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Price drop on Tesla Model 3 - is now the time to buy?

EVolution

This significant reduction in price is intriguing for us EV enthusiasts as it bodes the question: ‘Is it the right time for me to buy a Tesla?’ Tesla’s aren’t cheap, we all know that, but this recent price drop has made the Model 3 slightly more affordable. An old statement by Tesla in 2018 has resurfaced in the face of this change.

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Trade group asks administration to reinstate tariffs on Chinese graphite, critical material for EV batteries

Baua Electric

In 2018, the Office of the United States Trade Representative imposed tariffs of 25% under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, in response to China’s “unfair trade practices.” According to NAGA, China’s graphite supply surpasses global demand, allowing it to flood markets with cheap graphite and manipulate prices.

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Used electric vehicle pricing guide: How much you’ll pay for a pre-loved Tesla Model 3, Hyundai Kona Electric, MG ZS EV and many more

EV Central

Here are the used EVs you can buy in Australia for under $50,000. Second gen ‘ZE1’ Leafs (introduced 2018) start from $25,000, with earlier Japanese imports a bit cheaper. Renault Zoe Intens – from $25,000 2018 Renault Zoe BEV. Nissan Leaf – from $9000 2012 Nissan Leaf.

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BNEF ups forecast for global investment in stationary energy storage, sees majority of capacity likely to be grid-scale

Green Car Congress

Energy storage installations around the world will multiply exponentially, from a modest 9GW/17GWh deployed as of 2018 to 1,095GW/2,850GWh by 2040, according to the latest forecast from research company BloombergNEF (BNEF). In the near term, renewables-plus-storage, especially solar-plus-storage, has become a major driver for battery build.

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2022 GMC Hummer EV: the biggest, baddest, butchest EV to hit the market?

Charged EVs

But the Hummer, approved in August 2018, will be the first one to start rolling off the lines at the Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant, late in 2021. The Hummer EV will get GM noticed by parts of the buying public that couldn’t care less about small hatchback EVs. After all, that’s exactly what Tesla did.

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U.N. Kills Any Plans to Use Mercury as a Rocket Propellant

Cars That Think

In 2018, an employee at Apollo Fusion approached the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), a nonprofit that investigates environmental misconduct in the United States. And it’s cheap—there’s not a lot of competition with anyone looking to buy mercury.

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Cash for Volts?

Revenge of the Electric Car

to offer tax credits for buying all-electric plug-in vehicles as part of a $128 billion program to get seven million such cars on the road by 2018. to offer tax credits for buying all-electric plug-in vehicles as part of a $128 billion program to get seven million such cars on the road by 2018. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.)

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