Versarien Share Discussion Threads

[pcjoe] 03/7/2018 07:06

C`mon VRS! - "Flexible electronics and Circuit Market Worth $40.37B by 2023"

That`ll do for starters!

[club sandwich] 03/7/2018 07:01

This (specifically batteries) is all getting very exciting very quickly ;-)

[grabster] 03/7/2018 07:00

Zap&Go Ltd has been selected to contribute its unique Carbon-Ion (C-Ion) technology to a consortium led by Williams Advanced Engineering to develop next-generation battery systems for electric vehicles. The project is part of the UK Government’s Faraday Battery Challenge, a £246-million (US$326-million) commitment to battery development for the electric vehicle market.

Williams Advanced Engineering is the technology and engineering services business of the Williams Group, which also includes Williams Martini Racing, one of the most successful teams in Formula 1 history and sole battery supplier to all Formula E racing cars. The consortium seeks to deliver faster-charging, higher-power, higher-energy batteries that improve upon today’s technology.




The other members of the consortium are Imperial College London and automotive software specialists PowerOasis and Codeplay.

Zap&Go Ltd is a technology company based at the Harwell Research Campus, Oxford with a US office in Charlotte, North Carolina.


EDIT: This report last autumn identifies the chinese company that zap&go is working with.

[club sandwich] 03/7/2018 06:10

"Perhaps this is a Brexit winnner. We all know how much we need one."Perhaps it is, obviously I hope so. But however massive VRS gets you can't build an entire economy around just one company, and there's precious little other good news out there...

[sandbag] 03/7/2018 00:50

Spike_1,
Unfortunately I can only give you one tick up. It really annoys me that NR has built the company from two men in a garage to where it is now and people who have never done diddly squat start giving him advice and criticism . I'm actually honoured to be an investor here.

[spike_1] 03/7/2018 00:09

CLASSIC tweet from Neill late Monday.
AT LONG LAST he says what he thinks - and about time too!!!! (pic' of tee shirt)

Hopefully this should be image of Hell's Angel type with a t shirt saying:
Chief Executive Officer:
The hardest part of my job is being nice to people who think they know how to do my job.

Amen to that Neill, you are so right!!

[diversification] 02/7/2018 23:04

Correct Hattie1, with so many fingers in so many pies it’s difficult to keep track with what is what. I don’t think it will be long before the company is able to provide a market update concerning it international ventures.

[hattie1] 02/7/2018 22:55

.....I think the latest order for China comes from a connection from the visit with our PM and not re the Jinan Province ...Happy to be corrected ..

[pcjoe] 02/7/2018 22:46

Hard to believe that this latest Chinese order is directly connected to original proposed Jinan deal - the original proposed deal & enthusiasm must have been based on a product that had already been tested & found desirable - surely?

More likely a major outfit from one of the rival provinces helping to play catch up with Jinan....

Hope so - The more provinces after the product the better

[diversification] 02/7/2018 22:38

Something else is defintely brewing imo. With so many pieces to the jigsaw, I can’t help but think that the government is to play a larger role in Versarians future in order to protect its IP.

This initial small order from China that enables it to evaluate its Nanene whilst the paperwork is being scrutinised by the solicitors (as per the podcast today) suggests that this could be the game changing RNS the industry has been hoping for.

To be in discussions with 5/6 Chinese provinces. We need and have the support from the government, but what level this will stretch too is anyone’s guess. Perhaps all is about to be revealed.

Perhaps this is a Brexit winnner. We all know how much we need one.

[meganxmas] 02/7/2018 22:23

Yes Stockopedia is very good

[superg1] 02/7/2018 22:19

Twitter Matt Walker. Check out what has been said. Hoping the meeting is both fruitful and meaningful.

Matt suggests it's of national significance.



Michael D Scoltock
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Matt Walker
Matt Walker
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I can absolutely guarantee both of your asks @Mdscoltock - and we might even have the opportunity to talk about Gareth Southgate's tactics for the another event of national significance too.
10:09 PM · Jul 2, 2018

[willoicc] 02/7/2018 21:54

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[mikebrenner] 02/7/2018 21:48

Stockopedia is hands down best IMO ... higher quality of chat on less shares. Low to no rampers on binary oil / resource / biotech stocks ... few idiots as subscription puts a high enough bar in place. Would love to get educated VRS discussion happening over there ...

[pshevlin] 02/7/2018 21:45

For those contemplating the demise of ADVFN where else could we go to share information as good as this. Perhaps we should all have a fallback position on another site, LSE for example. (yes I know it's cr*p but I'm on and I know Lucky Orange is as well)

[luckyorange] 02/7/2018 20:49

Looked at this one before but somehow convinced that 'years away' may not be right, with the 40% rise in Lithium (carbonate I think?) it is certainly a reason to push the alternative route.

" Elon Musk’s Tesla Motors provides a famous example of innovative companies actively pursuing graphene battery research and commercialization. We believe that the real graphene battery breakthroughs will be from graphene-lithium-ion hybrid chemistries incorporated into the cathodes of lithium-sulfur cells. This type of technology is still years away from commercialization and intensive research is ongoing. The more innovative graphene battery technologies will require significant R&D expenditures and will take many years to commercialize."

"The real graphene battery breakthrough are the graphene-lithium-ion hybrid chemistries incorporated into the cathodes of lithium-sulfur cells as detailed in this guide. There are no pure graphene electrodes in a graphene battery, many graphene-based electrodes are fabricated and work in a similar way to traditional batteries. Their performance is enhanced via the addition of graphene to the electrode formulation. Generally, inorganic-based electrodes will have limitations which are typically surface area, density, capacity, cycle times, conductivity or capacitance to name a few. As graphene is a versatile molecule with many unique and desirable properties, it can be adopted in a variety of ways as there is no ‘one size fits all’ solution for using graphene. Graphene is used to enhance many of the benefits already present with traditional materials, but it also helps to breakthrough previous battery limitations, leading to increased battery performance or life. Graphene works in electrodes in two general ways, either as a support or a composite/hybrid. As a support material, graphene helps to keep metal ions in a regular order, which generally helps with electrode efficiency. As a composite material in an electrode, it plays a different role as they are generally more involved in the facilitation of the charge itself, where its high conductivity and well-ordered structure are critical to providing an improvement against it’s non-graphene predecessors.

Below is a detailed account of how graphene specifically enables certain battery applications."



Feel as if I am in the middle of a maze at the moment regarding batteries and the order for China is very intriguing, are they on the verge of cracking it?

[66sequoia] 02/7/2018 20:46

None taken Spike. Why are you only drinking 'reasonably' good Poilly Fuisse is what i would like to know? ;-)

[shavian] 02/7/2018 20:31

Spike you should really be drinking Chassagne Montrachet by now with your shareholding :0)

Edit: Sorry, WE should all be drinking Chassagne Montrachet or similar. Oops, just finished one Aldi’s Chilean Pinot Noirs (surprisingly good at under a fiver, nonetheless)

[spike_1] 02/7/2018 20:22

Appologies 66, only light humour after half a bottle (so far) of reasonably good Poilly Fuisse. No offense intended, UNLESS of course you are our very own favorite rainbow - bless ;0)

[luckyorange] 02/7/2018 20:21

Interested in the Elon Musk tweets now working on the principal of no smoke without fire.

Don't know what Nanene could do for them other than decreasing weight in wiring looms body parts and batteries as well as improving the life of the tyres. Just in EV's there is a lot that can be done. Don't know how much plastic is in them but it is another angle.

[luckyorange] 02/7/2018 20:17

What's next then? ;)

Messing with my mind bringing batteries into it when I was convinced that is still two years away.