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Mercedes-Benz launching round-the-world fuel cell car drive

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Such an undertaking would not be possible, using purely battery-powered electric vehicles. From China they will then pass through Kazakhstan, Russia and finally northern Europe, until the tour will return to Stuttgart at the beginning of June, where the 125-day round-the-world tour will come to an end.

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Volkswagen Group’s Škoda to unveil 500 km Vision E electric concept at Shanghai show; leveraging MEB for electromobility

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The five-door SUV coupé can travel up to 500 km (311 miles) on purely electric power and meets the level 3 requirements for autonomous driving. ŠKODA will stage the world premiere of the VISION E electric concept vehicle at the upcoming Shanghai Motor Show 2017 (19 – 28 April).

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Mercedes CEO Says Brand Sticking With China for the Long Haul

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This purchasing power should benefit us." The security bloc incorporates China, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. We have to become more resilient here and more independent of individual countries, for example when it comes to lithium batteries." influence.&

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Opinion: Uranium Prices Set To Double By 2018

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But the toxicity levels have dissipated, and nuclear energy is rebounding as a cleaner power source with next generation safeguards. Powering all of these developments will require an impressive amount of uranium. Gray , President and CEO of Zadar Ventures Ltd., a North American uranium and lithium explorer.

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IEA World Energy Outlook view on the transport sector to 2035; passenger car fleet doubling to almost 1.7B units, driving oil demand up to 99 mb/d; reconfirming the end of cheap oil

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The largest increase in oil production comes from Iraq, followed by Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Kazakhstan and Canada. More efficient power plants and carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology could boost prospects for coal, but the latter still faces significant regulatory, policy and technical barriers that make its deployment uncertain.

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Tesla 2024 Annual Shareholder Meeting transcript: June 13, 2024

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We design our manufacturing processes to use less water per vehicle than the industry average, and for the third year in a row, we power our Supercharger network with 100 percent renewable energy. In 2023 alone, we supported the recovery of enough battery materials to build 43,000 new Rear-Wheel-Drive Model Ys.

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