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ABTC inferred resources report finds Tonopah Flats may hold 15.8 million tons lithium carbonate equivalent

Green Car Congress

American Battery Technology Company (ABTC) ( earlier post ) announced results of its third-party Qualified Person (QP)-audited Inferred Resource Report that details the analysis of its lithium deposit at its Tonopah Flats Lithium Project in Nevada. The inferred resources report concludes that Tonopah Flats may hold an estimated 15.8

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Flying declined substantially more than driving during the current pandemic

Green Car Congress

The raw data for the analysis came from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (revenue passenger miles flown on all scheduled domestic flights) and the Federal Highway Administration (vehicle miles traveled). Conversely, if the number of occupants has increased, the reduction in occupant distance traveled would be smaller than shown.

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Pfizer’s Edge in the COVID-19 Vaccine Race: Data Science

Cars That Think

Pfizer dominated news headlines and family dinner conversations last December when it became the first company to bring a COVID-19 vaccine to the U.S. If the virus is neutralized in the blood, that tells us that the person had built up immunity. We also use R for statistical analysis. Then we report it out to the FDA.

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Opinion: Politicians Are Lying About Biden's EPA Rule

The Truth About Cars

Conversely, don't let the other side oversell things -- while reducing tailpipe emissions is a necessary step forward in fighting the negative effects of climate change, the production of the materials needed for electric and electrified vehicles has its own environmental toll. It's not a ban on cars or internal-combustion engine cars.

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Elon Musk is raising awareness about birthrate decline

Teslarati

Elon Musk mentioned the 2021 statistic to me when he was on my podcast earlier this month. During our conversation, I brought up a reason that I thought was pretty valid and it opened a good debate where I think we both learned a little from one another. According to the New York Times, the U.S. birthrate has increased by 1%.

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EV charging is changing, Part 1: How automakers’ disappointment in Electrify America drove them into Tesla’s arms

Charged EVs

Every person we spoke with wanted to talk—to vent, even—and to share conversations they’d had and anecdotes they’d heard from others in the business. Fury at Electrify America It’s hard to overstate the disgust and anger at Electrify America among virtually every person we interviewed.

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“Charging Station” — Is That the Location or the “Charger”?

EV Adoption

Depending on the person, each of us brings different backgrounds and context to this phrase creating confusion and a lack of clarity in the market. For one, clarity and consistency is critical for sharing statistics and making comparisons. But this close split in interpretation of the term “charging station” is exactly what I expected.

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