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GlobalData: Russian nickel sanctions would slow electric vehicle adoption

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Following overnight increases in the 3-month nickel price earlier this week—with prices on the London Metal Exchange (LME) up as much as 250% in two trading days above $100k per ton—the LME made the decision to suspend trading in the metal on 8 March. Trading had yet to resume as of 10 March.

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UK and China launch 3-year, £20M low carbon innovation program

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Since 2007, RCUK has invested more than £29 million (US49 million) in joint UK-China energy research projects, most of which have been supported by matched resources from Chinese funders, the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).

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Geely invests in Carbon Recycling Intl.; vehicles fueled by methanol from CO2, water and renewable energy

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In late April 2015, Geely Auto deployed a first-of-its-kind fleet of 150 methanol-fueled taxis in the southern Chinese city of Guiyang in cooperation with the municipal government. The company is proactively working with partners across China to expand the use of methanol-fueled vehicles.

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Inside the Global Race to Tap Potent Offshore Wind

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But the shallow waters east of London are already packed with wind turbines. To arrest the accelerating pace of a changing climate, the world needs a lot more clean energy to electrify heating, transportation, and industry and to displace fossil-fuel generation. Scotland’s deeper waters are therefore the U.K.’s s next frontier.

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Manganese Could Be the Secret Behind Truly Mass-Market EVs

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VW, despite its EVs outselling Tesla in Europe, is under intense competitive pressure from Tesla, and in the Chinese market where VW underperforms. Even that piddling storage and range rapidly degraded, especially in the southwestern United States and other searing climates, leaving customers howling. (It

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