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Start-Up MOBI LATAM partners with EnergyX to develop Bolivian domestic lithium battery supply chain

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Both companies will work towards creating a Bolivian domestic lithium battery supply chain to develop the region’s electric mobility market. However, Bolivia is production-poor; Chile and Argentina are top global producers, but Bolivia has yet to produce the mineral in commercial quantities.

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ARPA-E awarding $39M to 16 projects to grow the domestic critical minerals supply chain

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E) will award $39 million in funding to 16 projects across 12 states to develop market-ready technologies that will increase domestic supplies of critical elements required for the clean energy transition. Hydrometallurgical Production of Domestic Metals for Energy Transition ($2,949,395). Earlier post.)The Columbia University.

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H2@Scale project launched in Texas; renewable hydrogen for multiple end-use applications

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in close collaboration with GTI and The University of Texas at Austin, has launched a US Department of Energy project, Demonstration and Framework for H2@Scale in Texas and Beyond. At the Port of Houston, the project team will conduct a feasibility study for scaling up hydrogen production and use. Frontier Energy, Inc.,

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Tesla explains its Cybertruck exoskeleton supply strategy

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Tesla has been vocal about the supply chain challenges this year due to the COVID pandemic. Is the supply for that material sufficient for immediate ramp-up, say, in ’23, ’24 time for Cybertruck? He also provided some information about the Cybertruck’s development in terms of supply chain and production.

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Tesla analysts still confident in TSLA despite Giga Shanghai shutdown and supply chain challenges

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So Tesla deliveries have increased by about 60% compared to Q1 2021 — although it may not be a fair comparison since Model S and Model X production was paused at the time. More broadly, we’ve seen Tesla execute incredibly well in a challenging supply chain environment as well,” he added.

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Tesla moving to Cybertruck beta production later this year

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Tesla provided an update on Cybertruck production during the latest earnings call. The company announced that it would be moving towards Cybertruck beta production later this year in Gigafactory Texas. So far, the start of Model Y production in Austin still seems to be on track.

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UT Austin team and partners report on extensive measurements of methane emissions during natural gas production

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Estimated inventories of methane emissions from the natural gas production sector, excluding processing and transmission. The relative contributions of different production components differ, however. Source: UT Austin. The way in which wells are drilled and brought into production has been evolving. Click to enlarge.

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