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Minerals used in electric cars: How much does the US import and from where?

Green Car Congress

This post focuses on minerals used uniquely in the manufacture of electric cars. The table below lists the weight (in kg) of the minerals used in a typical electric car and a typical conventional car. Electric cars. Conventional cars. Finally, zinc is used to the same extent in both types of cars.

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South American Plugin Vehicle Markets, A Brief Overview — Part 1: Argentina, Peru, & Ecuador

CleanTechnica EVs

By Juan Diego Celemín Mojica “Passionate for all things Latin American, I’ve been closely following the energy and mobility transitions since they started to be present south of the Equator.” ” So far, South America has been a laggard in the transition to electric mobility.

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Latin America EV Market Share H1 2023, Part 1: Tale of the Laggards — Argentina, Peru, Ecuador, & Panama

CleanTechnica EVs

Time flies. The first half of 2023 has already been over for a while, and the EV transition is accelerating, so we’re bringing news from a region often forgotten when speaking about electric vehicles: Latin America. We will divide this series of articles into three parts: the laggards, the middle of the pack, and the […]

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Ford building new $1.6B plant in Mexico for small cars

Green Car Congress

billion in a new small car plant in Mexico, building a new manufacturing site in San Luis Potosi State. Vehicles produced in Mexico also serve customers in the US, Canada, China, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and South Korea. Ford is investing US$1.6 Construction begins this summer.

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South America Plugin Vehicle Markets, A Brief Overview — Part 2: Chile & Brazil

CleanTechnica EVs

” If you missed part 1 of this series, see: South American Plugin Vehicle Markets, A Brief Overview — Part 1: Argentina, Peru, & Ecuador. Chile […].

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South America Plugin Vehicle Markets, A Brief Overview — Part 3: Uruguay & Colombia

CleanTechnica EVs

” If you missed part 1 and part 2 of this series, see: South American Plugin Vehicle Markets, A Brief Overview — Part 1: Argentina, Peru, […].

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China become the sector’s biggest car exporter in Q1 2023, surpassing Japan

Baua Electric

Within the first quarter of this 12 months, China surpassed Japan and Germany to transform the sector’s biggest car exporter for the primary year, exporting a complete of one.069 Japan impaired to be the sector’s eminent car exporter, exporting 1.047 million automobiles within the first quarter of this 12 months.

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