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BMW Group to source lithium from Livent

Green Car Congress

The salt lakes in the border region between Argentina, Bolivia and Chile are home to roughly half the world’s lithium reserves. Based on its current market forecast, the BMW Group expects at least 50% of its global sales to come from fully-electric vehicles in 2030.

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SEAT to launch 6 electric and plug-in hybrid models, develop smaller version of MEB for lower-cost EVs

Green Car Congress

SEAT, a member of the Volkswagen Group, presented its electric strategy which, until the beginning of 2021, includes six electric and plug-in hybrid models. The CUPRA Leon and the CUPRA Formentor will also have a plug-in hybrid variant.

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Enel enters public transit electrification market in US; partners with MassCEC for electric bus fleet

Green Car Congress

that will be capable of housing a fully-electric fleet of 120 buses and charging infrastructure, as part of the MBTA’s broader plans to design facilities to serve a zero-emissions e-bus fleets.

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AMPECO CEO discusses the software that makes large-scale EV charging systems work in comprehensive Q&A

Charged EVs

We have Chile and Brazil, and even a few customers in Africa. Even in Dubai, for example, all the taxi companies need to be fully electric by 2027. This is where the oldest of our customers are, the ones that have been with us the longest. It’s really universally applicable because it is purely software.

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AMPECO CEO discusses the software that makes large-scale EV charging systems work in comprehensive Q&A – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

We have Chile and Brazil, and even a few customers in Africa. Even in Dubai, for example, all the taxi companies need to be fully electric by 2027. This is where the oldest of our customers are, the ones that have been with us the longest. It’s really universally applicable because it is purely software.

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We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

Cars That Think

That would require a dramatic increase in EV sales: In the United States in 2021, just over 1 million vehicles—less than 1 percent of those on the road—were fully electric. And only 3 percent of the new vehicles sold were fully electric. Some of these materials are highly concentrated in a few countries.