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Study finds shifts to renewable energy can drive up energy poverty

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Energy poverty is when a household has no or inadequate access to energy services such as heating, cooling, lighting, and use of appliances due to a combination of factors: low income, increasing utility rates, and inefficient buildings and appliances. We don’t think of energy as a human right when it actually is. —Julius McGee.

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GM, POSCO Future M announce 2nd phase of CAM production in N America; adding pCAM

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pCAM is a specifically engineered combination of processed raw materials necessary to produce CAM, a key battery material representing about 40% of the cost of a battery cell. 2019 - GM formed the Ultium Cells LLC joint venture with LGES for US battery cell production. Currently, CAM and pCAM processing is highly concentrated in Asia.

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EIA Annual Energy Outlook explores implications of behavior and demographics on light-duty vehicle energy demand

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Light-duty VMT is beginning to decouple from traditional drivers. The most recent of these In Focus articles explores the impact of demographics and behavior on light-duty vehicle (LDV) energy demand. The increasing fuel efficiency of LDVs can influence personal travel by lowering the marginal cost of driving per mile.

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IEA: Decisive action by governments is critical to unlock growth for low-carbon hydrogen

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Currently, global production of low-carbon hydrogen is minimal, its cost is not yet competitive, and its use in promising sectors such as industry and transport remains limited—but there are encouraging signs that it is on the cusp of significant cost declines and widespread global growth, according the IEA’s Global Hydrogen Review 2021.

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BNEF: E-buses to surge even faster than EVs; supply of cobalt potential risk to the pace of growth

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Annual global light duty vehicle sales. BNEF forecasts that in 2030, EVs will make up 44% of European light-duty vehicle sales, 41% of those in China, 34% in the U.S., BNEF forecasts that in 2030, EVs will make up 44% of European light-duty vehicle sales, 41% of those in China, 34% in the U.S., and 17% in Japan.

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DOE BETO releases new strategic plan; biofuels to constitute 25% of US transportation fuels by 2040

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Although electrification coupled to these alternative energy sources can transform the light-duty vehicle fleet, it is unlikely even in the mid- to long-term that the needs of the heavy-duty marine and aviation industries will be met by anything except an energy dense carbon-based liquid fuel. Cultivating end-use markets and customers.

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

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As well as conversions of new Ford Rangers and Toyota Hiluxes – the two top selling utes in the country – which will be priced from $47,990 (plus the cost of the ute), Roev is gearing up for EV conversions of the same utes with build dates as far back as 2016. 2023 Roev electric Toyota HiLux.