Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Respect and protection of human rights and of the environment, all the way from the mine to the finished product, are decisive in this respect, the company said. Currently, the focus is particularly on the battery raw materials cobalt and lithium. The supply chains will in the future also be regularly monitored.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

It is also evolving, with key players in the industry now looking for a way to make batteries without the use of rare earth minerals. Back in 2020, Tesla announced that it was looking to remove cobalt from its batteries to create a better and cheaper electric vehicle. The electric vehicle sector is not just growing.

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Drive Electric

AUGUST 9, 2022

A battery electric vehicle (BEV) uses an electric motor instead of an internal combustion engine. These vehicles use large traction battery packs to power the motor. EV MYTH ONE: Manufacturing EVs is just as bad for the environment as ICEVs. In comparison, EV engines run on lithium batteries.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

Volkswagen says that it is actively engaging in improving artisanal cobalt mining conditions in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as well as the living conditions for people in the surrounding communities. Cobalt is an important raw material for the production of electric vehicle batteries.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2020

The aim of the University of Alaska-Anchorage and University of Massachusetts-Amherst study will be to investigate the impacts of lithium extraction on the hydrologic environment in Latin America. The BMW Group is sourcing lithium for its fifth-generation high-voltage batteries itself and making it available to its battery cell supply chains.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

As part of a cross-industry initiative, the BMW Group, BASF SE, Samsung SDI and Samsung Electronics have launched a joint cobalt pilot project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Cobalt is a key component in the production of batteries for the automotive and electronics industries.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Under the supply terms, EGC will ensure that the ore marketed by Trafigura complies with OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas. We welcome this announcement and are excited at the prospect of supporting Trafigura’s agreement with EGC.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2023

ICO’s mineral resource and reserve is the largest and highest grade confirmed cobalt orebody in the US, and when commissioned will represent the country’s only primary cobalt mine supply. Cobalt is a critical mineral as declared by the US Government.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2021

An editorial in the journal Nature calls on policy makers, industry leaders and researchers to mitigate quickly the environmental and human costs of Li-ion batteries. The market for Li-ion batteries is projected to grow from $30 billion in 2017 to some $100 billion in 2025. As batteries improve, they will last longer.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

We’ve reached significant new milestones as we’ve moved beyond testing, proving the merits of this coupled technology and assurance model can extend to a wide range of participants across every tier of the supply chain and to other minerals. Achievements of pilot test phase.

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Electric Auto Association

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Scientists inform us that today’s transportation sector is the largest contributor to US greenhouse gas emissions driving climate change, but how clean are lithium-ion batteries? of burned gasoline into energy to turn the wheels, electric vehicles (EVs) use 59-62% of the electrical energy from the battery to do the same.

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 13, 2023

Fuel Cell Technology May Win Over Batteries. Batteries pose a few key challenges alternative electric vehicle power sources could resolve. The Challenges of Batteries. The bigger they are, the harder electrifying with batteries becomes as Caterpillar found with this 36-ton excavator (photo: Ole Henrik Johansen/Tek.no).

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Electric Auto Association

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Scientists inform us that today’s transportation sector is the largest contributor to US greenhouse gas emissions driving climate change, but how clean are lithium-ion batteries? of burned gasoline into energy to turn the wheels, electric vehicles (EVs) use 59-62% of the electrical energy from the battery to do the same.

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Teslarati

MAY 6, 2022

From the people it employs to its supply chain and products, Tesla is transforming itself into an entity that is cleaner, more efficient, and more responsible than ever before. Tesla’s website focused on four notable portions of its 2021 Impact Report, namely the company’s people, environment, supply chain, and products.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2021

The US Department of Energy (DOE) will award up to $30 million to support scientific research that will ensure US businesses can reliably tap into a domestic supply of critical elements and minerals—specifically rare earth elements (REE) and platinum group elements (PGE)—needed to produce clean energy technologies. (

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2019

Ford Motor Company, Huayou Cobalt, IBM, LG Chem and RCS Global will use blockchain technology to trace and validate ethically sourced minerals in an effort to support human rights and environmental protection while helping infuse more transparency into global mineral supply chains.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 20, 2022

Scientists and engineers have extended the range of EVs by cramming ever more energy into their batteries, and vehicle charging networks have expanded in many countries. For EVs, much of the environmental burden centers on the production of batteries, the most energy- and resource-intensive component of the vehicle. AFP/Getty Images.

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