER). The fund closely tracks the price of copper, offering convenient exposure.

Happy investing, and I’ll be in touch again soon.

Regards,

Nomi Prins

Editor, Inside Wall Street with Nomi Prins

Renewables Will Heat up in 2022

March 31, 2022 By admin Leave a Comment

In this Article:

Where will all these unicorns come from?
Renewables Will Heat up in 2022
Invest Like a Wall Street Titan on a Main Street Budget

Earlier this week, I told you the stock sell-off we’re seeing today is setting off a boom in private markets.

According to Fortune, more than 80% of venture capital and private equity firms say they plan to raise capital in 2022. That’s up from 75% in 2021.

And the amount of money they’re raising is increasing. In 2021, private equity funds raised at least $733 billion globally, surpassing every previous year on record.

This year, they’re forecast to raise $952 billion.

The rush from the public markets into the private markets makes sense for these Big Money players when you consider private companies also have lower volatility than publicly traded companies… and perform better during challenging times.

In 2021, the pace of new unicorns (a private company that reaches a $1 billion valuation) increased considerably, reaching an average of two new unicorns minted per day. And I expect that activity to increase this year.

That begs the question: Where will all these unicorns come from?

The answer is: Clean energy.

Now, I’m a capitalist. So I don’t look at investment ideas just because they make us feel good. But regardless of what you think about “clean energy,” it’s the hottest investment trend in the United States right now.

Renewables Will Heat up in 2022

Before any bias you might have about “clean energy” comes rushing out, let me be clear…

Today’s clean energy industry is different.

The smartest minds in technology are working in it… and the smartest minds in finance are investing in it.

Larry Fink is the CEO of Blackrock, the largest asset manager in the world with $10 trillion in assets under management.

Here’s an excerpt from his annual letter published in January 2022:

The next 1,000 unicorns won’t be search engines or social media companies, they’ll be sustainable, scalable innovators – startups that help the world decarbonize and make the energy transition affordable for all consumers.

Think about that.

Fink is one of the wealthiest, most well-connected men on the planet. He’s not some starry-eyed kid or a tree hugger who wants to “change the world.” This is one of the most influential money men on the planet.

He goes to bed thinking about money. And he wakes up thinking about money.

And he knows there is a stadium-sized stack of money to be made in clean energy technology.

According to Allied Market Research, the 2020 value of renewable energy was $881 billion… and projected to reach nearly $2 trillion by 2030.

Renewable stocks are outperforming the broader market, returning approximately 159% since the end of 2019 compared to the S&P 500’s 29% within the same span.

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But it’s in the private market where you stand to make the biggest gains from the clean energy trend.

Take the electric vehicle (EV) battery tech company, QuantumScape, for example. Famed investor Jeremy Grantham invested $12.5 million in the company while it was private. QuantumScape went public in 2020 via a SPAC merger… and his stake swelled to $638 million before the year was up.

That’s a 5,005% return. That far outweighs the potential 719% gain the average investor could’ve hoped to make by buying into QuantumScape when it announced its SPAC merger.

Here’s another example. In 2017, Saudi businessman Abdul Latif Jameel stumbled upon on the EV startup named Rivian. He made several private investments in the company at an estimated valuation between $1–2 billion.

Rivian went public in November 2021 at an $83 billion valuation… netting potential returns between roughly 4,000–8,000%. Within weeks of the IPO, Abdul was sitting on a potential return of 14,900%… enough to turn every $1,000 invested into $150,000.

Meanwhile, regular investors that got in on IPO day saw peak gains of 80%… enough to turn $1,000 into $1,800.

As you can see, investing in clean energy companies before they become public is how you can potentially move the needle on your financial life without putting your current lifestyle at risk.

But if you didn’t know the wealthy insiders behind these deals like Grantham or Jameel did, you wouldn’t have been able to invest in them. So I’ve made it my mission to change that.

Invest Like a Wall Street Titan on a Main Street Budget

Ever since my early days on Wall Street, it’s driven me crazy. As a retail investor, you couldn’t access the private market. Legally, there wasn’t any way to get into these deals.

Finally, the SEC has cut through the red tape allowing the public to get in.

But cutting the red tape doesn’t mean Wall Street will say, “Come on in!”

They’re not going to welcome you like a long-lost brother… or roll out the red carpet and kiss you on both cheeks.

The best deals are still only found in one place. And that’s on the “inside” of the market.

To find these deals, you’ve got to move in the right circles of venture capitalists, billionaires, and influential deal makers. That’s where you find the best deals.

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The good news is – and it’s going to sound like I’m bragging, but I promise you I’m not – I’m fortunate enough to be in that position.

I’ve gone to those events. I know many of the billionaires in the early investing space. I’ve been on their private jets, attended their private parties, and am on a first-name basis with many of the top dealmakers operating in the market today.

And recently, I’ve uncovered what I believe could be the next unicorn in the clean energy space.

This company in the American heartland says it’s found a way to produce environmentally friendly oil without drilling or fracking.

After vetting it, Wall Street powerhouse JPMorgan cut a check to be its largest shareholder… I’m talking about the biggest bank in the United States.

JPMorgan is behind some of the biggest private deals, including Facebook, Tesla, and EV maker Rivian. And some of its deals have returned 47x, 100x, and 159x.

That last one is enough to turn $1,000 into $160,000.

And remember… Regardless of what you think about clean energy, it’s the hottest investment trend in the U.S. right now.

Avoiding those investments because of personal bias only hurts your financial future.

JPMorgan will still be this company’s largest shareholder… and it’ll still cash out its shares for bigger gains than investors who bought too late… or didn’t buy at all.

Which side of that trade will you be on?

Let the Game Come to You!

Teeka Tiwari
Editor, Palm Beach Daily

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Louis Navellier: The #1 Electric Vehicle (EV) Battery Stock of 2022

March 10, 2022 By admin Leave a Comment

Plus: 3 Plays for the Age of Solid-State Batteries

He’s found 12 stocks that have gone up as high as 10,000%…

Now he’s detailing his next big play.

In this exclusive interview, Louis Navellier is naming a company that has already been backed by Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, and one of the world’s largest automakers… but is trading for a fraction of the price of Tesla.

Introducing Louis Navellier
The big issues with lithium-ion batteries
Some of the biggest automakers are committed to this new battery technology
Investing in tech that will redefine emerging industries
Why these new batteries are vastly superior to lithium-ion
An incredible company to keep an eye on…
3 Plays for the Age of Solid-State Batteries
3 Stocks for the $150 Trillion AI Revolution
How to take advantage of this opportunity

ROSSI:

Welcome.

My name is Rossi Morreale, and you’re watching my exclusive interview with one of America’s most iconic tech analysts… Louis Navellier.

The analyst that the New York Times has hailed as an “an icon among growth stock investors”

And Forbes has called, “The King of Quants.”

Now, Louis went forward with a bold claim recently…

A claim that honestly caught me by surprise.

He said that a critical part of the electric vehicle… a component currently in every single EV on the market… is about to become obsolete.

The lithium-ion battery.

Now, Louis believes that lithium-ion batteries are about to be replaced by a new battery technology…

One so powerful that Popular Mechanics is praising it as the “holy grail” of EVs…

And Motortrend has called an “EV gamechanger.”

And today, Louis is going to give folks all the details they need to get in on this new battery technology…

Including the name and ticker symbol of a small company working with this breakthrough tech…

A company that has been backed by Bill Gates…

And one of the world’s largest automakers… completely free.

So, stay tuned.

Louis, thanks for sitting down and talking with us about this opportunity today.

LOUIS:

It’s a pleasure to be here, Rossi.

We’re at a pivotal moment for investors in the EV industry.

I’ve been keeping an eye on the EV market for almost 10 years.

In that time, I’ve owned upward of 25 gasoline-powered cars because there wasn’t an EV that truly impressed me…

And even when I bought my first EV in 2019, it was mainly intended as a plaything – a car I could drive around my oceanfront community – really just a golf cart.

I just really didn’t think that EVs would be able to overtake gasoline-powered cars while they were using lithium-ion batteries.

There were just too many issues.

Charging took forever…

The range was limited….

The lithium-ion batteries…. Well, they can catch fire or explode!

But now, thanks to this new battery technology, I believe that the EV revolution is right around the corner…

This battery tech…. well, it’s going to flip the EV market on its head.

It’s going to make it possible to significantly charge a car in as little as two minutes…

And could drive up to 1,000 miles on a single charge.

So this is game-changing.

And it’s the reason why some of the brightest minds in the technology world are betting big on this battery breakthrough.

They know this is the turning point…

The breakthrough that will allow EVs to topple the $2 trillion gas-powered vehicle industry.

The last 10 years of the EV industry, that was just the groundwork.

This new battery innovation… it’s going to push us into the next era…

It’s going to do what Intel did for the computer industry…

Or Apple did for the smartphone…

It’s going to allow EVs to go mainstream.

And when that happens… we’re looking at one of the biggest technology roll outs in history. Folks need to be ready.

And that starts with getting in on this new battery technology….

Before the EV market goes into overdrive.

ROSSI:

That makes sense.

To be honest, until you told me about it, I had no idea that lithium-ion batteries were problematic.

I thought they were going to be the future of the electric vehicle industry.

LOUIS:

You’re hardly alone in thinking that way, Rossi.

If you asked anyone on the street even slightly familiar with electric vehicles… they’d tell you that lithium-ion batteries are the future.

And I can’t blame people.

People hear about lithium-ion batteries constantly…

Elon Musk… who arguably is one of the best-known people in the EV space… is still talking about Tesla using lithium-ion batteries in EVs.

And they have a new generation of lithium-ion battery called the 4680.

But the reality is, lithium-ion batteries just have too many issue to be utilized in a full-scale EV rollout.

And that’s the reason that adoption has been so slow. Consumers still aren’t buying the EV promise. They’d still rather drive traditional cars.

Let me ask you this, Rossi, how many electric cars do you think are in America today?

ROSSI:

Are we talking fully electric or hybrid?

LOUIS:

Fully electric.

ROSSI:

Well, considering I feel like I see a Tesla every other block… I’m going to guess around 5 million.

Let’s say there are 5 million EVs in America today.

Final answer.

LOUIS:

Good guess, but way off. I know it’s hard to believe, but there are currently only 1.4 million electric vehicles on the road today…

That means that less than 1% of cars on the road are fully electric.

Less than 1%.

ROSSI:

No way – you’ve got to be kidding me, Louis. I’m not joking when I say I see an EV every single block!

How can there be only a million in America?

LOUIS:

Well, Rossi, as you just said, you see a lot of Teslas.

And they are memorable cars! I remember a Tesla; I don’t remember a Ford Fusion or a Honda Civic.

But the truth of the matter is that electric vehicle adoption has been slow… much slower than the media would like you to think.

And I should ad that, Teslas are very popular in California because you can get in the HV lane with only one person.

And California has that high gas tax… and there are other reasons to buy a Tesla.

But that’s not across the country.

ROSSI:

But I feel like people are so enthusiastic about EVs right now, Louis.

It’s all about you know, change the environment.

LOUIS:

You’re right – people are excited about EVs right now, Rossi.

And for good reason.

Joe Biden just made history by pledging to make all of America’s government vehicles electric – that’s over 640,000 vehicles.

And it isn’t just America…

Experts say that Europe… which prides itself as being ahead of the curve when it comes to EVs… will need to invest 80 billion euros into charging infrastructure to hit their EV goals…

China has already invested $60 billion… and will need to invest 100 billon yuan every single year between 2021 and 2030 to hit their EV goals.

Those are huge sums.

We have big companies throwing their names into the ring…

Like Amazon… Jeff Bezos says that they are going to build a fleet of 100,000 fully electric vehicles.

And Walmart says that they want to build a fully electric fleet by 2040.

And then there are the big automakers…

Rossi, at this point it’s hard to find a big automaker who hasn’t released or is preparing to release an electric vehicle.

The world’s biggest automaker, Volkswagen Group, just said they want all their vehicles to have an electric option by 2030.

And Ford is releasing its two bestselling cars – the F-150 – as fully electric.

For those who aren’t tuned in to the auto industry, this is a huge deal.

The F-150 is regarded as the most popular vehicle in America. The company must be pretty confident that the future of transportation is electric to make that kind of bet.

And they aren’t alone.

GMC is releasing an electric Hummer.

Chevrolet is releasing a full EV truck.

Porsche has already released its full electric Taycan.

Combined, experts believe that automakers will invest over $90 billion into electric vehicles…

But here’s the thing, Rossi.

Even though all the money pouring into EVs is great… a lot of these companies and governments are ignoring the elephant in the room.

Or at least not mentioning that elephant to the public.

ROSSI:

Which is?

They know that lithium-ion batteries aren’t sustainable in the long run. They just have too many issues.

And it’s going to get in the way of adoption, Rossi. Customers are complaining about these issues.

I just don’t believe that EVs will be able to gain momentum until these Lithium-ion batteries are fixed.

ROSSI:

Okay, Louis, so walk me through this. What exactly are the big issues with lithium-ion batteries…

LOUIS:

So, for starters, I want to make it clear that I do think lithium-ion batteries have served a purpose.

I’m a technology investor, Rossi … I recognize that lithium-ion batteries have changed our world.

Your laptop… your tablets… your smartphone… none of them would be possible without lithium-ion batteries.

And the EV industry is no different.

Over the last 10 years, lithium-ion batteries have gotten 88% cheaper… which has reduced the price of electric cars.

You could walk out of this studio today and buy a $30,000 electric car…

That’s the lowest price in history.

We’ve also seen electric vehicle range improve dramatically.

Tesla’s best car can get 400 miles on a charge, which is on par with many gasoline-powered cars.

But here’s the thing – today, lithium-ion batteries are becoming antiquated in our quickly moving world.

They have limitations – limitations that have become more apparent as electric vehicles enter the mainstream market.

That’s why even the inventor of lithium-ion batteries, John Goodenough, has said that this technology has reached its limit.

He’s already started working on the new battery technology I’m going to tell you about today!

But back to lithium-ion for a minute… let’s look at the key issues.

So there are four key issues with lithium-ion batteries.

The first and most important issue here is safety.

Lithium-ion batteries are flammable.

This isn’t a secret. It’s all over the news. Just look at some of these headlines, Rossi.

“Tesla Model S erupted ‘like a flamethrower.’”

Or “brand-new Tesla Model S spontaneously burst into flames while it’s owner was driving it.”

Or “Parked Tesla s Catch Fire Randomly… No Recall in Sight.”

Headlines like these… they are a car owner’s worst nightmare.

Can you imagine getting in an auto accident only to have your car erupt into flames while you’re inside of it?

Or being called down to your parking garage in the night to find out that your car has lit the building on fire?

ROSSI:

I genuinely don’t know what I would do if I got that call, Louis… It’s horrific.

And are these battery explosions just limited to Tesla?

LOUIS.

Sadly, no.

While many Tesla vehicles are featured in a lot of the scarier headlines… these battery issues also extend to other auto manufacturers.

In July, General Motors had to issue a warning to consumers when two Chevy Bolts caught fire…

In that statement, they told Chevy Bolt owners not to charge their cars unsupervised…

ROSSI:

Make sure you’re around when your car catches on fire…

LOUIS:

Or even leave them in the garage overnight. Isn’t that crazy?

They ended up having to recall 50,000 cars.

Ford… Hyundai… BMW… all of them have seen major battery fires recently.

And it’s a publicity nightmare.

Bloomberg even published an article stating that “Vehicles going up in flames aren’t new to the electric era.”

And here’s one of the scariest parts of all of this… a lithium-ion battery fire is nothing like an ordinary fire.

There was a story just recently about a Tesla that caught fire…

The firefighters that came to put out the blaze ended up using 28,000 gallons of water…

28,000 gallons… that’s enough to fill the swimming pool in the back of my house.

But they had no choice, Rossi. Because the car… it just kept igniting!

The firefighters were describing it as “a trick birthday candle.”

Can you imagine that? Your car being on fire for seven hours!

ROSSI:

No… no I can’t.

Are the automakers doing anything about this, Louis? Honestly, looking at these stories, these cars feel like a bit of a safety hazard.

LOUIS:

The legacy automakers… they know how big this issue is.

That’s why some of the biggest automakers out there…

Volkswagen… Ford… Toyota… Hyundai…. Nissan… BMW… General Motors.

They’ve all committed to the new battery technology that I’m going to tell you about today.

In fact, Toyota is going to debut a prototype car with this technology in 2021…

Ford could start using this technology as early as 2025. They’ve already invested $130 million into the new battery breakthrough I’m going to tell you about today.

And then there is Volkswagen…

As I mentioned, they want every car in their fleet to have an electric option by 2030….

And to make that happen they’ve invested up to $300 million into the small battery company I want to share with folks at the end of this presentation.

So, to answer your question, Rossi, the big automakers are doing something about it.

They are building out the infrastructure for EVs using lithium-ion batteries as the base.

But they are also transitioning to this new battery technology as quickly as they can.

ROSSI:

Louis, I notice you didn’t mention Tesla there.

They’ve been at the forefront of electric car innovation for so long. Are they embracing this new battery technology?

LOUIS:

Sadly, for now, the answer is no.

And it’s one of the reasons I have my doubts about Tesla as a company long-term.

Now don’t get me wrong. Tesla has promise. But their reliance on lithium-ion batteries will put them at a disadvantage as the EV market evolves.

And they know this.

That’s why Elon Musk has been doing everything he can to distract people from the company’s battery issues.

For example, on February 8 news broke that Tesla was under review by Chinese authorities…

Chinese consumers had reported a slew of issues… specifically battery fire issues.

And the day that story was set to break…

Elon Musk announced that Tesla was buying $1.5 billion in bitcoin. That announcement created a media circus!

The Chinese investigation became a lost headline…

It’s just my opinion… but I don’t think Elon Musk has any real interest in bitcoin. He is just a publicity expert.

But no amount of media pandering can change the reality…

Battery fires have become such a problem that Tesla has provided firehouses in America a pamphlet that details exactly how to handle this kind of fire.

Elon can distract… but he can’t hide the truth.

And the truth is that the lithium-ion batteries currently in EVs are dangerous. There is no way around that.

That’s why all the big automakers are already eyeing the battery technology I’m going to tell you about today…

So, while Tesla doubles down on lithium-ion, the legacy automakers are investing millions into the next big thing.

ROSSI:

I’ve got to admit, I never realized how big of an issue this was, Louis. It certainly doesn’t make me want to go out and buy one of these cars…

And you’re saying that the new battery technology… It doesn’t have these safety issues at all?

LOUIS:

It has none of these safety issues, Rossi. In fact, this new battery technology is basically invincible.

I’ll tell you more about this later…

But for now, I’ll tell you this…

There are videos out there on the internet of these batteries being cut with scissors and shot…

They don’t explode. They can’t catch fire.

And here’s the craziest part.

Even after taking a tremendous amount of damage, these batteries keep operating. It’s really cool stuff to see…. But I’m getting ahead of myself.

ROSSI:

I agree… I want to hear about the other issues here. What’s the next lithium-ion problem, Louis?

Anything as dramatic as fires?

LOUIS:

Okay, so the next issue is a bit more boring.

But it’s still a big issue for the EV rollout.

Range.

The best electric car on the market currently can drive around 400 miles on a single charge… That’s the Tesla Model S .

And, I’ll admit, 400 is pretty far. The average gasoline-powered car gets around that.

But 400 is hardly the average electric vehicle range. My Audi e-tron only gets around 220 a charge. And experts say that on average electric vehicles get around 200 to 250.

And a 200-mile range is fine if an electric vehicle is just an expensive toy…

But for everyday folks, that low range is going to be an issue.

Do you know what one of the biggest issues is with EVs?

ROSSI:

Ummm… catching on fire?

LOUIS:

Well, that.

And

Range Anxiety.

People are genuinely worried electric vehicles just won’t cut it for road trips or any kind of long-distance travel.

That’s really saying something, isn’t it?

Range is a big issue that needs to be dealt with before the EV rollout takes place…

But that’s where this new battery tech comes in.

Early research on this new breakthrough battery tech shows that it can extend a car’s range by 80%!

ROSSI:

80%! That’s incredible, Louis.

If that’s true, then electric vehicles should be able to beat every gasoline-powered vehicle on the market, right?

LOUIS:

You’re right. Just take a look at this chart.

Now this chart shows you the ranges of some of the most popular cars on the market…

You see the Tesla Model S right there… coming in around 400 miles.

But then there’s that bottom bar.

That’s the range that a car could achieve once it’s using this new battery technology.

This new battery will be able to triple the distance of the best-performing electric cars on the market….

And it can go eight times farther than your average electric car.

A range like that… it’s going to flip the electric vehicle industry on its head.

Suddenly, EV owners will be able to drive from New York City to Daytona Beach, Florida, without stopping once…

That’s why I’m so excited about this new battery tech, Rossi.

Not only is it safer than lithium-ion batteries… but it’s also going to make EVs one of the most efficient transportation options on the market.

Just imagine charging your car in your home… and then not needing to plug that car in for 1,000 miles.

Most Americans only drive around 13,500 miles a year.

That means… if you have this battery tech in your car… you’ll really only need to charge your car around 14 times a year.

ROSSI:

I’ll admit that’s impressive, Louis.

1000 miles… one charge a month!

But I have to ask… how long would it take you to fill up your car? 1,000 miles… it sounds like it’s going to take ages!

I know with the current electric cars you could be waiting for eight hours!

LOUIS:

This is the best part, Rossi.

The incredible battery technology I want to tell people about today… well, experts believe that it will make it possible to charge an electric vehicle in… two minutes .

ROSSI:

Two minutes!

Louis, you can’t be serious. It takes me longer than that to fill up my car with gas!

LOUIS:

Dead serious, Rossi.

Experts believe that this new battery technology will allow people to charge their cars to 80% capacity in just two minutes…

And that is going to solve one of the biggest problems with lithium-ion batteries.

The charge time.

Because… you’re right… today electric vehicles can take around eight hours to charge.

That means that if you’re on a road trip… you better plan to take a long pit stop.

Or if you forget to plug in your car before you go to sleep… you’re going to be late to work.

The charge time of lithium-ion batteries make owning an electric car an annoyance… They are impractical.

But this new battery technology… it takes care of that problem completely.

People are going to be able to charge their cars faster than they would fill up a tank of gas.

ROSSI:

That’s crazy, Louis.

But what about the cost of this battery? I know I’m jumping a bit ahead here…

But, as you mentioned, lithium-ion battery costs have fallen by 88%. I imagine with this new battery technology, the cost of an EV will go way up, right?

LOUIS:

Actually, it will go down. I’ll tell you how in a minute.

But what people need to realize about lithium-ion batteries is that… even when the price has fallen by 88%… they are still expensive.

And the reason why is that lithium-ion batteries just aren’t very efficient.

We’ve already hit 87% of a lithium-ion’s battery density, and that means that we really can’t make lithium-ion batteries any smaller or cheaper.

They need to be the size they are to give the vehicle the range they have… which isn’t even great.

So, I think that electric vehicles won’t get much cheaper as long as they are using lithium-ion batteries.

It’s just not practical. The materials are too expensive…

But the new battery technology I’m going to tell you about… well, Bloomberg says that its production cost is 40% that of current lithium-ion batteries.

Which means that… in the long-term… we could be looking at a reduced price for electric vehicles.

ROSSI:

Okay, okay, I get it, Louis.

After you’ve explained this… I see that lithium-ion batteries can’t be the future of the EV industry.

They have range issues…. They have charging issues… the batteries don’t last… they are expensive…

And of course, there is that nasty habit of catching on fire!

It sounds like the EV industry needs a new backbone.

LOUIS:

Exactly, Rossi. That’s why this new battery I’m going to tell you about today is so exciting…

Thanks to this technology, the next generation of electric vehicles will be able to overcome all the issues you just mentioned.

And better yet, they will finally be able to outperform traditional vehicles on nearly every front.

That’s why experts are calling this battery technology the “Holy Grail” of energy.

They know it’s going to kick-start the $1.3 trillion EV revolution.

That’s also why people need to pay attention right now…

And it’s not just me saying that, Rossi.

History has already proven that… if people want the chance to make money in tech, they need to invest in game-changing technologies…

And they need to invest in them early.

Technologies that not only disrupt an industry… but redefine it.

Companies that build a technology like that… history has proven that they will see their values skyrocket.

Rossi, remember when you mentioned some of the calls I made in the 1990s…

ROSSI:

Yeah… you we’re knocking it out of the park in the 1990s, Louis.

Apple at $1.49… Microsoft at 38 cents…Adobe at $1.82…

Correct me if I’m wrong here, but I think all those stocks would have gone up at least 10x by now.

LOUIS:

They’ve gone up at least that.

But I’m not surprised. It’s not like I chose those stocks blindly.

I was targeting companies that were designing game-changing technologies…

Technologies that I believed would redefine emerging industries.

And many of those companies did just that… Just look at Apple as an example.

I first recommended Apple in 1988. It was trading for under $1.50.

Why did I recommend it them? Simple.

I told readers to buy into Apple because the company was building a computer that targeted consumers…the Macintosh.

And really, this was the first computer like this of its kind.

Before the Macintosh in 1984, computers were something for the super-rich…

Or the government organizations that could afford them…. both financially and in space.

Because computers… well, a computer could take up half a room back then.

But the Macintosh came along… and it changed everything. It made it possible for everyday folks to own a computer.

And that enabled the personal computer boom of the late 1980s and 1990s.

In 1984 only 8% of households had personal computers…

By 2015 that number had hit 78%.

And Apple rode that wave.

If you had invested in Apple at $1.49 you would be sitting on gains as high as 10,000%.

Enough to turn an $1,000 investment into over $100,000.

ROSSI:

That’s incredible, Louis.

And didn’t you also recommend Intel? If I remember things correctly, that company also played a big role in the evolution of the modern computer!

LOUIS:

You’re right.

Intel is another example of a company that built a game-changing technology.

A technology that reshaped the personal computer market and computers in general.

Now I recommended Intel when it was trading for $3.60 in 1993.

The company had already been making chips for years…

Intel made chips for some of the earliest computers… specifically their 4004 semiconductor chip which was used in computers in the 1970s…

Now those early computers… they weren’t worth much.

They were primarily being used by big governments… and they were huge.

But I told folks to invest in Intel in 1993 because the company was improving… they were designing computer chips that were capable of holding more transistors…

Which would allow those computer chips to complete calculations far more rapidly…

ROSSI:

Which means faster computers, right?

LOUIS:

Exactly.

Intel’s Pentium chip in 1993 had 3.1 million transistors to the 4004’s 2,200 transistors.

CPU innovations like that made it possible to build much smaller and faster computers…

And with those more powerful chips came cheaper and smaller computers for customers.

Without Intel’s chips, we likely wouldn’t have seen the same computer that we have today.

They transformed computers from something that only the elite owned…

Or a toy of big government organizations…

To something that everyday folks could enjoy…. Folks like you and me.

And along the way, they went from being a company of 100 employees to a company with over 100,000 employees and annual revenue of $77 billion in 2020.

Since I recommended them, the stock has gone up as high as 1,900%.

That means that people who invested in Intel in 1993 and held on could have turned a $5,000 investment into over $100,000.

And there were more examples.

Adobe… which completely restructured the personal computer software industry… they saw their stock go up as high as 33,000%…

I recommended them at $1.82.

ROSSI:

Yeah. I wish I had been on that list.

LOUIS:

Now to be clear, those are some of my best calls over the years…

And while I have a strong track record, everyone has some losses too. The average return of this service in 2020 was 14.6 %.

And if you ever want to fact check any of our data… you can check out our disclosures and disclaimers page.

But here’s the thing… I understand these calls are exceptional. Because I was targeting companies that redefine industries…

And when you target those companies… well, you have the best chance at game-changing profits.

And today I believe that this new battery tech is doing for the EV industry what Apple, Adobe, and Intel did back in the 1990s.

It’s going to change the game.

And in doing so, it’s going to become one of the most valuable technology plays within the coming $1.3 trillion EV market.

ROSSI:

Those are some incredible gains, Louis. And honestly, it just makes me more excited to hear about this new battery technology…

The technology that’s going to reshape the EV industry.

Are you going to tell us the name of this tech? Or just keep us in suspense?

LOUIS:

Okay, okay. I feel like I’ve kept you in the dark long enough.

ROSSI:

Finally.

LOUIS:

The breakthrough battery technology I’m talking about here is called a solid-state battery.

Now, I’ve already told you throughout this presentation that these batteries are vastly superior to lithium-ion batteries…

A total upgrade.

But now I want to tell you why.

So, the image you’re currently looking at is your standard lithium-ion battery.

You’ll notice three components.

ROSSI:

Right.

LOUIS:

You have your anode on the left, your cathode on your right, and the electrolyte separator in the middle.

ROSSI:

I’m following…

LOUIS:

Now the separator… this part here… it is the main problem for lithium-ion batteries. It’s composed of liquid electrolytes, which has its share of issues.

It can swell if the battery freezes…

It can leak…

And of course, it is flammable. That liquid electrolyte separator is the reason that lithium-ion batteries explode.

But now let’s take a look at the solid-state battery.

So, with the solid-state battery, we have basically the same components…

The cathode… the anode… and the electrolyte separator.

But here’s the big difference…

In the solid-state battery, the separator is composed of a solid electrolyte. And that solid electrolyte is the key.

Just this one change catapults this battery tech into the future.

ROSSI:

So, break this down for me. How does having a solid separator make a difference in performance, Louis?

Range… cost… charging time… durability… safety.

How does the solid electrolyte help with these issues, Louis?

LOUIS:

Okay, let’s start by looking at range, Rossi.

Now the main reason solid-state batteries are so much better than lithium-ion batteries is that a solid electrolyte separator gives these new batteries a much higher energy density…

And a higher energy density means you can get a lot more power out of a small battery.

This is going to help with a vehicle’s battery range.

You may remember earlier that I mentioned we’ve hit the limit when it comes to the range of lithium-ion batteries…

Scientists say that lithium-ion batteries have hit 87% of their energy density potential.

And that’s an issue.

At this point, one of the only ways to extend the range of a lithium-ion powered car would be to make the battery bigger, making the car heavier.

ROSSI:

That sounds like a step in the wrong direction.

LOUIS:

Exactly!

But with solid-state batteries, they are getting a higher-performing battery in a smaller package.

Today, scientists believe a solid-state battery could allow you to travel as far as 1,000 miles… before having to charge your car.

That’s huge…

It addresses one of the biggest issues people have about electric vehicles: range.

ROSSI:

A 1,000 mile range beats every gasoline-powered car on the market…

But what about charging time? I imagine that with a 1,000 mile range… this car could take forever to charge.

LOUIS:

Okay, so here is another great thing about this battery.

It can charge in just minutes…

And here’s why.

A solid electrolyte has 27 times more surface area than a liquid electrolyte, allowing the ions to move back and forth between the cathode and the anode far more quickly.

That means that solid-state batteries can charge far more quickly than lithium-ion batteries…

Some scientists are saying that these batteries could even charge your car in two minutes.

That’s faster than any gasoline-powered vehicle out there today.

ROSSI:

Okay, so that issue is handled.

LOUIS:

Now, you may remember that I mentioned earlier that I didn’t think lithium-ion batteries could get too much cheaper.

ROSSI:

Yeah – you said because we are hitting energy density limits with lithium-ion, we won’t be able to utilize smaller batteries.

LOUIS:

Exactly.

So, one of the issues with the current electric car is it’s likely not going to get too much cheaper.

In 2020, lithium-ion batteries made up 30% of an electric vehicle’s cost to consumers.

And if you damaged an electric vehicle battery pack in a Tesla… you’re likely going to have to pay around $16,000 for a replacement.

ROSSI:

That is a whole new car to a lot of people!

LOUIS:

Right.

But with solid-state batteries, that all changes.

Because these batteries can get more power with less material, many scientists anticipate the cost of electric cars going down.

Bloomberg published a report saying that they believe that the price of an electric car could fall well below the price of traditional cars when we have solid-state batteries… because these batteries are 40% that of current lithium-ion batteries.

That means that we would be looking at dramatically cheaper cars.

You’d be paying more for gasoline-powered cars every time.

ROSSI:

But what about durability here, Louis?

I remember with the lithium-ion batteries, this was an issue. People eventually have to replace their car batteries after 300,000 miles.

LOUIS:

So, this is another issue that solid-state batteries fix, Rossi.

We know that constant charging and discharging slowly erodes the performance of today’s lithium-ion batteries.

Now, this breakdown is slow… Tesla owners can still get around 300,000 out of a battery pack.

But as you pointed out, replacing that battery pack is expensive… as expensive as getting a new car!

But with solid-state batteries… well, people will be able to go hundreds and thousands of charge cycles before even beginning to lose energy capacity.

That means a car with a solid-state battery could literally be charged thousands of times… without losing any significant power.

And that’s huge.

ROSSI:

If we aren’t having enough fun here… I guess I have to do some math.

If people only have to charge their cars every 1,000 miles… so 14 times a year….

You could own a car for 50 years and only need to charge it 700 times.

Most people would never need to replace the battery…

LOUIS:

They wouldn’t.

And granted, people like to replace their car every couple of years…

But who knows, with this kind of battery, you could be utilizing the same battery in every different car you choose to use during your lifetime.

ROSSI:

There is that potential.

LOUIS:

And that can save consumers a lot of money…

And, as an added bonus, it’s going to help our environment. Because replacing lithium-ion batteries takes a lot of resources. Resources that there are really only a finite amount of anyway.

ROSSI:

Okay, so it seems that solid-state batteries fix all the big issues.

They could charge in as little as 2 minutes…

Allow you to travel 1,000 miles on that charge…

A single battery could last a human lifetime…

They are less expensive to produce…

But what about the safety, Louis? I remember you mentioned it’s the liquid electrolyte separator that causes the fires in lithium-ion batteries?

Do solid-state batteries fix that issue?

LOUIS:

This is one of the best parts, Rossi.

Solid-state batteries… well, they are nearly indestructible!

Scientists have shot these batteries at point-blank range… and these things just keep ticking. There are no explosions. No battery leaks.

I’ve never seen anything like it.

ROSSI:

Whoa, Louis, that is incredible!

That battery takes an incredible amount of damage, gets a hole blown through it, and just keeps pumping energy.

LOUIS:

Right.

This is why I’m so excited about solid-state batteries, Rossi. They fix every major problem that lithium-ion batteries have.

They’re safe…

They’re cheap…

They’re durable…

They can charge quickly…

And they more than triple an EVs range…

I mean, who wouldn’t want a battery like this in their car? This battery is the future.

That’s why the car world is going crazy over solid-state!

Matt DeLorenzo – a senior managing editor at Kelley Blue Book – has said that it will be solid-state batteries that will put “EV[s] on parallel with internal combustion” vehicles – even comparing the technology to a silver bullet.

And CNET says this tech will “transform” electric cars.

And the folks listening to this event today… well, they have the opportunity to get in on solid-state tech before it’s rolled out commercially.

And that point is literally right around the corner.

As I mentioned earlier, Ford wants to be using solid-state batteries in their cars by 2025.

And Toyota plans to debut a prototype solid-state battery in 2021…

And because adoption is right around the corner, the solid-state battery market is going to grow rapidly.

Just look at this chart.

The solid-state battery market is expected to be worth $87.5 billion by 2027.

It’s currently only worth around $34 billion – so we’re going to see the market more than double.

Folks who get in on the right solid-state battery plays now.

Well, they are going to be getting in before this industry takes off.

ROSSI:

I agree, Louis. This sounds like the opportunity of a lifetime.

Which brings me back to something you said at the start of this presentation…

At the beginning of this presentation, you said that you would reveal the name of a company that is working with solid-state battery technology…

A company that is being backed by Bill Gates and Volkswagen… but is trading for less than $25 dollars a share.

Is that still on the table?

LOUIS:

Of course.

This market is an $87 billion opportunity – I don’t want people walking away from this presentation without knowing the name of one company.

So, the company I want to talk about is called QuantumScape.

The ticker symbol is – QS.

ROSSI:

I hope you wrote that down folks – QS.

Louis, what sets this company apart?

LOUIS:

So QuantumScape has some of the best solid-state battery technology on the market.

According to the QuantumScape team, they’ve developed a solid-state battery that will be able to charge someone’s car to 80% capacity in 15 minutes.

If they really can do that, well, they will have one of the fastest-charging batteries on the market… hands down.

They’re going to blow the competition out of the water.

And there’s another reason I like QuantumScape…

They are working with an automaker I really like, Volkswagen.

Today, Volkswagen is the second biggest auto seller by sales numbers.

And QuantumScape has agreed to work with Volkswagen in producing solid-state batteries.

That kind of relationship is game-changing.

And it’s just another one of the reasons I think that QuantumScape is so promising.

Once QuantumScape brings a battery to market, they could see revenue climb quickly.

ROSSI:

So, is that your recommendation for people to buy today, Louis?

Folks should go out and get QuantumScape?

LOUIS:

Not quite. Let me clarify things here.

For today, I’m telling people to keep an eye on QuantumScape. It’s an incredible company, with some truly promising technology.

It’s got huge backers… Bill Gates and Volkswagen.

But it’s still not producing revenue… and I think there are some better companies out there that are already in the green…

And have a good hold on solid-state battery technology.

Trust me, I’ve been playing this game a long time Rossi.

And this isn’t a one-stock market.

Good investing is about diversification.

I would be giving people bad advice if I told them to go out and buy only QuantumScape…

Especially when the solid-state battery market is going to be an $87 billion opportunity.

Investing in the stock market isn’t like investing in a horse race… you don’t have to choose a single horse.

You can put money on multiple potential winners.

And that’s how you have the chance to make the big gains.

Think of it like this.

If you had put $1,000 in Apple when I first told people to buy it at $1.49 and held on until recently, that would make enough to turn $1,000 investment into over $100,000.

But if you had put $1,000 into Apple…

$1,000 into Microsoft….

And $1,000 into Adobe when I recommended them before the personal computer boom…

You would have walked away with as much as $1.1 million in profit if you would have held over the decades.

Now of course those were exceptional stocks and you would have had to hold on over the years…

But as you can see, the potential gains are huge!

All of those companies played a different role in the personal-computer revolution and all of them delivered incredible gains.

As high as 8,000% and 30,000%…

And that's why building a strong portfolio is key when taking advantage of big tech opportunities.

A strong portfolio is the difference between the amateur and pro investors.

Amateurs… are out there chasing “one stock” stories.

But the pros… know they can bet on more than one horse. That’s why they pay analysts to perform hours of research on multiple stocks…

And then they buy the best opportunities.

That’s why guys like Warren Buffett beat the market, and your average investor gets hammered.

ROSSI:

I mean that makes sense. But it also seems a bit unrealistic.

Not to be harsh, Louis, but how is the average investor supposed to find the time to go through hundreds of stocks?

The average person has a full-time job…

A family…

I can’t imagine devoting hours every day to just trading.

LOUIS:

You’re right.

Your average person doesn’t have enough time to chase the best opportunities on the market.

And that’s why I want to do something special today.

Something I rarely do.

But I want to do it today because the solid-state battery opportunity is really exciting! People should be excited about it.

And they should know how to play it from every angle.

ROSSI:

Oh.

What’s that, Louis?

LOUIS:

Well, as you know, I’ve been helping people navigate big tech booms for more than 30 years.

To do that, I designed an AI-backed stock selection software.

And I hired a team of analysts — analysts who now spend hundreds of hours researching promising opportunities.

And over the past month, we’ve been devoting all of our focus to the coming solid-state battery boom.

Looking at every automaker…

Every solid-state battery producer…

Every battery metal company…

And during the course of that research, we found 3 stocks that I not only believe are leaders in solid-state battery technology…

But I also believe will reshape the EV market.

We’ve compiled those companies into an exclusive model portfolio… One just for my subscribers.

I called it “3 Plays for the Age of Solid-State Batteries.”

And folks listening to this presentation today can get the names of the companies in that model portfolio for free when they act on a special offer.

ROSSI:

That sounds incredible, Louis. Is there a chance you can give us a few details about some of these companies?

LOUIS:

I can’t give you their names… but here are a few details on one of my favorites.

One of these companies is one of China’s most promising EV plays … and they are likely going to be one of the first companies in China with a solid-state battery.

Now that’s a big deal because China has a huge electric vehicle market.

As I mentioned earlier, the country is investing 100 billion yuan into their electric vehicle market every single year.

I expect this company to scale rapidly alongside of Chinese consumer demand for EVs.

Trust me, this company is one of the best picks on the market for folks looking to cash in on the global EV transition.

And that’s just one company.

The report I want to share with folks today showcases three companies with dynamic growth potential…

The companies that will lead the $ 1.3 trillion EV boom.

ROSSI:

I mean it sounds incredible, Louis.

But how do folks get access to this portfolio? What is the catch?

LOUIS:

Okay.

So I’m giving a copy of my new solid-state battery model portfolio completely free with a risk-free trial of my Growth Investor research service.

ROSSI:

Louis, if I’m not mistaken here, Growth Investor is your monthly research advisory, correct?

The one that beat the S&P by nearly 3-to-1 through 2020.

LOUIS:

Correct.

I founded Growth Investor nearly 30 years ago with a simple goal.

I wanted to help everyday folks… the folks who don’t have $7,500 to throw at a financial advisor…

Learn how they could take advantage of some of the biggest technology breakthroughs in history…

And I believe that I’ve accomplished that goal.

For example, my readers have seen gains as high as…

33,000% on Adobe…

11,602% on Cisco…

812% on Ebay…

And over 1,200% on Google.

Now of course all investments carry risk.

Past performance does not guarantee future success. I’d never advise people to invest anything they aren’t prepared to lose.

And while I have a strong track record, everyone has some losses too. The average return of this service in 2020 was 14.6%. To fact check any of our data, please visit our Disclosures and Disclaimers page.

But I designed Growth Investor to find opportunities like the ones I just mentioned… fast-moving technology plays in accelerating industries.

And I do everything I can to make sure that readers are getting in and out of those opportunities at the right time.

That’s why I publish a new research issue every single month… an issue that details a brand-new opportunity.

An opportunity that I believe is being missed by the mainstream media!

Just like the solid-state battery opportunity is today. And that isn’t all. I also want to keep readers up to date when the market gets turbulent…

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ROSSI:

It certainly seems so. Just look at some of the comments you’ve received over the years from across your services, Louis.

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It certainly sounds like you have some fans out there…

LOUIS:

I’m always glad to hear testimonials like those, Rossi. As I said, my goal here is to help folks find and discover game-changing technologies.

Even when they are working with a lot less.

The thing is, I wasn’t born rich.

My dad was a bricklayer. He worked hard to put food on the table for my family and I…

I didn’t grow up as part of the establishment. I was one of the people just scraping by… and then I figured out the stock market.

I leveraged technology to build my own fortune.

And that’s why I launched Growth Investor. And why I’ve been writing it for 30 years…

I want to help everyday folks get ahead of these kinds of technology booms… Which is why I want to mention one other thing here.

ROSSI:

What’s that, Louis?

LOUIS:

I want to give one other thing away to the folks who choose to act on this special offer today…

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And one of those opportunities is artificial intelligence.

ROSSI:

AI? When you say artificial intelligence – I can’t help but think killer robots.

LOUIS:

A lot of people think that way, Rossi.

But the reality is today’s AI boom doesn’t really have much to do with robots.

AI is really just another software boom… very similar to the software boom that we saw in the 1990s. During that time, we saw companies providing cutting-edge software go up at much as 33,000% over the years following.

And while nothing in the market is guaranteed, and no one can promise gains like these extraordinary historical examples, I believe that the AI boom could give investors a second chance at those kinds of profits.

And the reason why is simple.

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That would make the AI opportunity bigger than almost every technology opportunity currently on the market.

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ROSSI:

Well, Louis, this sounds like an incredible opportunity.

And how much is all of this going to cost? No offense, but you mentioned that most advisors cost upward of $7,000 earlier, so you’ve got me a bit worried.

LOUIS:

Nothing like that, Rossi.

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ROSSI:

$49… That’s less than a meal for two, Louis.

LOUIS:

Don’t you live in Los Angeles… there I feel like it’s a meal for one.

ROSSI:

Fair, Louis, fair. But I have one more question here. One I’m sure a lot of folks at home are asking too…

LOUIS:

Shoot.

ROSSI:

Well, what if folks buy the service and don’t end up liking it?

Can they get a refund?

LOUIS:

Of course.

I get that this may not be for everyone. Trust me, I’ve spoken to a lot of people over the years who were brand-new to learning about investing and find Growth Investor helpful. They’re able to discover big technology opportunities and have the chance to help build a healthy retirement.

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ROSSI:

Wait… so folks can have Growth Investor for a full year and get their money back? No questions asked?

LOUIS:

Right.

As I said, I do this for a few reasons.

For starters, as you just pointed out, Rossi, some people are new to investing. You shouldn’t sign up with the expectation that you’re going to walk away with a 1,000% winner in the first month.

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My goal is to help people find incredible companies… ones with the potential to go up 10x… and then recommend to hold those companies until they deliver.

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ROSSI:

That makes sense to me, Louis. And honestly, people are getting quite a lot with this offer.

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LOUIS:

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3 Top Oil Stocks for the Long-Term Investor

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These oil stocks look like great long-term investments.

Key Points

TotalEnergies is looking ahead to the future of energy.
ConocoPhillips has become a cash flow machine.
Devon Energy is on track to pay industry-leading dividends in 2022.

The oil industry is coming off one of its best years in quite some time. Oil prices rebounded sharply as the global economy recovered from the pandemic and producers maintained a tight lid on supply. These strong market conditions should continue in 2022 and beyond because the world needs oil despite its shift toward cleaner energy sources.

With this backdrop, we asked some of our Fool.com contributors for their favorite oil stocks to own in 2022 and beyond. Here's why they chose TotalEnergies (NYSE:TTE), ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP), and Devon Energy (NYSE:DVN).

Preparing for the future

Reuben Gregg Brewer (TotalEnergies): If you are looking for an oil stock, you could go with a pure play exploration and production name. Or, if you are a bit more conservative, you would likely select an integrated energy company with assets that span from drilling (upstream) to refining and chemicals (downstream). I'm conservative, so this is my preference. But there's more to the story here because some oil majors, like ExxonMobil (NYSE:XOM) and Chevron (NYSE:CVX) are sticking to the oil patch, while others, like my favorite, TotalEnergies (NYSE:TTE), are looking to slowly shift their portfolios toward clean energy.

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TotalEnergies isn't alone; peers Royal Dutch Shell (NYSE:RDS.B) and BP (NYSE:BP) are also using their oil profits to fund clean energy investments. However, of this trio, only TotalEnergies is going down this road without a dividend cut. And it isn't giving up on oil and natural gas, with a goal of growing both its energy business (with a shift toward cleaner-burning natural gas) and its “electrons” business at the same time. That lets me own a growing energy business and a growing renewable power business with one single investment.

(TTE DIVIDEND YIELD DATA BY YCHARTS)

Meanwhile, I am collecting an industry-leading 6% dividend yield while this diversified oil company prudently adjusts with the world around it. It's a bit of a punt option but one that lets me sleep well at night in a sector that is prone to volatility in the best of times and today is facing something of an existential crisis.

Returning the windfall to investors

Matt DiLallo (ConocoPhillips): Oil giant ConocoPhillips has taken several steps in recent years to reduce costs to generate more cash flow. Its latest move was acquiring Shell's assets in the Permian Basin to boost its scale in that low-cost oil basin. This strategy is paying big dividends for investors.

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ConocoPhillips expects to return $7 billion to shareholders in 2022. That's 16% higher than last year's total. It set a three-tiered program to send money back to investors:

The base quarterly dividend: ConocoPhillips increased its quarterly dividend payment by 7% to $0.46 per share late last year. At the current share price, the dividend yield is 2.4%, almost double that of the S&P 500. At the current rate, the company will pay $2.4 billion of dividends this year.
Share repurchases: ConocoPhillips expects to repurchase $3.5 billion of its shares this year, with $1 billion funded by selling its remaining shares in Cenovus Energy.
Variable return of cash: ConocoPhillips plans to distribute about $1 billion of additional cash to shareholders via a variable return of cash. It anticipates making these payments quarterly, with the first one set at $0.20 per share.

Overall, ConocoPhillips expects to return more than 30% of its anticipated cash flow to shareholders in 2022 and anticipates delivering low single-digit production growth in 2022. It will allocate the rest of its cash to expand its operations, reduce emissions, and maintain a top-tier balance sheet. That focus on growing its cash flow and returning it to shareholders is why ConocoPhillips is my favorite oil stock to own for the coming years.

Industry-beating dividends

Neha Chamaria (Devon Energy): Devon Energy started paying out the oil industry's first fixed-plus-variable dividend in 2021. The company adopted a policy of topping up a fixed dividend with a special dividend equivalent. The amount is up to 50% of the cash flows left after paying out capital expenditures and a fixed dividend in any given quarter. That dividend policy hugely helped boost shareholder returns last year; the company paid out $1.97 in total dividends per share in 2021 versus only $0.68 per share in 2019.

Shareholders can continue to expect strong returns from Devon Energy this year. The thing is, oil prices are holding up firm for now thanks to multiple factors, including supply disruption from Libya as the country put key pipelines under repair and declared force majeure on oil exports. Also, OPEC is sticking with its plan to increase oil production only gradually per month. That's good news for Devon Energy shareholders as the company's cash flows, and therefore variable dividend, depend on oil prices.

Even if oil prices were to fall, Devon Energy is on solid footing, having kicked off 2021 with an all-stock merger with WPX Energy and then using the rest of the year to repay debt and fortify its balance sheet. With the price of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude at $75 per barrel, Devon Energy foresees its cash flows growing more than 35% in 2022. At that pace, its total dividend could potentially grow by almost 80% this year over 2021. That's huge, and when combined with the oil stock's latest share repurchase program, could translate into solid returns for shareholders.

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Matthew DiLallo owns ConocoPhillips. Neha Chamaria has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. Reuben Gregg Brewer owns TotalEnergies. The Motley Fool has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.

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