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Hilux, Ranger EV ute conversions by Roev from $47,990 as company confirms 2023 production

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Australian manufacturer Roev plans to do just that from 2023 by converting Toyota Hiluxes and Ford Rangers to electric, with conversions priced from $47,990. There is huge demand for electric utes in Australia, particularly among large fleets,” says Roev CEO and former Atlassian executive Noah Wasmer.

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Consortium moves ahead with HESC pilot for conversion of Australian coal to LH2 for transport to Japan

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The Australian, Japanese and Victorian governments and a consortium of companies have launched the pilot of an innovative supply chain that will deliver liquefied hydrogen from the Latrobe Valley in Australia to Japan. The plant will be the first hydrogen liquefaction facility in Australia for demonstration purposes.

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CRU: lithium price downtrend continues, with disappointing EV sales in China the driver

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However, the combined conversion capacities of these two market leaders is below 30% of total Chinese capacity. However, it nonetheless believe that low spodumene prices and ample conversion capacity will cause prices to continue their decline in the short-term. The rest of the lithium market is fragmented. Raw material oversupply.

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Roskill: Chinese companies step up their pursuit of lithium resources

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Jilin Jien, which bought the Québec Lithium mine and lithium carbonate conversion plant from its creditors in 2016, is understood to have entered bankruptcy in China and had struggled to raise the funds to complete the re-commissioning.

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Australian researchers find wild-type sorghum that can yield more than 10K liters ethanol per hectare

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Scientists from the ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Cell Walls at the University of Adelaide have discovered that a variety of sorghum growing wild in Australia—Arun—theoretically has the potential to yield some 10,344 liters of bioethanol per hectare (1,106 gallons US per acre) from stem tissues alone. 0156638.

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Study finds hands-free just as distracting as handheld mobile phone use behind the wheel

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Talking hands-free on a mobile phone while driving is just as distracting as a conversation using a hand-held phone, according to a recent study by researchers at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Australia. An epidemiological study found that mobile phone conversations increase crash risk by a factor of four.

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Top 5 electric vehicles books you must read

Electric Vehicles India

It is based on the project that was done from August 2013 to Jan 2016 to understand consumer preferences for the use of electric vehicles in terms of socio-economic variables such as gender, age, income, education and region. So if you are looking to build your own electric two-wheeler this book will definitely help you to do that.