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Rock Tech Lithium to collaborate with Fraunhofer Institute and Circulor to pursue CO2-neutral lithium

Green Car Congress

Rock Tech, which plans to supply lithium hydroxide to manufacturers of batteries for electric cars from 2024, plans to build the first European lithium hydroxide factory (converter) in Brandenburg, Germany. Based on the work of Fraunhofer and Circulor, Rock Tech will create a material passport for its product.

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China’s BYD, GWM and MG on notice: Volkswagen previews its $30,000 entry-level electric car that will be here by 2027 and promises it will stun you with its looks, tech, design and quality

EV Central

Volkswagen has given us our first glimpse of its most affordable electric car yet that will launch in 2027, and which could be priced from just €20,000 ($A32,000) when it arrives to do battle with the likes of the GWM Ora, BYD Dolphin and MG 4. It’s about entry-level electric mobility from Europe for Europe.”

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Hybrid hype: types, tech, and the road ahead

Baua Electric

A hybrid vehicle is powered by at least one electric motor and a gasoline engine, and its system recovers energy through regenerative braking. Sometimes the electric motor does all of the work, other times the combustion engine does, and sometimes both work together. As a result, less fuel is burnt, and the fuel economy improves.

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Canada’s Inflating Economy & Population Dwarfs Coming Collapse Of Oil & Gas

CleanTechnica EVs

Canada is an economic powerhouse that is powering away from its hewer of wood and drawer of water economy.

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BMW, Samsung To Share Electric-Car Battery Tech With Other Makers

Green Car Reports

The company hopes that by sharing the technology, which it co-developed with Samsung SDI, it will benefit from improved economies of scale. BMW has announced that it''s open to sharing the battery technology it uses in its i3 and i8 plug-in vehicles with other automakers.

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Select Electric Motor Show brings future tech into focus at British Motor Show in 2021

Drive EV

The Select Electric Motor Show, sponsored by Select Car Leasing , the UK’s leading vehicle leasing company, will be held in the previously named Technology Hall and will now incorporate all EV content, future tech, Retro Electric and EV suppliers. billion to the British economy at a time when it needs it most.

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Volkswagen deepens partnership with Gotion to industrialize battery cell production in Germany

Green Car Congress

Volkswagen Group and Gotion High-Tech Co., Both projects are part of the overarching plan of Volkswagen Group to reduce battery complexity and costs significantly while boosting range and charging performance in order to make the electric car still more attractive. VCIC) and Hefei Gotion High-Tech Power Energy Co.,