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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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Mercedes CEO Says Brand Sticking With China for the Long Haul

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The security bloc incorporates China, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. The Corona period has shown how fragile the supply chains are. We have to become more resilient here and more independent of individual countries, for example when it comes to lithium batteries."

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Opinion: Uranium Prices Set To Double By 2018

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The market has been skewed by negative sentiments that ignore the supply and demand fundamentals,” says Paul D. As a result, supplies are dwindling. The market has recognized the pending lithium boom, for instance, as heralded by the electric vehicle (EV), battery storage and powerwall push.

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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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Short-term pressures on oil markets are easing with the economic slowdown and the expected return of Libyan supply. Production of conventional crude oil—the largest single component of oil supply—remains at current levels before declining slightly to around 68 mb/d by 2035. —WEO 2011.

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