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BNEF: China dominates the Li-ion battery supply chain, but Europe is on the rise

Green Car Congress

Chinese manufacturers, like CATL, have come from nothing to being world-leading in less than 10 years. Key distinguishing factors are the environmental footprint of industry, the availability of cheap but clean electricity, a technically skilled labor force, and incentives driving battery demand.

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China is exporting so many EVs that it needs more ships – a lot more

Baua Electric

Chinese EV makers are looking to export electric vehicles by the tens of thousands around the globe, but they need a lot more car-carrying vessels to make that happen. Yet, the current state of affairs is rapidly changing, with Chinese companies putting 47 ships on order, which accounts for a quarter of all orders globally.

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China researchers synthesize high-density aviation fuel with cellulose

Green Car Congress

Although the researchers produced the biofuel at a laboratory scale in this study, Li and his team believe the process' cheap, abundant cellulose feedstock, fewer production steps, and lower energy cost and consumption mean it will soon be ready for commercial use. 2019.02.005.

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Huawei’s smart car tech offers automakers route to China sales – ET Auto

Baua Electric

Huawei Technologies has two huge booths at this week’s event, and there are at least seven Chinese automakers touting its Qiankun installed in their cars as the most sophisticated advanced driving assistance system (ADAS) to date. “We have grown side-by-side with Huawei for three years, and our achievements are obvious to all.

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EV Guru: Sodium-Ion Batteries are Coming Sooner Than You think!

Plug In India

In addition, about 90% of the world’s supply of lithium is controlled by Chinese companies. ” Musk pointed to data from the information service World of Statistics showing that the price of lithium hydroxide had risen to $78,032 per metric ton from $6,800 in 2019. The world needs to do something about this.

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Volvo XC40 Recharge and Polestar 2: EV cousins offer different takes on “premium”

Charged EVs

You might not know it to look at them, but these two cars—one Swedish, one Chinese—share underpinnings and a parent company. Volvo and its Chinese parent Geely are very serious about selling cars that plug in. In 2019, Volvo launched the XC40 compact crossover, a boxy but stylish compact SUV with a 2.0-liter Volvo’s first EV.

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EV ute overload: The electric pickups coming soon

EV Central

Tesla Cybertruck Tesla Cybertruck The top of the pile when it comes to attention, the Cybertruck just about broke the internet when Tesla design chief Franz von Holzhausen broke two of its windows during the global unveil late in 2019. A sizeable 142kWh battery pack was claimed to cover about 320km between charges.

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