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An Undersea Cable Could Fill In the Gaps on Fiber-Optic Maps

Cars That Think

Even as Google and Meta set their sights on building entirely new lines that will drastically boost the continent’s capacity, those lines hug well-trodden, predictable routes. A few cables connect Indian Ocean islands—such as Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, and the Seychelles—to the African mainland. That meant ramping up plans.

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Tesla supplier sheds light on graphite supply challenge for EV battery manufacturers [Editorial]

Teslarati

After China, Brazil and Mozambique are the next largest graphite producers. Brazil produced 68,000 MT last year, while Mozambique’s output was 30,000 MT. Russia, Madagascar, Ukraine, Norway, Canada, India, and Sri Lanka make up the remaining Top 10 countries that produce graphite. It did not mention the automaker by name.

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A closer look at graphite—its forms, functions and future in EV batteries

Charged EVs

This crystalline carbon allotrope is good for more than just pencils—it’s found in every EV battery anode, and producing graphite in the forms needed to build high-performance battery cells is a complex and exacting process. But now the industry is saying, look, we’re not going to build multi-billion-dollar plants on speculation.

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2018 Environmental Performance Index: Air quality top public health threat

Green Car Congress

Brazil ranks 69 th , they add, suggesting that a concerted focus on sustainability as a policy priority will pay dividends—and that the level and pace of development is just one of many factors affecting environmental performance. All trend analyses are based on backcasting this year’s EPI methods on historical data. 2018 EPI Trends.

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