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Video Friday: ARTEMIS

Cars That Think

CMU ] I cannot believe that this system made it to the commercial pilot stage, but pretty awesome that it has, right? RoboCup ] WeRobotics is coordinating critical cargo drone logistics in Madagascar with Aerial Metric, Madagascar Flying Labs and PSI. Plus ] Curiosity has now been exploring Mars for 10 years (!)

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Video Friday: Ameca Humanoid

Cars That Think

ETH Zurich ] Cassie Blue autonomously navigates on the second floor of the Ford Robotics Building at the University of Michigan. MBZIRC ] Madagascar Flying Labs and WeRobotics are using cargo drones to deliver essential medicines to very remote communities in northern Madagascar. metre-tall green architectural sculpture. [

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Tirupati Graphite to acquire strategic Mozambique graphite projects from Battery Minerals

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Mozambique is home to commercially significant deposits of graphite; a key determinant of mining opportunities in Mozambique is the global energy transition, which has driven demand for certain minerals needed for electric vehicles and vehicles that rely on hydrogen fuel cells. Background.

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

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“The single biggest impediment to new investment is the opaque nature of the market because to get the commercial debt in place is really challenging,” said Verner. Russia, Madagascar, Ukraine, Norway, Canada, India, and Sri Lanka make up the remaining Top 10 countries that produce graphite. Graphite Supply.

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

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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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