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Minerals used in electric cars: How much does the US import and from where?

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This post focuses on minerals used uniquely in the manufacture of electric cars. The table below lists the weight (in kg) of the minerals used in a typical electric car and a typical conventional car. Electric cars. Conventional cars. Finally, zinc is used to the same extent in both types of cars.

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GM Creates New South America Regional Organization

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GM South America includes GM’s existing sales and manufacturing operations in Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela as well as sales activities in those countries and Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay. The GM International Operations team is doing a great job expanding our global presence.

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Tesla taps new glass supplier for Plaid Model S

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Many months ago, Teslarati stumbled across a list of Tesla’s suppliers through international connections. However, Tesla utilized AGC Automotive’s windshields for its cars, according to Investopedia. Many may ask, “What’s the significance of what glass Tesla is using on its cars?” Thank you.

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Ricardo study predicts that BRIC automotive markets will be eclipsed by the “Rising-15”

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Ricardo’s Rising-15 automotive markets include: Argentina; Egypt; Indonesia; Iran; Malaysia; Mexico; Morocco; Nigeria; Peru; the Philippines; South Africa; Thailand; Turkey; Ukraine; and Vietnam. Nissan’s Datsun brand will unveil a new car in Jakarta, Indonesia on 17 September—the first of two models to go on sale in Indonesia in 2014.

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Bionic Hand Gives Amputees Sense of Touch

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Akhtar and Nguyen flew to Quito, Ecuador, to test their product on Juan Suquillo, who lost his left hand during a 1979 border war between Ecuador and Peru. He has presented papers on Psyonic's work at the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems and the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation.

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Weaponized Robots Letter Calls for Policy, Tech Fixes

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We’re not taking issue with weapons systems that are already governed by an international legal framework. One of the examples that has come up in discussions is about a year ago, a drone in Peru was equipped with a knife and used to free a pigeon that got tangled in power lines.

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GM global sales up 7.6% in 2011 to 9.026M vehicles; China and US largest markets

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Sales were up in all four reporting regions—North America, South America, Europe and International Operations—as GM sold a total of 9,025,942 vehicles compared with 8,385,484 in 2010. International Operations. GM gained four-tenths of a point of market share to 11.9% of the global vehicle industry. compared with 2010.

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