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

Cars That Think

A few cables connect Indian Ocean islands—such as Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, and the Seychelles—to the African mainland. And on the other side, there’s cables linking Cameroon and Angola with the cable hub that is Fortaleza in Brazil. 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.

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

Charged EVs

The Inflation Reduction Act requires, to receive the incentives, restrictions on where the critical minerals come from, where they’re processed, etc, so we’re looking at Canada, Brazil, Australia, we’re looking at Southern Africa, Mozambique, Madagascar, Tanzania, for alternate sources of the raw material.

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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. All trend analyses are based on backcasting this year’s EPI methods on historical data. 2018 EPI Trends.

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Micro-components in EVs: small dimensions and tight tolerances (Whitepaper) – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

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