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Startup offers EV firms greener graphite in alternative to China – ET Auto

Baua Electric

An alternative energy startup in Malaysia is ready to help electric-vehicle makers source a key ingredient outside of China — using agriculture waste to create graphite. The company’s projected output is small in comparison to the huge global demand for the critical mineral, which BloombergNEF estimates may almost triple to 2.4

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New study finds GHG emissions from palm oil production significantly underestimated; palm oil biofuels could be more climate-damaging than oil sands fuels

Green Car Congress

Mha (20%) of the peatlands of Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo in 2010, surpassing the area of Belgium and causing an annual carbon emission from peat decomposition of 230–310 Mt CO 2 e. That number is in my opinion conservative, and consistent with a slight reduction in the rate of peat conversion. Chris Malins.

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An Undersea Cable Could Fill In the Gaps on Fiber-Optic Maps

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For comparison, Google’s Durant , from Virginia to France, has a record-holding capacity of 250 terabits per second.) There’s also the South Africa Far East cable, running from Cape Town east across the ocean floor to India and Malaysia, but it’s two decades old. Alphabet says the cable has a capacity of 144 terabits per second.

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IHS: continued legislative focus on pollutants to drive sensor market for internal combustion engines

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In comparison, to meet upcoming Euro 6 standards beginning in September this year, at least 20 sensors are needed—depending on the engine. A gasoline-engine vehicle in Iran or Malaysia, for instance, will have a much lower sensor requirement than an engine in Japan. The difference can be as many as 10 sensors.

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