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Study calls for reduction in car ownership, battery size and vehicle dependency to limit environmental impact of surging lithium demand

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The report says that reordering the US transportation system through policy and spending shifts to prioritize public and active transit while reducing car dependency can also ensure transit equity, protect ecosystems, respect Indigenous rights, and meet the demands of global justice. Riofrancos et al.

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MIT study: people globally follow a “visitation law”; inverse relationship between distance and frequency of visits

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A new paper by an MIT team and colleagues in Singapore, China, Italy and Denmark, drawing on global data, finds that people visit places more frequently when they have to travel shorter distances to get there. In some cases, the researchers defined areas visited by using grid spaces as small as 500 square meters.

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COVID-19 outbreak poised to strengthen EV momentum and the markets for cobalt and copper

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by Benedikt Sobotka, CEO of Eurasian Resources Group , Co-Chair of the Global Battery Alliance. Another important supply trend that is quietly playing out in the background is scrap supply, which cumulatively accounts for around a third of global supply. Automakers have faced two major hurdles.

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Biliti Electric begins to build facility to produce battery packs, E3Ws in Hyderabad – ET Auto

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Raja Gayam, CEO of Biliti Electric, said, “This ground-breaking ceremony marks a big moment for Biliti Electric as we embark on a journey to reshape the future of last-mile mobility globally.” In addition to the new manufacturing facility, Biliti Electric operates assembly plants in the United States, Portugal, and Kenya.

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World’s first semi-submersible floating offshore wind farm beats expectations in the face of extreme storms

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The offshore wind farm sits 20 km off the coast of Portugal in the municipality of Viana do Castelo, north of Porto. It’s a joint venture between Spanish renewable company EDPR, global energy firm ENGIE, Spanish energy firm Repsol, and California-headquartered floating offshore wind firm Principle Power. It comprises three 8.4

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PSA Peugeot Citroën and General Electric sign a European Cooperation Agreement for the co-development of electromobility solutions; BEVs and PHEVs

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The agreement would see GE Capital lease EV vehicles across Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and the UK. million globally. GE Capital is a leading leaser of vehicles, with a customer fleet of approximately 250,000 vehicles in Europe, and 1.6

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Clearing the roadblocks to electrification of heavy-duty trucks

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Now nominally retired and living in Portugal, he remains active in the infrastructure space as a consultant, and closely follows the development of the EV charging ecosystem. This project is currently at the stage of conducting grid readiness assessments.] It was free to the builder, but it wasn’t free to the utility. A lot heavier.

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