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What Causes Electric Scooters to Be Expensive in India?

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The one-word answer is the battery or, if you are looking for an essay, I am afraid because the answer is still the battery there is nothing else. New revolt RV 400 is priced around ?101,470, Ather 450X comes with a price tag above ?140,000. The other option is to import batteries. Taking a Closer Look.

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The EV Transition Explained: How to Meet Sales Targets?

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Toyota President Akio Toyoda , who has been receiving strident criticism for not committing the company to an all-battery EV strategy, reportedly stated that meeting the California EV requirements will “realistically speaking … be difficult to achieve.” Rising EV battery prices do not help. The automakers do have a point.

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Korean consortium forming JV with Bolivian miner Comibol for lithium production in Salar de Uyuni

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KORES ) and steelmaker POSCO has entered an agreement with Bolivia’s state-run miner Comibol (Corporación Minera de Bolivia) to set up a joint venture to produce lithium intended for lithium-ion batteries. Prices reached $4,752 per ton as of 28 July, up $200 compared with last month and almost 100% from 2003, government data show.

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LIVE BLOG: Tesla 2023 Cyber Roundup (Annual Shareholder Meeting)

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That’s a new record, though it was one that was achieved following notable price cuts to the company’s vehicle lineup. 16:43 CT – Tesla bull Gary Black of The Future Fund asks about Tesla’s pricing strategy for the Model Y moving forward. Musk notes that Tesla looks at demand and adjusts pricing to meet the demand.

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Live Blog: Tesla (TSLA) 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders

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So mining for battery materials will stop when the transportation sector becomes electric. By this time, key battery components could be recycled. 15:38 PT – Elon highlights the importance of solar and batteries. 15:16 PT – Elon addresses some of the concerns about methane and batteries. Credit: Tesla/YouTube.

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USGS records nonfuel mineral production jump of $3.6B in 2022

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Increases in production of nonfuel mineral commodities and increases in prices of some industrial minerals and minerals used to make batteries contributed to the total value of nonfuel mineral production increasing in 2022, according to the report.

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Benchhmark report: cobalt’s price rises highlight shift to battery-driven pricing dynamics

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While cobalt prices have shown positive signs of late, there are nuances within the market which highlight the key fundamentals that will likely decide cobalt’s future price trend—which is taking its cues less and less from the industrial metal supply chain, according to a new report from Benchmark Mineral Intelligence.

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