Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2022

After launching Japan’s first series-produced all-electric light-duty eCanter truck in 2017, MFTBC introduced an improved model with advanced safety features for the Japanese market in 2020. Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC) unveiled test vehicles of its next generation eCanter at the company’s Kitsuregawa Proving Ground.

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JUNE 5, 2023

Tesla Model Y is another step closer to becoming the world’s best-selling vehicle in any category after overtaking Toyota RAV4 sales in Australia. Tesla sold approximately 3,178 Model Y units in Australia. The Tesla Model 3 was the third best-selling EV in Australia with 1,298 sold in May. of Australia’s auto market in May.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2018

After moderate growth in lithium supply between 2010 and 2017 of 6.4% Currently, the highest production is in Australia with 18.3kt, followed by Chile and Argentina with 14.1kt and 5.5kt respectively. million tons; China, 7 million tons; Australia, 5 million tons; Canada, 1.9

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Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2023

Since 2017, British Lithium has carried out drilling and exploration on Imerys-owned land in Cornwall and developed a unique process and pilot plant to produce battery-grade lithium carbonate. Lithium spodumene deposits in Australia are the world’s largest source of hard rock lithium. British Lithium pilot plant.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2021

In a 2017 open-access paper exploring the use of concentrated solar thermal (CST) radiation for alumina calcination, Davis et al. If we can replace fossil fuels with clean hydrogen in the refining process for alumina, this will reduce emissions in the energy and emissions intensive refining stage of the aluminum supply chain.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2018

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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Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2021

million in 2018 versus 2017. In addition to North America, we are currently looking at the freight train market in Europe, Australia, Brazil and South Africa—all of which are ideally suited for the transformation of their current diesel stock. compared with the five-year average. —Anil Srivastava, CEO, Leclanché.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

In December 2017, ARENA announced the funding round into hydrogen R&D. It is the first time ARENA had sought to fund research into the hydrogen energy supply chain. Hydrogen—or hydrogen carriers such as ammonia ( earlier post )are potentially ways for Australia to export renewable energy.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2013

MAN Diesel & Turbo has won the contract to supply the engines for six Chinese LNG carriers (LNGCs). When delivered, the ships will load LNG in Gladstone, Australia for a number of Chinese import terminals: Qingdao, Beihai, Tianjin, Lianyungang and Wenzhou. The sixth ship will be delivered in the fourth quarter, 2017.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2013

Consumption of lithium in rechargeable batteries by end use, 2012-2017, kt LCE. In addition, in the period to 2017 Roskill forecasts that the main market driver for lithium-ion batteries will gradually switch from portable consumer electronics to electric vehicles, especially hybrid variants. Source: Roskill. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2019

SFO is working on a study to identify the necessary supply chain and infrastructure required to make this expansion of SAF at the airport a reality, and is preparing an implementation plan to do so. NARA supplied the sugars that were derived from forest residuals in the Pacific Northwest.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2020

In March 2017, Rio Tinto upgraded the Jadar mineral resources in accordance with international standards—JORC—to 136 million tonnes. A global team of Rio Tinto experts have developed a small-scale test plant at Rio Tinto’s research center in Bundoora, Melbourne, Australia to test the new technology.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2018

Annual production and sales have increased yearly, going from about 700 units in 2015, to around 2,000 units in 2016, and, most recently, approximately 3,000 units in 2017. As part of this, demonstration tests of Mirai are currently under way in Australia, Canada, China, and the U.A.E.,

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EV Central

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

SEA Electric Asia-Pacific chief Bill Gillespie flew back into Australia last weekend fresh from discussions with Toyota in Thailand that included a proposal to build a battery electric version of Australia’s top-selling vehicle. Diesel utes are Australia’s top-selling new vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2018

There is now a significant wave of interest in battery raw material supply security, mainly from Asia, to underpin the growth of Li-ion battery production over the next decade. The year 2017 saw deals between Great Wall and Pilbara Minerals, and Ganfeng Lithium’s US$172-million financing of Lithium Americas.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2016

Jiangli New Materials currently tolls lithium hydroxide and lithium carbonate for Albemarle utilizing spodumene from Albemarle’s Talison joint venture in Australia. This transaction will enable us to supply premium lithium salts to an expanded global customer base. —David Klanecky, vice president of Albemarle’s Lithium Division.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2018

The latest BP Annual Energy Outlook found that in 2017, renewables grew strongly in 2017, with wind and solar leading the way. Among the related datapoints: Coal consumption growth in 2017 was driven largely by India (18 mtoe), with China consumption also up slightly (4 Mtoe) following three successive annual declines during 2014-2016.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 6, 2017

BP also participates in LNG projects in Australia, UAE, Indonesia, Trinidad and Angola. This portfolio includes a mix of long-term, mid-term and short-term supply to enable BP to best meet the ever-changing needs of its global portfolio of customers.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2018

China is stepping up its pursuit of control of the lithium supply chain, underpinned by the rapid growth of its lithium-ion battery industry building on agressive policy surrounding electric vehicle sales, according to metals and mining consultancy Roskill.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Nissan and Daimler broke ground on the US$1-billion Aguascalientes, Mexico, plant in 2015, which will produce next-generation premium compact vehicles for Infiniti as of 2017 and for Mercedes-Benz starting in 2018. Construction will be completed in 2017, followed by preparation for pilot production of Infiniti vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2020

Another factor in the decline in lithium prices is the surge in mine supply. In Australia, six spodumene mines have commenced production in just three years—much faster than expected and consolidating the country’s position as the world’s leading producer of mined lithium units. Raw material oversupply.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2018

In large part, this has been driven by investment in exploration within the mineral sector, and the hunt for lithium-bearing pegmatites in Australia, Canada and Europe, and lithium-bearing clay deposits in the US and Mexico. As a result, in 2018 some two-thirds of lithium mine supply is expected to come from the mineral sector.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2018

In large part, this has been driven by investment in exploration within the mineral sector, and the hunt for lithium-bearing pegmatites in Australia, Canada and Europe, and lithium-bearing clay deposits in the US and Mexico. As a result, in 2018 some two-thirds of lithium mine supply is expected to come from the mineral sector.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2017

The 2017 edition of the BP Energy Outlook , published today, forecasts that global demand for energy will increase by around 30% between 2015 and 2035, an average growth of 1.3% Shale gas production accounts for two-thirds of the increase in gas supplies, led by growth in the US. Oil: changing dynamics of demand and supply.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2012

The rules cover larger battery charger systems; small battery charger systems; inductive charger systems; and battery backup and uninterruptible power supplies (UPS), both consumer and non-consumer. Compliance for small commercial chargers (such as walkie talkies and portable barcode scanners) is required by 1 January 2017.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2015

Most of the world’s lithium comes from Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Australia and China, but American resources being developed by new entrants into this market have set up the state of Nevada to become the key venue and proving ground for game-changing trade in this everyday mineral. Albemarle Corp.

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Tesla has confirmed it will revive the Model 3 Performance in the first half of 2024 – but it will be a whole lot faster, more focused and high tech than the original that surfaced globally in 2017. We suspect few drivers of the RWD or Long Range hit the previously achievable 225km/h and 233km/h top speeds, especially in Australia.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Weaker-than-expected demand in China is partly responsible, but the main driver has been the ongoing avalanche of new supply into the market, as plentiful cheap spodumene meets ample conversional capacity in China, the CRU analysts said. Another key factor which has contributed to the decline in lithium prices is the surge in mine supply.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 5, 2022

A study by researchers in Australia and China has determined that global food-miles account for nearly 20% of total food-systems emissions; moving fruit and vegetables in refrigerated vehicles is particularly emissions-intensive. When the entire upstream food supply chain is considered, global food-miles correspond to about 3.0

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

That alarmed the US, which equated Huawei's dominance with Chinese-control of global telecommunications—under a 2017 Chinese law all domestic companies are compelled to help the Chinese intelligence services on demand. Huawei has said it would not comply with such a request and believes that it cannot be legally forced to do so.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

A surge in unconventional and deepwater oil boosts non-OPEC supply over the current decade, but the world relies increasingly on OPEC after 2020. Energy efficiency is just as important as unconstrained energy supply, and increased action on efficiency can serve as a unifying energy policy that brings multiple benefits.”

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 24, 2011

Total EV charging station unit sales by region, world markets: 2011-2017. A new report from Pike Research forecasts that by 2017 more than 1.5 million PEVs to be sold globally by 2017. Basic electric vehicle supply equipment will quickly become a commodity. Source: Pike Research. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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EV Central

AUGUST 6, 2023

In Australia all it will do is use a lot of premium unleaded charging the battery. Audi supplies a charging cable for a regular powerpoint as well as a three-phase adapter. The different mechanical components of the PHEV mean it doesn’t share the five-star rating (from 2017) of other Q5s. Don’t expect it to be retested, either.

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

In September 2017 , Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico. The island gets on average nearly 3,000 hours of sunshine per year, putting it on a par with Honolulu and Brisbane, Australia. During and after Maria, Casa Pueblo continued to operate a solar-based microgrid it had installed in 2017.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2017

The commitment to delivering quality products and services has resulted in excellent annual growth and new business throughout Europe and Asia, especially in Germany, Italy, the UK, as well as Japan and Australia. LG Chem’s residential batteries will be available via a number of leading solar/storage providers in North America.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

In 2017, Australia, Chile, and Argentina produced 91% of all lithium while the rest of the world supplied the remaining 9%. Some key materials used for manufacturing lithium-ion batteries are lithium, cobalt, nickel, manganese, and natural graphite, which come from more than 30 different countries.

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Get Electric Vehicle

AUGUST 4, 2022

The rest of society will follow once the obstacles are resolved for the early adopters (in this example, range, cost, charging infrastructure, limited supply, and choice). The next major car markets approaching the tipping point this year include Canada, Australia, and Spain. Global Powers Favour BEVs. Indeed, it is certain to happen.

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