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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Speedbump, post: 2739384, member: 75637&quot;]I don&#039;t have any Palladium yet, but I&#039;d add one of those Palladium Eagles to my stash once they come out, just to have one.</p><p><br /></p><p>PGMs don&#039;t have a super wonderful long term outlook in auto catalyst. Some projections say 1/3 of new cars sold in the world by 2040 will be electric. In areas of the world where catalytic converters are required, the EV adoption rate will probably be significantly higher. This will put a lot of pressure on Palladium. If diesel follows gasoline, then Platinum will also have some issues. Diesel cars don&#039;t exactly have a wonderful image in the consumer&#039;s eyes, and Tesla&#039;s semi may show viability in EV trucking.</p><p><br /></p><p>The savior could be fuel cells where PGMs would be used as catalysts. These have not had a lot of success in the real world and I&#039;m not sure there is anyone willing to actually spend the time and money to address the issues and make an actual product that can sell in meaningful volumes. Who knows... There are some interesting ideas out there including using refined petroleum as the hydrogen source instead of pure hydrogen. </p><p><br /></p><p>The electrification of the car industry is coming. I don&#039;t have a lot of hope for PGMs in the automotive future, especially if batteries are the form of energy storage the industry moves to. In that case, lithium and cobalt might be the metals to watch.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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