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BNEF: producing battery materials in the DRC could lower supply-chain emissions and add value to the country’s cobalt

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Capital cost to build a 10k metric-ton battery precursor plant. The DRC’s cost competitiveness comes from its relatively cheap access to land and low engineering, procurement and construction, or EPC, cost compared to the US, Poland and China. This is three times cheaper than what a similar plant in the US would cost. Source: BNEF.

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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. If you’re the battery engineer, you want to know, is this graphite going to work in my battery?

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Video Friday: Ameca Humanoid

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Engineered Arts ] Looks like Flexiv had a tasty and exceptionally safe Thanksgiving! The Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the CTU in Prague wishes you a Merry Christmas and much success, health and energy in 2022! [ Apparently, the eventual plan is to get Ameca to walk. But also kind of lonely :( [ Flexiv ] Thanks, Yunfan!