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Benchmark launches Li-ion Battery Raw Material Price Index

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Benchmark Mineral Intelligence has launched a Lithium-ion Battery Raw Material Price Index. The new index allows users to accurately track real-world movements in lithium-ion battery raw material prices relative to key cathode types within the supply chain and to track the shifting cost structure of a key component of cathode and cell supply contracts.

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Toyota BZ4X test drive, Kia Niro EV, Nissan Leaf, Civic Hybrid return, Wrangler PHEV sales: The Week in Reverse

Green Car Reports

Which brand teased two future electric sports cars? Which state is planning to form EV policy around those who use a lot of gasoline? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending April 15, 2022. In a first test drive review of the 2023 Toyota BZ4X, we found it to be weird yet.

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DICP team demonstrates direct synthesis of isoparaffin-rich gasoline from syngas

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A research team led by Prof. Pan Xiulian and Prof. Bao Xinhe from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has achieved the direct synthesis of isoparaffin-rich gasoline from syngas using ZnAlO x -SAPO-11 oxide-zeolite (OXZEO) catalysts. Isoparaffins are preferred components of high-quality gasoline because they are more environmentally friendly as octane number contributors than olefins or aromatics.

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Tesla unveils giant new 360 MWh Megapack project that is going to help power 60,000 homes

Electrek

Tesla has unveiled its latest giant Megapack project consisting of 360 MWh of energy storage capacity used in concert with a solar farm to help power 60,000 homes. moreā€¦. The post Tesla unveils giant new 360 MWh Megapack project that is going to help power 60,000 homes appeared first on Electrek.

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How serious is Norway about climate change? So much that its streetlights self-dim

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TotalEnergies and ENEOS to study sustainable aviation fuel production at ENEOS Negishi Refinery

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TotalEnergies and ENEOS Corporation jointly conduct a feasibility study to assess the production of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) in ENEOS Negishi Refinery in Yokohama, Japan. The companies have already started to conduct the study for feedstock procurement and production of SAF related to this project. The proposed unit, the capacity of which would be 300,000 tons per year of SAF, would process waste or residue—mainly used cooking oil and animal fat.

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Tesla Hires A Geologist ā€” Perhaps A First Step Toward Mining Its Own Lithium?

CleanTechnica EVs

Tesla recently hired a geologist, which many be a step in the direction of lithium and critical materials mining. There’s no official announcement that Tesla will actually do its own mining, and there could be other reasons that it’s hiring geologists. It could be a focusing on critical minerals and the supply chain in order […].

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What It Looks Like Inside A Tesla Gigafactory (Video)

CleanTechnica EVs

With all the hype surrounding the Tesla Cyber Rodeo, you might’ve missed this amazing 3-minute mini documentary (gigafactory video) that looks like it’s straight from the mind of Elon Musk. Tesla released a really cool clip of Giga Berlin which shows us some wild drone footage of Germany’s newest automotive factory behemoth. The video footage […].

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Tesla goes full Apple and stops delivering cars with included charging hardware, now sold separately

Electrek

Tesla changed its long-standing policy to deliver every vehicle with a mobile charging cable and instead, it starts selling them separately for $400 for level 2 charging and $275 for level 1. The move is reminiscent of Apple removing the included USB charging brick with the iPhone. moreā€¦. The post Tesla goes full Apple and stops delivering cars with included charging hardware, now sold separately appeared first on Electrek.

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Gravity Adds Tesla Model Y To Fleet Of NYC Yellow Taxi Cabs

CleanTechnica EVs

Gravity, which announced its all-electric vehicle fleet of New York City yellow cabs last year, is adding Tesla Model Y vehicles to its fleet, Inside EVs reports. The company’s existing fleet is comprised of Ford Mustang Mach-E crossovers, which have been deployed since December 2021. The EVs are under a pilot program that has been […].

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Look and listen as we get our first video of the Ducati racing electric motorcycle doing hot laps

Electrek

When we first learned that Ducati would be taking over Energicaā€™s role as the sole supplier of racing electric motorcycles for the FIM MotoE electric motorcycle racing series, the news came as a bit of a shock. At the time, Ducati didnā€™t even have any electric motorcycles ā€“ at least not that they were showing off. Now weā€™re getting our first look ā€“ and listen ā€“ to the companyā€™s upcoming electric racing models. moreā€¦.

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Faurecia and Accenture partner on products and services for connected and autonomous vehicles

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15% of Porsche USA Sales Now Electric, 9% of Audi USA Sales Electric

CleanTechnica EVs

There are now a few 100% electric vehicle brands ā€” such as Tesla, Rivian, Lucid, and Polestar ā€” but looking past them at legacy automakers, let’s see who’s leading the way in terms of their movement toward a 100% electric future. Note that we don’t have data on EV sales from all automakers. Data is […].

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Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week: An Electric Nap Car for Sleepy Adults

Electrek

You know that feeling, right? Itā€™s Monday morning and you just barely have the energy to get out of bed to face the day. You groggily down your coffee just so you can open your eyes enough to drive yourself to work. But what if it didnā€™t have to be that way? What if there was an Uber service that could let you finish your sleep on the way to work? Well my friends, it appears thatā€™s exactly what the masterful engineers at Alibaba have come up with.

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Scale At The Heart Of Teslaā€™s Master Plan Part 3

CleanTechnica EVs

Scale and Tesla’s Master Plan Part 3 came up during Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s recent TED Talks interview. Head of TED, Chris Anderson interviewed Elon Musk, and shortly after a random musical interruption, Tesla’s Master Plan Part 3 came up. I’d previously written a short article about what we might expect Elon to share in […].

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Hitachi Energy is using its expertise to bridge gap between transportation fleets and utilities to ease the transition to electrification

Electrek

During a recent live virtual event on LinkedIn, the Head of Hitachi Energy North America, Anthony Allard, and Hitachi America Chairman and CEO, Hicham Abdessamad, spoke on the global technology companyā€™s focus on promoting sustainability throughout all its segments. As a climate change innovator, Hitachiā€™s executives point out the impending challenges the transportation sector faces, and outline solutions the company provides to commercial fleets and the transportation sector, calling for the co

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ExxonMobil announces 6th oil discovery offshore Guyana with Ranger-1; Guyana may move from non-producer to regional powerhouse

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More Than Half Of American Commercial Vehicles Are Electrifiable Today

CleanTechnica EVs

Electrifying vans and step vans in Canada and the US would save nearly 5 billion gallons of gasoline each year and avoid 43.5 million tons of CO2 emissions a year.

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Tesla Ends Lease Buyouts For All Vehicles Starting April 15, 2022

InsideEVs

The company did not say why it made this decision, but it may have something to do with wanting to cash in on sky-high used car prices.

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Quick Charge Podcast: April 16, 2022

Electrek

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. moreā€¦. The post Quick Charge Podcast: April 16, 2022 appeared first on Electrek.

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Is This The Future? Waiting To Charge At Tesla Supercharger Station

InsideEVs

Only three Tesla Supercharger stalls available in the entire city of Las Vegas on a Saturday morning is not an encouraging sign.

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Texas Slaps Down Tesla Fast Charger Plan

CleanTechnica EVs

Texas says "no thanks" to Tesla Supercharger proposal.

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Envision AESC Announces $2 Billion Gigafactory In Kentucky

InsideEVs

It will produce at least 30 GWh of batteries per year with an option for 40 GWh.

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Bosch acquires Five to accelerate software development for automated driving

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Bosch is acquiring the UK-based automated driving startup Five. Five is to be part of the Bosch Cross-Domain Computing Solutions division. Five gave preference to Bosch over other takeover bidders. The two companies share a common vision of automated driving and of safe automated driving systems. The agreements with Five were signed at the beginning of April.

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Tesla No Longer Includes Charging Equipment With Vehicles; Cites Statistics

InsideEVs

The move will leave new buyers without a way to recharge at home

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Electric Tractors and Their Potential in Indian Fields

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In the agricultural industry, the most extensively used fuel is diesel, and diesel is used to power the farms and farm equipment, and the most important of them is the farm tractor. However, from an environmental standpoint, India’s agriculture sector accounts for 16.2% of the country’s overall greenhouse gas emissions. Farm mechanization helps the  Indian agriculture industry to increase production by roughly about 40%.

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Volkswagen Is Considering Making An Electric Pickup

InsideEVs

An affordable electric VW truck could be on the way.

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Why Tesla wonā€™t lose sleep over other automakers achieving massive range ratings

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Tesla is normally confronted with plenty of interesting and challenging metrics from competitors, especially in terms of range and speed. With the Mercedes-Benz VISION EQXX accomplishing a major feat of over 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) driven on a single charge earlier this week, many may wonder if Tesla engineers are scrambling around attempting to crank out some new EV with 2,000 kilometers of range.

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2022 Tesla Model X Long Range Review: Still The Ultimate Electric SUV?

InsideEVs

Kyle Conner checks out the revised Model X.

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