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Baker Institute report: China has positioned itself as a gatekeeper to the energy transition; nickel case study

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How Electrifying Transport and Chinese Investment are Playing Out in Indonesia —focuses on nickel as a critical mineral, but has implications for the broader minerals and materials supply chains needed for broad-scale energy transition. Global Nickel Trade and Chinese Dominance. The detailed report— Need Nickel?

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Geely exports more than 100,000 vehicles in 2012; 164% year-on-year growth

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Geely’s current major overseas markets include Ukraine, Russia, Iraq and Saudi Arabia. The EC7 series alone sold more than 30,000 units, an increase of more than 500% in year-on-year comparison with 2011 export figures. In addition, plans for new production facilities in Ethiopia and Brazil are well under way.

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The U.S.-China Chip Ban, Explained

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Commerce Department issued new rules that clamped down on the export of certain advanced chips—which have military or AI applications—to Chinese customers. has blocked chip sales to individual Chinese customers. In response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine earlier this year, the U.S. It has now been over a month since the U.S.

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2020 Top 10 Countries in the Global EV Revolution

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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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