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Power Global, Rap Eco Motors to launch mass electric auto-rickshaw line powered by swappable battery technology

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Power Global and Rap Eco Motors partner to deliver 50,000 made-in-India electric auto-rickshaws built upon the swappable eZee module. Rap Eco Motors delivers premier e-rickshaws nationwide and abroad to countries in Asia, Africa, Europe and South America.

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MAN Truck & Bus will offer an eBus chassis for the global market; NMC and LFP battery options

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MAN Truck & Bus will in future be offering an eBus chassis for the global market. By 2040, sales of zero-emission buses are expected to rise to more than 80% of the global market. First prototypes are to be delivered as early as 2023, series production is slated to start in 2024.

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Brine-to-battery company EnergyX secures $450M funding agreement with Global Emerging Markets

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Lithium and battery technology company Energy Exploration Technologies announced a $450-million investment commitment from Global Emerging Markets (GEM). Founded in 1991, GEM (Global Emerging Markets) is a $3.4-billion billion alternative investment firm with offices in Paris, New York, and the Bahamas.

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Start-Up MOBI LATAM partners with EnergyX to develop Bolivian domestic lithium battery supply chain

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Both companies will work towards creating a Bolivian domestic lithium battery supply chain to develop the region’s electric mobility market. However, Bolivia is production-poor; Chile and Argentina are top global producers, but Bolivia has yet to produce the mineral in commercial quantities. (The

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POSCO begins construction of S Korea’s first lithium hydroxide plant

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Korea) of the country’s first lithium hydroxide plant, which will produce secondary battery materials using lithium produced from brine in Argentina. Hombre Muerto is Argentina’s longest producing salar, with Livent Corp having produced 20,000 tonnes/year of battery-grade lithium for over 25 years.

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TWAICE and pepper partner for full battery transparency in retrofitted commercial vehicles

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TWAICE’s analytics software will make the battery performance and lifetime of electrified powertrains transparent and thus more sustainable. This provides pepper customers with battery insights and enables optimal operation. The vehicles will be delivered primarily in Europe, North and South America. Analog Devices.

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Ensorcia to invest €200M to build lithium hydroxide conversion plant in Europe

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Ensorcia, whose main operations are now based in Argentina and Chile, currently has several projects under study for the creation of different lithium processing plants in South America, Europe and North America.