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Tesla Energy director believes Australia can become a large supplier of lithium

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Tesla Energy director Mark Twidell believes Australia is well-positioned to become a large supplier of lithium as demand for electric cars and large energy storage units continues to rise. Mark Twidell stood in for Tesla Chairman Robyn Denholm at the Southstart entrepreneurs conference in Adelaide recently.

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More than 50 percent of MoUs signed in Vibrant Gujarat are green | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

According to industry estimates, the state’s automotive sector is now valued at USD 3 billion, with Gujarat exporting automobiles and auto components with over eight lakh vehicles exported in the fiscal year 2020-21. This will lead to 1.7 times more production and 2.7 times more exports this year. NTPC is planning an additional USD 8.40

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Perspective: The UN Approval Process for Carbon Offsets

Green Car Congress

Every ton of offsets verified by a DOE can thereafter be used to compensate for excessive emissions by companies in Europe, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand. United Nations Climate Change Conference Copenhagen 2009. The two central questions are: (a) Who is liable if credits are found to have been contrived? Donovan (3 March 2010).

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The EV Transition Explained: Local Policies Shape Global Competition

Cars That Think

million dollars in new car sales in 2021, according to data from the National Automobile Dealer Association. In 2014, President Xi Jinping defined China’s intent, stating, “Developing new-energy vehicles is the only way for China to move from a big automobile country to a powerful automobile hub.” Like the U.S.,

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The Magnet That Made the Modern World

Cars That Think

The two project leaders— Masato Sagawa of Sumitomo and John Croat of GM—surprised each other by announcing their results at the same conference in Pittsburgh in 1983. Masato Sagawa of Sumitomo (left) announced the invention of a revolutionary neodymium-iron-boron permanent magnet at a conference in Pittsburgh, Penn., in November, 1983.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

It will appear in Europe next year as the Opel Ampera and in Australia as the Holden Volt in 2012. South Korea did that and Australia is going to be doing that. needs to have an indigenous automobile industry, and not merely "transplants". The car is expected to cost around $40,000. Never again.

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