Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

The Mercedes-Benz electric offensive is a key component of its “Ambition2039” strategic focus and a prerequisite on the way to carbon neutrality. Responsibly mined and processed raw materials provide the foundation for a sustainable Mercedes-Benz electric vehicle fleet.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 4, 2011

Elsewhere in West Africa, Angola, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo and Cameroon collectively waste about 10 billion cubic meters of natural gas every year. Successful capture and flare gas utilization could potentially triple per capita electricity consumption for this nation of 155 million people. GE Energy Flare Gas Reduction Study.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2020

Preliminary findings included as part of the brief: The greenhouse gas emissions benefits of EVs are clear and will grow as global electricity supplies become increasingly less carbon-intensive. Certain risks are, however, particularly connected with mining for minerals used in EV batteries.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2021

Tested in real operating conditions, from upstream cobalt production facilities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to downstream electric vehicle production sites, the pilot will run until the end of 2021, with the roll-out of the final solution expected in 2022.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 11, 2023

Prices for battery-grade lithium carbonate in China have fallen by 47% year-to-date, according to Benchmark. Chinese battery-grade spot lithium carbonate prices fell by 10% in July, according to Benchmark’s Lithium Price Assessment, to RMB 279,000 a tonne ($38,834), due to weaker demand from cathode producers. Lower lithium prices.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2013

°C in the Amazon Basin and the eastern part of the Congo Basin. This tropical warming is made worse with more deforestation, which also causes a release of carbon dioxide, further contributing to the warming of the planet.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2021

That’s according to Dr. Michael Moats, professor and interim chair of materials science and engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology, who says reducing carbon emissions from energy systems in the United States will increase the need for metal production by two to six times per kilowatt of energy production.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2021

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) supplies about 70% of cobalt. This would have a considerable carbon footprint. Batteries are crucial for Earth’s low-carbon future. Around 90% of the DRC’s cobalt comes from its industrial mines (90,000 tonnes annually).The — Nature editorial. — Nature editorial.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) can leverage its abundant cobalt resources and hydroelectric power to become a low-cost and low-emissions producer of lithium-ion battery cathode precursor materials, according to a new study on a unified African supply chain by BloombergNEF (BNEF).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2011

The joint venture will also pave the way for Asia’s fourth-largest economy to take part in a project to develop lithium carbonate in the region, officials said. POSCO plans to bid for construction of lithium-carbonate manufacturing and processing facilities in Uyuni, it added. million tons, respectively. China and Argentina total 5.4

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2023

Australia (lithium), China (graphite, rare earths), Chile (copper and lithium), the Democratic Republic of Congo (cobalt), Indonesia (nickel) and South Africa (platinum, iridium) are the dominant players. Today, the mining of critical materials is highly concentrated in specific geographical locations.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Niquelandia provided the SMP Refinery with nickel carbonate. It was placed on care and maintenance by CBA in 2016, when CBA also placed its Niquelandia mine and processing plant in Brazil on care and maintenance due to prevailing market conditions at the time.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

The increasing prices of lithium has also led to higher investments in carbonate and hydroxide refinery facilities in the country, making it the leading refiner of battery metals globally. China currently hosts 75% of all battery cell manufacturing capacity and 90% of anode and electrolyte production.

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The Democratic Republic of Congo produces 70 percent of the world's cobalt, and most of the world's nickel sits under Indonesian rainforests. Another study has shown that producing metals from nodules would create far less carbon dioxide emissions than from land ores.

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Electric Auto Association

OCTOBER 6, 2021

What is the impact on the EV lifecycle carbon footprint? A 30% decrease in grid carbon intensity would reduce emissions from the battery production chain by about 17%. Audi’s e-Tron batteries are manufactured at a carbon-neutral facility. So, how clean is EV battery manufacturing? Is it becoming cleaner?

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 20, 2022

With all this, consumers and policymakers alike are hopeful that society will soon greatly reduce its carbon emissions by replacing today’s cars with electric vehicles. about 60 percent of its electricity from fossil fuels, primarily natural gas, which produces less carbon than coal does. falls somewhere in the middle, deriving.

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Charged EVs

JANUARY 18, 2023

All the new gigafactories that will be building batteries in the coming years, they’re focusing on proof of origin, making sure that their material is not contaminated with material coming from unwanted areas, from China or from Congo for example, or partly produced with child labor.

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Drive Electric NZ

AUGUST 9, 2022

Electric vehicles typically have a smaller operating carbon footprint than gasoline cars, even when accounting for the electricity used for charging. With the full cradle-to-grave life cycle in mind, the question becomes: does an EV have a smaller carbon footprint over its lifetime than an ICEV? Manufacturing an Electric Vehicle.

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Electric Auto Association

OCTOBER 6, 2021

What is the impact on the EV lifecycle carbon footprint? A 30% decrease in grid carbon intensity would reduce emissions from the battery production chain by about 17%. Audi’s e-Tron batteries are manufactured at a carbon-neutral facility. So, how clean is EV battery manufacturing? Is it becoming cleaner?

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Charged EVs

JANUARY 18, 2023

As an example, raw materials are located in different regions of the world, and 90% of the cobalt used in EV batteries comes from the Democratic Republic of Congo. But the carbon footprint of battery production is not neutral. I think these regulatory initiatives are for accelerating some movement and relocation.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 21, 2022

During my early years at General Motors Research Labs , there was a war in Central African Zaire [now known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo], which is a big cobalt supplier. Rare-earth, iron and, I think, a small amount of additive elements like some carbon or boron, which are known to have a very small atomic diameter.

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Get Electric Vehicle

JUNE 6, 2023

The majority of cobalt production occurs in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where ethical and environmental issues have been raised. These include the displacement of indigenous communities, land degradation, deforestation, water pollution, and carbon emissions associated with mining operations.

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Drive Electric NZ

AUGUST 9, 2022

Electric vehicles typically have a smaller carbon footprint than gasoline cars, even when accounting for the electricity used for charging. For this reason, it’s not only the carbon emissions from using your vehicle to take into consideration but also the manufacturing process. Manufacturing an Electric Vehicle.

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Charged EVs

AUGUST 16, 2022

Primary supply sources are concentrated in the Democratic Republic of Congo for cobalt, Southeast Asia and Russia for nickel, and Australia/Chile/China for lithium,” says Litinsky. “In In some cases, a material is produced in one region, processed in another, and sent on to a third, generating emissions along the way.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 7, 2021

15:14 PT – Elon proposes the carbon tax. Can there be a carbon tax, what the hell?” A member of the Sisters of Good Shepherd New York cites the human rights impact of cobalt, a controversial material that still sees child labor in the Congo region. “Our goal is to have the safest factory on Earth,” he said.

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