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Abandoned History: The Apple Electric Car Project, Rest in Peace (2014-2024)

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The company made an internal announcement on February 27th, 2024 which leaked to the press immediately via several Apple employees. Let’s start at the beginning, in 2014. In the latter portion of 2014 the project was approved by CEO Tim Cook. A product unveiling in 2019 was generally believed. Apple still owns Drive.ai

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Alcoa completes acquisition of RTI International Metals, expands titanium capabilities

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Alcoa recently completed the acquisition of RTI International Metals, Inc., billion in revenue in 2019, up from $794 million that RTI generated in 2014, with 6%percent of revenues supported by contracts over the next five years. RTI’s profitability is expected to reach 25% EBITDA margin in 2019.

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UN: global e-waste surging; up 21% in 5 years

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million metric tonnes (Mt) of electronic waste was generated worldwide in 2019, up 21% in just five years, according to the UN’s Global E-waste Monitor 2020. of 2019’s e-waste was collected and recycled. According to the report, Asia generated the greatest volume of e-waste in 2019—some 24.9 A record 53.6 Only 17.4%

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OPIS: Russia’s shipments of diesel to Europe surged 55% in first eight months of 2014

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Diesel imports from Russia are at a record in the first eight months of 2014, with Germany the most reliant, followed by France, and then the UK. million b/d by 2019, from just over 1 million b/d in 2013, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in its Medium-Term Market Report 2014, released in June.

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EIA: US crude oil exports reached record levels in 2020 and remain high in 2021

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million b/d every year since 2019. During the week of 9 July 2021, the international crude oil benchmark (Brent) spot price averaged $76.13 Between 2011 and 2014, the WTI crude price averaged $10/b lower than the Brent crude price. US crude oil exports have increased significantly since 2015 and have averaged around 3.00

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Navigant Research forecasts new EV global sales of > 346,000 units in 2014; 10 predictions for the year

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During 2014, the global plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) industry is poised to grow by 86% and will surpass more than 346,000 new vehicles sold, according to a new white paper—“ Electric Vehicles: 10 Predictions for 2014 ”—published by Navigant Research. Nonetheless, 2014 may be a breakout year for e-motorcycles.

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How China beat everybody to be international chief in electrical automobiles

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Within the race to shed carbon emissions, international locations from the United States to Untouched Zealand are meting out incentives to spur electric-vehicle gross sales — ways China impaired for years because it became the largest EV marketplace on Earth. million in 2022, greater than part of all international deliveries.