Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2012

GE will invest an additional $70 million to expand its sodium-halide battery manufacturing plant in New York, which is part of the company’s new Energy Storage business. GE is also looking at using the batteries in heavy-duty hybrid applications such as in buses, locomotives and mining vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2011

Hydro-Québec (Canada) and Technifin (South Africa) have entered into an intellectual property collaboration agreement relating to the licensing of their respective intellectual property (IP) in lithium titanate spinel oxide (LTO) technologies, notably for lithium-ion battery applications. It operates at 1.5 It operates at 1.5

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2018

billion, down 15% on 3Q 2017, while the purchase of small-scale solar systems of less than 1MW totaled $13.5 billion, the Enel Green Power South Africa portfolio, at $1.4 South Africa at $2.6 billion, up 9% on a year earlier. Public markets investment in clean energy jumped 120% to $3.1 billion for 300MW.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Customers in the materials handling industry use the OorjaPac as an on-board battery charger for a wide variety of Class 3 vehicles. The OorjaPac keeps the vehicle’s battery at a constant state of charge, eliminating the need for battery swapping and rapid charging. The investment round follows a $4.2-million

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Baua Electric

JUNE 12, 2023

LONDON — World miner Glencore, Stellantis and Volkswagen Crew’s battery unit PowerCo have yes to again a $1 billion do business in by means of blank-cheque treasure ACG Acquisition Corporate to shop for two mines in Brazil, ACG stated. Each mines usefulness hydropower for manufacturing and are taking into account expansions.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2021

Upon completion of the current commercial-scale pilot program at the White Mesa Mill, Neo’s Silmet facility expects to purchase and process a minimum of 840 metric tonnes of total rare earth oxides (TREO) per year from Energy Fuels, which is in addition to Silmet’s current production.

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Blink Charging

APRIL 6, 2023

However, there are still challenges ahead, most notably with procuring the raw materials needed for battery production. In fact, China accounted for half of the worldwide growth of EV sales in 2021, and IEA writes that more EVs were purchased there in 2021 than in the entire rest of the world throughout 2020.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

After Model X production stabilizes in Q1 2016, it expects Model X gross margin to improve rapidly and become comparable to Model S gross margin over the next several quarters, even given the launch of a lower priced version of Model X with a smaller battery pack during 2016.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2009

In 2009, for example, Renault’s plant in Brazil will produce two additional Nissan vehicles while Nissan’s plant in South Africa builds two additional Renault vehicles. Purchasing synergies will generate savings of €157 million. By the end of 2009, a total of 11 vehicles will be cross-manufactured.

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EV Connect

MARCH 8, 2021

In addition to directing the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Transportation to tighten fuel efficiency standards, President Biden has made supporting electric vehicles a top priority, expanding consumer tax credits for EV purchases and mandating that the entire federal fleet of vehicles be converted to electric.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2020

China is the world’s leading consumer of cobalt, with more than 80% of its consumption being used by the rechargeable battery industry. However, owing to the widespread closures in South Africa, most shipments are now having to be diverted to other neighboring ports such as Maputo in Mozambique or Dar es Salaam in Tanzania.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 20, 2022

The total cost of purchasing and driving one—the cost of ownership—has fallen nearly to parity with a typical gasoline-fueled car. 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. EVs have finally come of age.

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