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Tesla supplier sheds light on graphite supply challenge for EV battery manufacturers [Editorial]

Teslarati

Graphite is an essential part of a lithium-ion battery. “Chinese producers quickly increased production after a few months of closures in 2020. Russia, Madagascar, Ukraine, Norway, Canada, India, and Sri Lanka make up the remaining Top 10 countries that produce graphite. Graphite and the Inflation Reduction Act.

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Opinion: Oil Market ShowdownCan Russia Outlast The Saudis?

Green Car Congress

and EU Ukraine-related economic and financial sanctions. The Association of European Businesses in Russia recently announced that sales of new cars and light commercial vehicles contracted 29 percent in August year-over-year and forecast a 37 percent decline for all of 2015. Volatility is equally pernicious.

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SpaceX a bastion of independent US, European spaceflight amid Russian threats

Teslarati

Russia has invaded Ukraine without provocation, triggering a series of diplomatic responses – sanctions in particular – that recently culminated in the aggressor deciding to cut ties with Europe on a number of cooperative spaceflight projects. Further adding to the mire, even Cygnus is not immune.

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Economics Drives Ray-Gun Resurgence

Cars That Think

The new weapon combines the output of a large bundle of fiber lasers of varying frequencies to form a single beam of white light. In March, Taiwan News reported that Chinese researchers had built a microwave weapon that in principle could be placed in orbit from where its 5-megawatt pulses could fry the electronic heart of an enemy satellite.

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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). EV share, with ~20k sold.

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