article thumbnail

UP Catalyst offering carbon-negative graphite for European battery supply chain

Green Car Congress

UP Catalyst , an Estonia-based company developing a method to produce sustainable carbon nanomaterials and graphite from CO 2 ( earlier post ), says that it can produce carbon-negative graphite, consuming 3.7 The valuable mineral for electric vehicle (EV) batteries is now considered a critical raw material.

Carbon 186
article thumbnail

Minerals used in electric cars: How much does the US import and from where?

Green Car Congress

This post focuses on minerals used uniquely in the manufacture of electric cars. The table below lists the weight (in kg) of the minerals used in a typical electric car and a typical conventional car. Electric cars. net import reliance for the eight minerals used in electric cars. China, Estonia, Japan, Malaysia.

Gabon 353
article thumbnail

ACEA: data show EU market for electric cars highly fragmented; need for inclusive measures

Green Car Congress

The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) has published new data demonstrating the correlation between the market uptake of electrically-chargeable vehicles (ECVs) and both GDP and customer incentives. By contrast, almost half of all EU member states have an ECV market share of 0.5% ECV Units sold. GDP per capita.

Greece 150
article thumbnail

EEA: Fuel efficiency improvements of new cars in Europe slowed in 2016

Green Car Congress

Registrations increased in all EU Member States except in the Czech Republic, the Netherlands and Slovenia. of new sales, followed by gasoline vehicles (47%), and alternatively fueled vehicles (3.3%, including electric vehicles). of all new cars sold in the EU. With an average of 118.1 A total of 14.7 of registrations.

2016 170
article thumbnail

2023’s Top Stories About Energy

Cars That Think

A real corker, and the answer to the question, what generates electricity but isn’t a dynamo or a fuel cell? Heat Pumps—The Well-Tempered Future of A/Cs A window-mounted air-conditioning system includes an electric heat pump for heating. NASA Battery Tech to Deliver for the Grid EnerVenue’s nickel-hydrogen battery cells are 1.8

Fusion 81
article thumbnail

Mitsubishi Motors to supply 635 Outlander PHEVs to National Police of Ukraine

Green Car Congress

This marks the second time MMC has supplied vehicles under the Green Investment Scheme, the first being to deliver of 507 units of the i-MiEV all-new electric vehicle to the Government of Estonia starting in October 2011. A new EV Priority Mode is available across all variants. increase versus the previous version.

Ukraine 150
article thumbnail

EEA: average CO2 emissions from new cars and new vans in Europe increased in 2018

Green Car Congress

Moreover, the market penetration of zero- and low-emission vehicles, including electric cars, remained slow in 2018. Other key findings include: Gasoline cars were the most sold passenger vehicles in the EU and in Iceland, constituting almost 60% of all new registrations.

2018 259