Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

FREYR Battery, a developer of clean, next-generation battery cell production capacity, has become a member of the Fair Cobalt Alliance (FCA) to underscore FREYR’s commitment to developing a sustainable global battery industry. The FCA focuses on economic diversification, improving worker conditions at mine sites and supporting child rights.

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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

MAY 8, 2013

Global land-use changes caused by a major ramp-up in biofuel crops—enough to meet about 10% of the world’s energy needs—could make some regions warmer, according to a new integrated modeling study by researchers from MIT and the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole. We’ve found the greatest impacts occur at a regional level.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2021

A global EV pioneer and one of the world’s leading battery makers are also part of the pilot. The solution is supported by boutique technology studio Kryha, which is experienced in carbon footprint and metals traceability and known for projects with the World Economic Forum.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2023

Although there is no scarcity of reserves for these energy transition minerals, global capabilities for mining and refining them are limited. Supporting policies will allow developing countries realise new business opportunities and could improve resilience while keeping the global decarbonisation agenda on course.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 11, 2023

However, process scrap makes up the majority of the global scrap pool in China, due to the large number of battery gigafactories in production. Prices for battery-grade lithium carbonate in China have fallen by 47% year-to-date, according to Benchmark. Earlier post.) Lower lithium prices. from June to an average of 74.5%.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2021

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) supplies about 70% of cobalt. So, to satisfy the new recycling rules, Europe’s manufacturers could, perversely, need to import recycled material, in particular from China—which, along with South Korea, has become an important global centre for battery recycling. — Nature editorial.

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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

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

China continues to dominate BloombergNEF’s (BNEF) global lithium-ion battery supply chain ranking, for the third time in a row, for both 2022 and its projection for 2027, due to continued support for the electric vehicle demand and raw materials investments.

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Reeling from a crushing shortage of semiconductor chips for vehicles, carmakers also face another looming crisis: producing enough batteries to drive the global pivot towards electric vehicles. The Democratic Republic of Congo produces 70 percent of the world's cobalt, and most of the world's nickel sits under Indonesian rainforests.

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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. In 2019, 63 percent of global electricity was produced from fossil-fuel sources, the exact nature of which varies substantially among regions.

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Charged EVs

JANUARY 18, 2023

OPTEL uses globally-recognized standards to facilitate the sharing of data with partners and government regulators. Of course, the global depredations of the oil and agriculture industries are long-standing and well-documented, but as environmentalists, we need to hold ourselves to much higher standards. Q&A with OPTEL’s Ken Fallu.

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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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Get Electric Vehicle

JUNE 6, 2023

  In this article, we will explore the depths of the EV supply chain, from global suppliers to raw materials, manufacturing complexities to logistics and distribution, and the exciting world of supply chain risk management. Here are some major global suppliers in the EV industry. Electric Vehicle Supply Chain #1.

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Charged EVs

JANUARY 18, 2023

Charged spoke with Stéphane Ponthieux, Director of Certification, Global Service Line at Bureau Veritas, which performs on-site verification services and partners with OPTEL to provide the V-Trace solution. But the carbon footprint of battery production is not neutral. And as of today, after the car is made, it’s a reality.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 21, 2022

The global market for these magnets is expected to reach $20 billion a year within a couple of years, as the automobile industry shifts towards electric vehicles and as utilities turn increasingly to wind turbines to meet growing demand. I studied the rare-earth, iron, boron or rare-earth, iron, carbon. But I was not allowed.

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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

According to a recent report from S&P Global Commodity Insights , the price of cobalt is up around 85%, and nickel about 55%, over the past year, but lithium has really gone through the roof—prices for the light white stuff have surged over 700% since the beginning of 2021. What’s the scarcest of them all? Greening the supply chain.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 7, 2021

However, Elon responds to the inquiry by stating that the annual global capacity is about 100 million per year. 15:14 PT – Elon proposes the carbon tax. Can there be a carbon tax, what the hell?” He notes that the Model 3 has become the best-selling premium vehicle globally. “I Unfortunately, the audio is lacking.

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