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Arctic-ready version of Nissan Ariya EV unveiled for Pole to Pole expedition

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British adventurers Chris and Julie Ramsey will cross 14 countries, through Canada, North, Central and South America to Punta Arenas in Chile before travelling to the edge of the Antarctic continent, then onward to the South Pole.

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IHS Automotive forecasts 88.6M unit global light vehicle market in 2015; 2.4% growth

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However, a slowdown is being signaled with just two of the high-potential BRIC markets likely to see increased sales this year. China will lead the sector’s volume growth, with particular strength in SUVs, though IHS expects the market to slow from 2014. North America. South America. million units.

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Honda just premiered two crazy EV designs at CES

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Honda just premiered two CRAZY electric vehicle designs at this year’s CES event in Las Vegas, and has plans to bring them to market with a launch in 2026. Honda’s Saloon and Space-Hub vehicles are the first pieces of a wider introduction of the Honda 0 Series , which is based on the Saloon concept in North America.

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BMW Group to source lithium from Livent

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Solvents and other chemicals do not come into contact with the environment during this process. The BMW Group and BASF commissioned a scientific analysis of the water use of different lithium mining methods in South America from the University of Alaska Anchorage and University of Massachusetts Amherst in late 2020.

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Study using satellite data finds rate of urban growth much greater than previously thought

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They then used an annual time series (1985– 2015) of the normalized urban areas composite index (NUACI) to detect the year of urbanization and green recovery (vegetative regrowth or new plantings in built environments) for each pixel within this urbanized extent.

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USGS new estimates of global undiscovered, technically recoverable conventional oil and natural gas, excluding US

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The assessment results indicate that about 75% of the undiscovered technically recoverable conventional oil of the world, exclusive of the United States, is in four regions: South America and the Caribbean (126 bbo); sub-Saharan Africa (115 bbo); the Middle East and North Africa (111 bbo); and the Arctic provinces portion of North America (61 bbo).

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Ford and Volkswagen expand global collaboration to include EVs, invest in Argo AI

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Looking ahead, even more customers and the environment will benefit from Volkswagen’s industry-leading EV architecture. Ford and Volkswagen remain on track in their previously announced plan to improve their respective strengths in commercial vans and medium pickups in key global markets.

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