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By Reuters Staff 2 Min Read FILE PHOTO: A car is plugged in at a charging point for electric vehicles in London, Britain, March 6, 2018. REUTERS/Simon Dawson/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) - Electric vehicle battery startup Britishvolt is considering going public, possibly through a merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), it said on Thursday, as it continues fundraising for a 2.6 billion pound ($3.59 billion) plant in England. The startup has appointed Guggenheim Capital LLC and Barclays Plc to explore merger options, including a SPAC. A wave of electric vehicle-related startup...

Synopsis The pivot won’t be cheap. VW announced it plans to build six battery factories across Europe by 2030, which BloombergNEF estimates would cost about $29 billion. It is also making investments in unifying the design of its battery and in recycling precious metals. Reuters Apple Inc. built an ecosystem that integrates hardware innovations such as processing chips and camera sensors with software lock-ins like the iOS operating system and the App Store. “Let me begin with the obvious: e-mobility has won the race,” Herbert Diess, CEO of Volkswagen AG, said on Monday. “It is the on...

VW to Reveal How Much Its Future Revolves Around Batteries Bloomberg 3/15/2021 Volkswagen AG will dedicate three hours Monday to briefing investors on the batteries that will power the world’s largest electric-car fleet. The “Power Day” event starting at 1 p.m. Central European Time will dive deeply into VW’s strategy for securing the cells and packs replacing the tried and true internal combustion engine. The carmaker aims to at least double its share of deliveries that are fully electric this year, which could bring it within striking distance to Tesla Inc.’s EV sales. The event...

Share: Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) and Nio Inc (NYSE: NIO) is a “buckle the seat belts” buy opportunity, according to Wedbush analyst Daniel Ives.  The analyst noted that the white knuckles across the sector had been focused on Chinese EV players like Xpeng Inc (NYSE: XPEV), Nio, and Li Auto, Inc  (NASDAQ: LI) along with battery plays such as QuantumScape Corp (NYSE: QS). The Party’s On: Ives said in a note on Friday that the “EV party is just beginning” in a response to a question from investors who want to know if the rally in EV stocks is over.

Synopsis Even with prices crashing, SPACs have so far been able to keep raising capital. However, their IPOs are no longer massively oversubscribed Getty Images Rising bond yields have been unkind to growth stocks. Their impact on the special purpose acquisition companies has been downright cruel. The SPAC boom has become the Spacpocalypse. Nobody should be surprised. SPACs are listed cash-shells that merge with private businesses in order to take them public. They’ve become the dominant way for a company to raise equity finance in the U.S. — well over 200 new blank-check companies have r...