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Stellantis makes $155M investment in McEwen Copper Argentina project

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Stellantis announced a $155-million investment in a copper project located in Argentina, which will make a major contribution to the company’s plan to become carbon net zero by 2038. Los Azules is an advanced-stage porphyry copper exploration project in the San Juan pro-mining province of Argentina. The company is acquiring a 14.2%

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

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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. The table below lists the weight (in kg) of the minerals used in a typical electric car and a typical conventional car.

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BYD wins order for another 406 electric buses in Bogotá, Colombia

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BYD won an order to deliver another 406 battery-electric buses to the Colombian capital of Bogotá, coming shortly after a previous announcement on 17 December of the delivery of the 470 pure electric buses to the city. BYD will co-work with Superpolo, a Colombian bus manufacturer, on the body part of the buses for such order.

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Cornell study examines trade-off between critical metals requirement and transportation decarbonization

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A team from Cornell, with a colleague from Paul Scherrer Institute, has analyzed the trade-off between the decarbonization potential of the road transportation sector and its critical metal requirement from the demand-side perspective in 48 major countries committing to decarbonize their road transportation sectors aided by electric vehicles (EVs).

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Eaton signs long-term agreement with Argentine bus manufacturer TATSA to design and supply hybrid systems

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Eaton Corporation has signed a long-term agreement to design and supply Argentine bus manufacturer Tecnología Avanzada en Transporte S. with a hybrid electric power system for use in buses in Argentina and throughout South America. TATSA), a company wholly owned by Consorcio Metropolitano de Transporte S.A.,

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Roskill forecasts increasing dependence of Li market on batteries; switch from portable electronics to hybrids

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Roskill is an international metals and minerals market research firm. In addition, in the period to 2017 Roskill forecasts that the main market driver for lithium-ion batteries will gradually switch from portable consumer electronics to electric vehicles, especially hybrid variants.

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Daimler Buses acquires a 5.25% stake in IVU AG; strategic partnership for integrated mobility

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Public transport is undergoing a radical transformation; Daimler Buses has identified three issues that will have a significant impact on the transport transformation: increasing connectivity; electric mobility; and digital mobility services. —Martin Müller-Elschner, CEO of IVU Traffic Technologies. Return on sales was 5.9

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