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Ford, VW & China seek deal with Indonesia for EV battery materials

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Indonesia is a prime candidate for building an EV battery ecosystem, considering it has one of the largest nickel reserves in the world. In 2022, Indonesia announced its aim to develop an integrated electric vehicle supply chain. The integrated EV supply chain was a step toward Indonesia becoming an EV battery producer and exporter.

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Tesla’s huge price cuts are hitting the stock one way and its outlook in another

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Tesla ( NASDAQ: TSLA ) pushed huge price cuts on its vehicles in both the United States and China within the past few weeks, but the automaker’s decision is hitting the stock in one way and its outlook in another. After the Austin-based automaker slashed prices by as much as $13,000 in the United States and 13.5

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The Global Outlook of Electric Vehicles

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With this increase in demand came an equally steep rise in the price of the metals used in the manufacturing of EV batteries – particularly lithium – which the IEA’s report says is a significant challenge to the EV industry. The federal US government has expanded its electric vehicle tax credits for new and used EVs.

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Global biofuels production up 17% in 2010 to hit all-time high of 105 billion liters

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High oil prices, a global economic rebound, and new laws and mandates in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, and the United States, among other countries, are all factors behind the surge in production, according to research conducted by the Worldwatch Institute’s Climate and Energy Program for the website Vital Signs Online.

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Global investment in renewable power reached $270.2B in 2014, ~17% up from 2013; biofuel investment fell 8% to 10-year low

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billion) were all in the top 10 of investing countries while more than $1 billion was invested in Indonesia, Chile, Mexico, Kenya and Turkey. billion, helped by the recovery in sector share prices between mid-2012 and March 2014, and by the popularity with investors of US “yieldcos” and their European equivalents, quoted project funds.

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