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LIVE BLOG: Tesla 2023 Cyber Roundup (Annual Shareholder Meeting)

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16:20 CT – A longtime retail investor asks about Tesla’s plans to secure lithium supply. Musk reiterated that Optimus will use the same FSD system as the company’s electric vehicles. The Tesla Megapack is now more competitive than a gas-powered peaker plant,” he said. It’s the cherry on the icing on top of the cake.

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The EV Transition Explained: How to Meet Sales Targets?

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With less than eight years for the United States to meet the objective of a 50-percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions , many environmental advocacy groups argue that an even faster transition to EVs is mandatory. The latest Edison Electric Institute projection is that only about 26.4

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CLEE, NRGI studying ways to improve sustainability and governance across EV battery supply chain

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UC Berkeley School of Law’s Center for Law, Energy & the Environment (CLEE) and the Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI) are conducting a stakeholder-led research initiative focused on identifying strategies to improve sustainability and governance across the EV battery supply chain.

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JRC: Europe must take steps to boost supply of cobalt for EV batteries

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The coming electric vehicle boom will significantly increase the demand for cobalt in the EU and globally. As a result, demand is expected to exceed supply already in 2020 and the EU must take steps to boost supply and curb demand without hindering the growth in electric vehicles, according to a new JRC (Joint Research Center) report.

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

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Demand for raw materials used in the production of electric car batteries is set to soar, prompting the UN trade body, UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development), to call for the social and environmental impacts of the extraction of raw materials, which include human rights abuses, to be addressed urgently.

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The Future of Electrifying Heavy-Duty Machines

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Batteries pose a few key challenges alternative electric vehicle power sources could resolve. The main factor that will determine the future of electric heavy equipment is batteries. As a result, something like an electric dump truck would need a massive battery capacity to run on electricity. The Challenges of Batteries.

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Jervois to acquire SMP nickel & cobalt refinery in Brazil; concentrate from Idaho for refining, cobalt metal back to US

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Jervois intends to be capable of supplying refined nickel and cobalt products to customers across a range of industries including specialty stainless steels, nickel and cobalt superalloys, cathode precursor, lithium-ion battery and electric vehicles manufacturers. SMP Refinery restart scenarios.

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