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EV Guru: Sodium-Ion Batteries are Coming Sooner Than You think!

Plug In India

” Musk pointed to data from the information service World of Statistics showing that the price of lithium hydroxide had risen to $78,032 per metric ton from $6,800 in 2019. Read the C&EN research here Lithium right now is very expensive and Sodium is quite cheap. As Musk says, there is a lot of lithium.

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Rajiv Bajaj's Chetak has a New Factory & Sad State of Auto Media

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Essentially Bajaj are artificially keeping Chetak production numbers low thus raising less awareness of EV’s so that he can delay the EV movement, which in turn ensures his ICE motorcycle business is not affected. What do you guys think? The price definitely seems inflated in our opinion. Only soft balls were thrown.

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EV Chargers for All!

Cars That Think

Wading through the wealth of rental statistics from sources like the National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) and the Urban Institute , I discovered the full scope and complexity of the impediments involved. Atom Power says its smart circuit breaker will make charging electric cars as cheap and easy as using Wi-Fi. households.