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

Charged EVs

Graphex is a major global producer and distributor of graphite in its various forms. 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.

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Report: Chinese Export Rule Changes Could Impact EV Battery Production

The Truth About Cars

Mozambique and Madagascar produce 13 and 8.5 percent of the global graphite supply, respectively, while Brazil handles about 6 percent. Canada and Brazil are the only real exceptions located in our hemisphere. China is also responsible for controlling the raw materials needed to construct them in the first place.&

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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. EPI and Global Sustainability Data. 2018 EPI Trends. 2018 EPI Trends.

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