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Hexa Research forecasts $10.96B global rare earth elements market by 2020

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According to a new study by Hexa Research, high demand for rare earth elements such as cerium and lanthanum in applications such as automobiles, metallurgy, phosphors, glass, etc. Rising demand for permanent magnets in electronic, wind turbine and automotive sectors will translate into high demand for neodymium. billion in 2020.

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Exploring the adoption of EVs in the US, Europe and China; charging scenarios and infrastructure

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The automobile industry has said that without additional government subsidies they can only sell 600,000 electric cars by 2020 at best. Establish customer relationship guidelines, or amend existing ones, to address issues raised by EV ownership. Enthusiasm in some areas has been tempered by slow EV uptake. percent of total car sales.

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Acura unveils all-new electrified ARX-06 race car

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In the case of the ARX-06, HPD and Acura have elected to continue their successful relationship with ORECA (ORganisation Exploitation Compétition Automobiles). This has been recently validated in a full-scale wind tunnel test. The group worked closely with ORECA on the overall aerodynamic concept of the ARX-06.

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Honda launches new “Green Path” initiatives for manufacturing and operations; new $210M paint line at Marysville with new 4C2B process

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When complete, the new paint shop will be the most energy-efficient paint line in Honda’s US automobile production network. Auto body painting can account for upward of 60% of an automobile plant’s total energy use. Additionally, the new booth will reduce CO 2 emissions by 18% (12,000 metric tons annually). million dollars.

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PNNL study outlines requirements for grid storage, reviews four electrochemical energy storage systems: vanadium redox flow, Na-beta, Li-ion and lead-carbon

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In addition to outlining requirements for ESS and general guidelines for investigating technologies, the paper by Yang et al., Lead-carbon batteries are an evolving technology born from the traditional lead-acid battery, commonly used for traditional automobiles and back-up generators.

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Does a ‘good’ state of affairs for an EV transition exist?

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Consistent with Bozzella, that just-right state of affairs approach transferring “quickly and aggressively” to loose automobile emissions however doing so in some way that maintains shopper selection throughout EV varieties and appreciates the U.S. nonetheless must develop up the availability chain and charging infrastructure.

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