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Haru Oni e-fuels demo plant in Chile officially opens

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E-Fuels company HIF Global, together with partners, authorities, and community representatives, celebrated the production of the first liters of synthetic gasoline at the Haru Oni Demonstration Plant in southern Chile. Chile’s Minister of Energy, Diego Pardow, headed the ceremony where a Porsche 911 was loaded with synthetic fuel.

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JATO: global vehicle sales fall by 39% in March; electrified vehicles up to 17.4% new registration market share in Europe

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million units in March 2020, down by 39% from March 2019. And unlike previous recessions, we’re not just dealing with people’s fears or purchase delays. Overall, the total for the first quarter of 2020 already highlights a reduction of 26% Q1 2019 with sales decreasing to 17.42 percentage points higher than seen in March 2019.

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BMW Group to source lithium from Livent

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—Dr Andreas Wendt, member of the Board of Management of BMW AG responsible for Purchasing and Supplier Network. The BMW Group already signed a contract for the procurement of lithium from hard-rock deposits at Australian mines back in 2019.

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BNEF: global investment in energy transition hit $500B in 2020; $139B on EVs and infrastructure

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billion, level with 2019 despite falling unit prices. China’s e-bus prices have declined, while annual sales have slowed due to the decrease in purchase subsidies as well as market saturation in large cities. Fuel-cell bus sales drove the decline, falling from $865 million in 2019 to approximately $400 million in 2020.

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Zero EVs May Qualify For the Federal Tax Credit Under the Inflation Reduction Act Requirements

EV Adoption

The critical materials in the battery that were extracted or processed in a country with a free trade agreement (which includes Australia, Chile, South Korea, etc.) In 2019, 78% of those who claimed the tax credit had an adjusted gross income (AGI) of $100,000 or above and 46% were above $200,000. in effect with the U.S.

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We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

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The total cost of purchasing and driving one—the cost of ownership—has fallen nearly to parity with a typical gasoline-fueled car. In 2019, 63 percent of global electricity was produced from fossil-fuel sources, the exact nature of which varies substantially among regions. In our model, using electricity from the 2019 U.S.