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Roskill: Green magnesium moving to commercial reality; China’s dominance under threat?

Green Car Congress

Producers in Canada had conceded defeat by 2008 and the US industry was reduced to just one player that would probably not still be around were it not for punitive anti-dumping duties imposed on imports of Chinese magnesium. Today, well above 80% of the world’s magnesium comes from China.

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Seres 3: Why this Chinese SUV is the worst EV I’ve driven

EV Central

Seres is a subsidiary of Chinese auto giant Dongfeng, and the Seres 3 has sold in China as the Fengon E3 since 2019. It appears the model sells, or has sold, in France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain and Israel. The post Seres 3: Why this Chinese SUV is the worst EV I’ve driven appeared first on EV Central.

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The right way to get oil-rich West Asia to pressure electrical vehicles? Chinese language EV makers contemplate

Baua Electric

With EV call for slowing at house, and firms dealing with considerable import price lists in america in addition to a Ecu Union probe into Chinese language subsidies, automakers view the patch as a big enlargement alternative that, thus far, is in large part untapped. There’s also the threat of the Israel-Hamas war escalating.

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Economics Drives Ray-Gun Resurgence

Cars That Think

Put it down partly to the rising demand for cheap antimissile defense, but it’s mainly the result of technical advances in high-energy lasers. Israel made news in April by field-testing an airborne antimissile laser called Iron Beam, a play on the name Iron Dome, the missile system it has used to down rockets fired from Gaza.

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2020 Top 10 Countries in the Global EV Revolution

EV Sales

For example, with increasing evidence of genocidal Chinese government towards Uyghur residents, including forced labor camps, the lack of transparency regarding whether any Chinese EVs benefit from such labor prompts me to deduct 1 production point from China (out of ~25 it had earned). Globally ~14k Ioniq BEVs were sold.

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