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CES 2002 News: EV Trucks Wars Ratchet Up

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That followed a day behind Ford’s announcement that it was roughly doubling (to 150,000/year) the planned production of the upcoming F-150 Lightning EV pickup on the day it opened up the order channel so the roughly 200,000 hand-raisers could convert their interest into configured orders for delivery later this year.

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Queensland Pacific Metals enters binding supply agreement for up to 1M tonnes per year of nickel-containing limonite

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QPM is developing its 100%-owned Townsville Energy Chemicals Hub (TECH) Project—a battery metals refinery, 40 km south of Townsville, in northern Queensland. The TECH Project will produce critical metals for the rapidly emerging lithium-ion battery and electric vehicle sector. Schematic laterite profile. It contains generally 1.5-2.5%

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Stanford’s GCEP awards $10.5M for research on renewable energy; solar cells, batteries, renewable fuels and bioenergy

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million for seven research projects designed to advance a broad range of renewable energy technologies, including solar cells, batteries, renewable fuels and bioenergy. The seven awards bring the total number of GCEP-supported research programs to 117 since the project’s launch in 2002. Investigator: Hongjie Dai, Chemistry.

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Volkswagen introduces Touareg R plug-in hybrid model

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The Touareg R is based on the third generation of the product line launched in 2018, which in turn was an evolution of the model first introduced in 2002. The power electronics convert the direct current of the battery into alternating current for the electric drive motor. kWh) built into the luggage compartment underbody.

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POSCO begins lithium production for first time in Korea; domestic supply for Samsung, LG; investing $261M in anode materials by 2020

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Today’s completion of the plant will empower POSCO to produce lithium carbonate for batteries on its own, relieving secondary battery makers of worries about securing quality raw materials. ”. Roughly 2,500 tons of lithium carbonate can be used to produce about 70 million laptop batteries. —POSCO CEO Ohjoon Kwon.

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Two case studies outline how Houston and Loveland are saving money with EVs in their fleets

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Loveland is now aiming to convert all of its light-duty fleet vehicles that work within a close distance of the city to EVs. Its efforts to incorporate alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs) into its fleet began in 2002 with an initial purchase of hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), mainly the Toyota Prius and Ford Escape hybrid.

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Toyota to launch its fuel cell vehicle in Japan before April 2015, priced around $68,700; reveals exterior

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When compressed, hydrogen has a higher energy density than batteries and is easier to store and transport. Hybrid technology underpins Toyota’s plug-in hybrids, battery-electric vehicles, and fuel cell vehicles, Kato said. “We In 2002, Toyota began limited sales of the FCHV in the US and Japan. —Mitsuhisa Kato.

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