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The Seabed Solution

Cars That Think

Over the next decade, a great shift to electric vehicles is expected to drive up demand for cobalt, nickel, copper, and manganese—all key metals in lithium-ion batteries, and all present in minable quantities in seafloor nodules. And the timing is hardly coincidental. When it ceased operations, it hadn’t mined any metal ore at all.

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Wanted: Electric MINI test drivers

Green Cars News

Fully re-charging the battery using off-peak electricity at current prices will cost around £1.50. This wall box will be supplied with every MINI E and also includes a 6.5m The 240V/32 amp supply provided by the wall box can fully charge the MINI E’s lithium-ion battery pack from empty in just 4.5 charging cable.

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