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How and When the Chip Shortage Will End, in 4 Charts

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Meanwhile, the mid-2022 passage of the CHIPS Act in the United States yielded a multi-billion-dollar investment pool, some of which dedicated to ramping up American manufacturing of the mature-generation chips upon which many industriesauto and otherwise—are so dependent. considered getting into the chip-stimulus game as well.

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Pike Research forecasts worldwide grid energy storage spending to reach $22B by 2021, down from 2010 forecast of $35B

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This is a downward revision from the $35B the firm forecast for ESG spending through 2020 in a report published last August. This means that we will need 3x more battery capacity investments to meet 2020 EV demand. “In the near-term, we expect to see some consolidation in the battery industry, with a few leaders taking the lead.

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How NI plans to innovate in the EV test and measurement industry and unlock the power of data

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NI’s CEO reports an industry-wide recognition that test data is an underutilized asset and many systems need to be rebuilt to take better advantage of very rich data sets. Q&A with NI CEO Eric Starkloff (Full interview) The sense of urgency in the auto industry is palpable as it undergoes the transition to EVs.

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2020 Top 10 Countries in the Global EV Revolution

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New for 2020: this is an EV ranking, not a complete ranking for how cool countries are. Including complete tables for Israel in 2019-2020 which I calculated and handed over to Jose! In 2020 Tesla sold exactly 1000 of these for every solar-year day. in 2019 to 4% in 2020. OVERVIEW: WHEW, WHAT A YEAR!

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The electric car and grid parity - OregonLive.com

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But with Japan mandating that 70 percent of the countrys new houses will be powered by photovoltaic solar energy by 2020, "that creates a market," McCabe notes. (It The state of Michigan, which has seen its economy decimated by the collapse of the gas-powered auto industry, is pouring incentives into the alt-car market.

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Can Electric Vehicles Speed Up As The Economy Slows Down?

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Moreover, EVs are not only proving to be more robust amidst an auto industry in decline, but they are also already displaying some signs of recovery. Additionally, the European Investment Bank has doubled down on its commitment to the European EV battery industry to boost green recovery, committing more than €1B to financings in 2020.

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