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Mercedes will take on Tesla’s FSD in China

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Mercedes made waves in the auto industry earlier this year when it became the first automaker certified to operate level 3 autonomous driving vehicles in the United States, with the first State being Nevada. it likely has a lot of growing to do.

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DOE awarding $1.6B to 11 battery materials separation and processing projects as part of $2.8B funding

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NAM will deploy its advanced, cost effective and environmentally friendly process technology to provide a ~60% reduction in carbon intensity relative to the traditional Chinese synthetic graphite. Ascend Elements , Apex – Integrated Sustainable Battery Precursor, $316,186,575. Lilac Solutions , Unlocking US Lithium Production, $50,000,000.

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Opinion: Why Lithium Will See Another Price Spike This Fall

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one of the ambitious new explorers shaking up the lithium mining scene in Nevada. Up until two years ago, the so-called “big three” —Albermarle (NYSE:ALB) in Chile and Nevada; SQM (NYSE:SQM) in Chile; FMC (NYSE:FMC) in Argentina—controlled 89% of the world’s lithium production. Electrical Grid Connections.

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Tesla And Other Tech Giants Scramble For Lithium As Prices Double

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We have Tesla in the far corner, building its battery gigafactory in Nevada, for which it needs tons of lithium at a reasonable price, and just last week Tesla announced its plans for the Model 3, which has already hit over 325,000 reservations. In North America, Nevada is the only player in this game, but more to the point, the U.S.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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In a worst case scenario, Chu said, up to 90% of the Sierra Nevada snowpack could disappear, all but eliminating a natural storage system for water vital to agriculture as well as cities. Climate change projections authored by Chinese scientists indicate that China’s annual mean air temperature is likely to rise by 1.3

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