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One of the Largest Climate-Tech Workforce Partnerships in US History, + More EV & Battery News

CleanTechnica EVs

In good green economic news, electric battery maker SPARKZ and the United Mine Workers coal union have announced a labor-management memorandum of understanding for a planned factory in West Virginia that intends to put out-of-work coal miners back to work.

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Electric-Car Batteries, Rolling Coal, Luring Tesla Gigafactory: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Lots of Tesla news today--including hackers, purchase incentives, even environmental rules in California--plus jet fuel from tobacco, and the odious practice of "rolling coal." All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Bloomberg NEF forecasts falling battery prices enabling surge in wind and solar to 50% of global generation by 2050

Green Car Congress

This year’s outlook is the first to highlight the significant impact that falling battery costs will have on the electricity mix over the coming decades. This year’s outlook is the first to highlight the significant impact that falling battery costs will have on the electricity mix over the coming decades.

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Renault plans Europe's largest battery storage network

Green Car Reports

European electric-carmaker Renault plans to build the continent's largest stationary battery storage network next year using old electric-car batteries.

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Tesla battery life, EPA loves coal, electric-car charging basics, tiny VW T-Roc: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

on Tesla battery life, cover an EPA shocker, go over the basics of electric-car charging, and more. All this and more on Green Car Reports. The battery life of Tesla Model S electric cars is looking pretty good, so far. Today, we review data (and lots of charts!) land, water, and.

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Mitsubishi wants to launch Australia’s cheapest electric car, but there’s a very expensive reason it might not

EV Central

Even as it considers launching Australia’s cheapest battery electric vehicle, Mitsubishi Australia is warning a slow roll-out of renewable energy will impact the uptake of EVs in Australia. In Australia, Mitsubishi was an early EV adopter, selling the i-Miev battery electric mini-car from 2010 to 2014.

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Middle Ground: Going Forward With The EV Transition, But Acknowledging The Impacts of Battery Mining

CleanTechnica EVs

Mining for battery materials can be a touchy subject. They normally don’t care one bit about the environmental impacts of things (or they wouldn’t support the oil and coal industries like they do). The haters and the people who stand to lose money in the transition to clean energy love to bring it up. When […].

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