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ARPA-E awarding $39M to 16 projects to grow the domestic critical minerals supply chain

Green Car Congress

E) will award $39 million in funding to 16 projects across 12 states to develop market-ready technologies that will increase domestic supplies of critical elements required for the clean energy transition. Re-Mining Red Mud Waste for CO 2 Capture and Storage and Critical Element Recovery (RMCCS-CER) ($1,000,000).

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Jay Leno towed a Tesla Semi with a Tesla Semi

Baua Electric

Straubel felt that transport battery packs from Tesla’s Gigafactory plant in Reno, Nevada, to its car plant in Fremont, California, in diesel vans used to be opposite to the corporate’s venture of zero-emission transportation. Falling off a truck is the #1 supply of trucker associate’s reimbursement claims, Priestley stated.

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Panasonic unveils battery prototype with 5 times storage capacity 

Electric Vehicles India

Panasonic said that it will boost the energy density of the EVs batteries it supplies to Tesla by 20% in the next 5 years. Panasonic was Tesla’s exclusive battery supplier but it has again re-signed the agreement with Tesla. Panasonic will not only supply the batteries to Toyota but also to the other customers.

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America’s lithium laws fail to keep pace with rapid development – ET Auto

Baua Electric

Nevada, which has the only commercial U.S. These legal ambiguities are the latest impediment – alongside technical challenges and sagging commodity prices – to America’s plans to produce more of its own lithium and wean the country off foreign supplies, according to interviews with regulators from seven U.S.

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WattEV aims to operate 12,000 electric trucks-as-a-service and a charging network to support them by 2030

Charged EVs

Now that phase is over, and companies are starting to place substantial orders, but they’re running into another hurdle—charging infrastructure needs to be built out, and managing it is a complex affair. These megawatt charging sites will be open to all fleet operators. These megawatt charging sites will be open to all fleet operators.

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Ford will use module-less LFP batteries from CATL

Push EVs

As Ford creates a new EV supply chain that upholds its commitments to sustainability and human rights, the company continues to plan for more than half its global production to be EVs by 2030 and achieving carbon neutrality globally no later than 2050. BHP: For nickel supply from BHP’s Nickel West operations in Australia.

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President Joe Biden’s Tesla-void EV speech gave Ford too much credit [Opinion]

Teslarati

That’s not going to help the American economy, nor will it supply U.S. The issue is, Biden seemed to give Ford credit for things that they’re just not very well-versed with quite yet. In batteries, Tesla’s 2170 cells come from Panasonic in Nevada at Tesla’s Gigafactory in Sparks. Credit: EV Sales Blog.

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