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The EV Transition Explained: How to Meet Sales Targets?

Cars That Think

California’s Air Resources Board (CARB) Chair Liane Randolph told Reuters that its 2035 EV mandate was the “sweet spot,” given “where the automakers are, where the supply chains are, and where the production vehicles are.” You cannot change the sources from Congo, China and other places within two to three years.”

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UN report highlights urgent need to tackle impact of EV battery production boom

Green Car Congress

The shift to electric mobility is in line with ongoing efforts to reduce the world’s dependence on fossil fuels, and reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions responsible for climate change. For example, two-thirds of all cobalt production happens in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

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Battery metal price plunge is closing mines and stalling deals – ET Auto

Baua Electric

The turmoil is likely to have long-term ramifications for supply, and stands in stark contrast to the growing emphasis by governments on securing future access to critical minerals. Yet supply charged ahead as demand growth underwhelmed, and the result has been a price freefall. Chemaf Resources Ltd. Australia’s Core Lithium Ltd.

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Verifying the origin of EV battery materials at the source: Traceability challenges, Part Two

Charged EVs

Bureau Veritas has partnered with digital platform provider OPTEL to create a traceability and sustainability assessment solution called V-Trace, which companies and government regulators can use to follow products through their supply chains, from extraction of the raw materials to final assembly.

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Redwood Materials Will Recycle Hawaiian Grid Batteries

Cars That Think

Since its launch in 2017, the company has set out to create a “circular supply chain” of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles and clean-energy products. Redwood Materials Anahola is the biggest stationary storage recycling project for Redwood Materials to date, but it is still only a small part of Redwood’s business.

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How clean is EV battery manufacturing?

Electric Auto Association

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? It’s getting cleaner and prospects are improving BY TIM BENFORD: PRESIDENT OF DRIVE ELECTRIC DAYTON, PAST VICE-PRESIDENT OF ELECTRIC AUTO ASSOCIATION.

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How clean is EV battery manufacturing?

Electric Auto Association

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? It’s getting cleaner and prospects are improving BY TIM BENFORD: PRESIDENT OF DRIVE ELECTRIC DAYTON, PAST VICE-PRESIDENT OF ELECTRIC AUTO ASSOCIATION.

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