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BMW Group to source lithium from Livent

Green Car Congress

The BMW Group already signed a contract for the procurement of lithium from hard-rock deposits at Australian mines back in 2019. The salt lakes in the border region between Argentina, Bolivia and Chile are home to roughly half the world’s lithium reserves.

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SEAT to launch 6 electric and plug-in hybrid models, develop smaller version of MEB for lower-cost EVs

Green Car Congress

SEAT, a member of the Volkswagen Group, presented its electric strategy which, until the beginning of 2021, includes six electric and plug-in hybrid models. The CUPRA Leon and the CUPRA Formentor will also have a plug-in hybrid variant.

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AMPECO CEO discusses the software that makes large-scale EV charging systems work in comprehensive Q&A

Charged EVs

We have Chile and Brazil, and even a few customers in Africa. Even in Dubai, for example, all the taxi companies need to be fully electric by 2027. And so, we started AMPECO at the end of 2018 and we went to market with our product in 2019. It’s really universally applicable because it is purely software.

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AMPECO CEO discusses the software that makes large-scale EV charging systems work in comprehensive Q&A – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

We have Chile and Brazil, and even a few customers in Africa. Even in Dubai, for example, all the taxi companies need to be fully electric by 2027. And so, we started AMPECO at the end of 2018 and we went to market with our product in 2019. It’s really universally applicable because it is purely software.

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We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

Cars That Think

You also must consider the electricity that charges the vehicle. In 2019, 63 percent of global electricity was produced from fossil-fuel sources, the exact nature of which varies substantially among regions. about 60 percent of its electricity from fossil fuels, primarily natural gas, which produces less carbon than coal does.