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China is exporting so many EVs that it needs more ships – a lot more

Baua Electric

By comparison, Japan tops the list with 284 ships, followed by Norway, which has 102. But these ships have been in short supply in recent years, with older vessels being retired and new ship orders down due to both the 2008 financial crisis and the industry upgrade to less-polluting fuels, reports MIT Technology Review.

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Roskill: Green magnesium moving to commercial reality; China’s dominance under threat?

Green Car Congress

By the early 2000s production in France, Italy and Norway had ended. Producers in Canada had conceded defeat by 2008 and the US industry was reduced to just one player that would probably not still be around were it not for punitive anti-dumping duties imposed on imports of Chinese magnesium.

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

April 10, 2009 10:09 am Link It amazes me that in the vast debate about electric cars world wide including here in Norway, no one ever mention the fact that the batteries in such cars need replacement in no more than five years. Galbraith joined The New York Times in June 2008 to write about renewable energy. Staff Tom Zeller Jr.

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2020 Top 10 Countries in the Global EV Revolution

EV Sales

Tesla’s now-made-in-China Model 3 won the local crown with 140k sales, but the real surprise was the teeny and dirt-cheap WHGMiEV (see the linked story to decipher the acronym), launched only mid-year and reaching 120k, the second Chinese model to score 6 digits in a year. The 2008 $7.5k with China behind us, Who’s On First then?

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