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Tesla Energy director believes Australia can become a large supplier of lithium

Teslarati

Mark Twidell stood in for Tesla Chairman Robyn Denholm at the Southstart entrepreneurs conference in Adelaide recently. “Australia has the raw materials in abundance like no other nation on Earth,” Twidell said at the conference. Tesla’s shift to LFP cells for Megapack batteries heralds an energy storage revolution. .

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“Energiewende” in a tank; Audi e-fuels targeting carbon-neutral driving with synthetic fuels from renewables, H2O and CO2; Swiss policy test case

Green Car Congress

In May, Global Bioenergies presented the first batch of e-benzin to Audi by Global Bioenergies during a press conference. We are trying to build awareness that you can make a climate impact with existing cars. A regulation governing the use of biogas is already in place as an industry solution for vehicles powered by natural gas.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

This is different from anything Ive ever seen in my 40 years in the automobile industry." ( Detroit Free Press ). August 9, 2007 (Multiple reports on speech and press conference by GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz) Lutz said his goal is for GM to develop a plug in hybrid on sale by 2010. This is unusual. GM Press Release ).

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

needs to have an indigenous automobile industry, and not merely "transplants". I am a big proponent of unions but honestly, stop playing ball and just cut the pay of EVERYONE including your top execs and stop yourself from going out of business. We had a Celebrity (1987-1994) and it was a piece of crap. Never again.

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