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Study calls for reduction in car ownership, battery size and vehicle dependency to limit environmental impact of surging lithium demand

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US consumers are embracing electric vehicles (EVs), with more than half of the nation’s car sales predicted to be electric by 2030. Some level of mining is necessary to build out zero-emission energy systems, the report concedes, but notes that the volume of extraction is not a given. Riofrancos et al. 2°C of warming.

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EEA: no improvements on average CO2 emissions from new cars registered in 2017 in Europe

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grams (g) of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) per kilometer more than in 2016. According to the provisional data, the average CO 2 emissions of a new car sold in the EU rose by 0.4 Since 2010, when monitoring started under current EU legislation, official emissions have decreased by 22 g CO 2 /km (16 %). g/km last year to 118.5g/km.

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Nissan to Build Li-ion Battery Plants for EVs in the UK and Portugal

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The governments of the UK and Portugal have offered to extend financial assistance and other support to ensure that Nissan locates the proposed plants within their respective countries. The two plants are scheduled to supply the advanced lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles to be produced by the Renault-Nissan Alliance.

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Nature Materials editorial urges reconsideration of approach to battery regulation in Europe

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The European Union (EU) … is planning to require that all new cars sold from 2035 have zero carbon emissions—a bold and valuable goal, but one that will demand the rapid development of both vehicle-charging infrastructure and battery production. — Nature Materials editorial. 21, 131 (2022).

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COVID-19 outbreak poised to strengthen EV momentum and the markets for cobalt and copper

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Over the past couple of years, the drive towards electric vehicles has been relentless, with tens of billions of dollars committed to the electrification of new model offerings. In China, the Ministry of Commerce recently outlined policy measures which include further consumer support to purchase electric vehicles.

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Nissan Hosts the Launch of the UK Hydrogen Network (UK-HyNet) Project

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While the UK already has clusters of knowledge and technological innovation in hydrogen, fuel cells and low-carbon energy systems, efforts have until now remained localised—and thus dwarfed by national projects abroad. To date the Alliance has signed two final agreements in Europe with Portugal and the Principality of Monaco.

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Nissan to make electic car batteries at Sunderland plant

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The announcement comes as the Prime Minister announced the region would become the UK’s first Low Carbon Economic Area specialising in ultra-low carbon vehicles. The battery investment makes Nissan Sunderland a good contender for manufacture of the group’s new ‘greener’ electric vehicles.

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