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Tsinghua researchers conclude surging lithium price will not impede EV boom

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From December 2020 to April 2022, the Chinese spot market has seen a price increase by 830% for lithium carbonate, 100% for cobalt sulfate, and 60% for nickel sulfate, with their per-ton prices rising to $73,000, $18,000, and $7,000, respectively. In comparison, only 40% of global oil supply clusters in the top 3 producing countries.

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LanzaTech Pulls in $18M in Series B Funding; Qiming Ventures Leads

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The financing follows LanzaTech’s signing with Baosteel, China’s largest steel and iron conglomerate, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) to commercialize its technologies for producing ethanol from steel mill off gases. Experimental data and in silico comparisons revealed a third mode of anaerobic homoacetogenic metabolism.

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Tesla China supplier CATL launches cost-effective sodium-ion battery cell

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(CATL) unveiled its sodium-ion battery earlier today, along with a solution that could integrate the cells with lithium-ion batteries in a single pack. The sodium-ion cells are a more cost-effective option than the lithium-ion batteries, opening the door for lower prices in the EV battleground market of China. CATL sold 34.1

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Japanese carmakers still ‘most sustainable’

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Disappointingly, the report also found that leading manufacturers including Porsche, KIA and some Chinese manufacturers are still not producing sufficient sustainability performance data. billion, in comparison with BMW, which having used all the resources considered necessary to create value doubled its sustainable value to €2.8

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Can Flow Batteries Finally Beat Lithium?

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In comparison, lithium-ion batteries cost around $138/kWh. One report from researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences boasts of a 711 Wh/kg lithium-ion battery. A Chinese manufacturer claims that a new lithium manganese iron phosphate battery chemistry will power an EV for 1,000 km on a single charge and last 130 years.