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BMW Group to source lithium from Livent

Green Car Congress

Livent will supply the lithium directly to the BMW Group’s battery cell manufacturers from 2022 on. By sourcing lithium from a second supplier, we are securing requirements for production of our current fifth generation of battery cells. Working towards strict IRMA standard for lithium mining.

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Obama sets goal of reducing US oil imports by 1/3 by 2025; domestic and Western Hemisphere production, natural gas, biofuels, electric vehicles, fleet purchases

Green Car Congress

We’re also exploring and assessing new frontiers for oil and gas development from Alaska to the Mid- and South Atlantic. That’s why we’ve already doubled the number of alternative vehicles in the federal fleet, and that’s why, today, I am directing agencies to purchase 100% alternative fuel, hybrid, or electric vehicles by 2015.

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Our EV warrior

Electric Auto Association

A decade on the EV road Hall’s involvement in the EV world began when he purchased a Nissan LEAF in 2011. Mexican border to the Canadian Yukon and into Alaska. But the situation changed at the border, where the Canadian officials “Looked into my trunk for prohibited food and found the battery,“ he said.

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Our EV warrior

Electric Auto Association

A decade on the EV road Hall’s involvement in the EV world began when he purchased a Nissan LEAF in 2011. Mexican border to the Canadian Yukon and into Alaska. But the situation changed at the border, where the Canadian officials “Looked into my trunk for prohibited food and found the battery,“ he said.

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Electrifying School Buses

Noodoe

School districts and manufacturers are developing systems so these rolling batteries can help balance local energy demands. However, numerous programs want to reduce that burden for school districts by offering assistant to offset the purchase prices. Fleets work on a different schedule from standard vehicles.

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Parking EVs In Driveways and on the Street: Implications for EV Charging

EV Adoption

In cold temperatures EV batteries take longer to charge and are less efficient, and will see reduced range as drivers turn up their heaters and seat warmers. For the homeowner without a garage, these include curbside chargers, wireless charging, portable batteries, and charging that comes to you. Image Source: SparkCharge.

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BMW Group commissions study on sustainable lithium extraction

Green Car Congress

The aim of the University of Alaska-Anchorage and University of Massachusetts-Amherst study will be to investigate the impacts of lithium extraction on the hydrologic environment in Latin America. —Patrick Hudde, head of Indirect Purchasing Raw Materials Management, BMW Group. BASF SE is contributing to finance the study.

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