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Report: EV factories may be leading utilities to dirtier decisions

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Anticipated demand from the auto industry—as well as solar-panel manufacturing and data centers—is leading utilities to forecast single-digit percentage growth every year through the end of the decade in some regions, according to report.

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Grant Thornton LLP Warns of Potential Collapse of Automotive Supply Chain

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But the most immediate and pervasive risk to the economy is a wholesale collapse of the automotive supply base, Grant Thornton LLP partner Laura Marcero told the Automotive Press Association in Detroit. Meanwhile, adding further downside pressure is that banks in many cases are working to reduce their exposure to the auto industry.

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GM hires EV superstar Kurt Kelty as Vice President of Batteries – Charged EVs

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It’s plain to anyone who follows the auto industry that there are pro-EV and anti-EV factions at every legacy automaker. For the last three decades, the OEMs’ interest in EVs has flapped this way and that in the winds of quarterly earnings and political shifts. Kelty could be just the man to turn things around.

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Tesla supplier Talon Metals on Manchin EV Bill, Tesla & more

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The two companies signed an offtake partnership in January of this year to supply nickel from Talon’s project in central Minnesota. He also added significant new government support to help the supply chain get up and running on an urgent basis. approach to supply chain security. and other battery minerals in the USA.

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The Staggering Scale of the EV Transition

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Transformers can cost more than US $20,000 each , and they’re already in short supply in many countries. Bob’s hope, and ours, is that policymakers, auto-industry executives, engineers, and consumers will use his analysis to inform their discussions and decisions about the best ways to transition to EVs—at scale.

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What V2G Tells Us About EVs and the Grid

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As the number of electric vehicles on the world’s roads explodes, electric utilities are grappling with increasing demand while simultaneously having to stabilize their grids where more intermittent renewable-energy sources like wind and solar are coming online. That’s the promise of vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology.

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Automaker workforce says EPA’s proposed car emissions regulations are unachievable

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Bozzella often known as at the EPA to sync up its proposal with the California Wind Sources Board and NHTSA’s still-to-come gasoline financial system requirements. “The auto industry is making huge progress on electrification and continued improvements to internal combustion engine technology. “If U.S.