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Chinese steel group Tsingshan investing $375M to build lithium plant in Argentina with Eramet

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Fresh water is then used to release the stored lithium. Eramet’s process presents an advantage in terms of hydric resources use compared with projects supported by a conventional extraction process. To further concentrate the metal obtained, two successive processes are then conducted: nanofiltration and reverse osmosis.

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Mercedes-Benz introduces #MoveSafety initiative with two-day hackathon; new app based on Chinese app

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The new app will be based on “Tuban Xiong”, an app which has already been successfully introduced to the Chinese market by Mercedes-Benz in 2018 and offers several functions especially aiming at increasing travel safety such as: Location Sharing, Trip Sharing, SOS-Call, Geo-Fencing, Bodyguard Service, Fake Call etc.

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Teslas banned for 2 months at site of secretive China annual leadership meeting: report

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Tesla’s vehicles in China will reportedly be barred from entering the Chinese coastal district of Beidaihe. The reported barring of Tesla’s vehicles in Chengdu coincided with the time when Chinese President Xi Jinping visited the city. . The dates of the meetings are typically not formally announced either.

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Polestar’s incoming Phone spotted on Google Play’s list of supported devices

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A few months after sharing initial details and images, Polestar’s flagship smartphone, developed by Meizu in China, has been spotted on Google’s API website as a device compatible with the Play Store. Meizu will manufacture the phones for Polestar, and at this point, they are expected to arrive in the Chinese market only.

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Togg: The Turkish Tech Start-Up Entering the EV World

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The Turkish start-up Togg unveiled its first foray into the EV market at the Consumer Electronics Show 2022 in Las Vegas, presenting their car as an “advanced smart mobility ecosystem” set to arrive in late-2022. Concept EV Revealed at CES 2022. New Toggs on the Block. The two then carry on their journey using a ride-hailing service.

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Remembering Data Compression Pioneer K. R. Rao

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They presented their results in the article “ Discrete Cosine Transform ,” published in the January 1974 IEEE Transactions on Computers. Originally proposed as an image-compression technique, DCT is now an industry standard in image and video coding, commonly used to store and transmit JPEG images as well as MPEG video files.

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Audi unveils MEB-based Q4 e-tron concept EV; production version in 2020

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The battery in the vehicle floor stores 82 kWh, which allows for a range of more than 450 kilometers (280 miles) according to the WLTP standard. Later this year, the Audi e-tron Sportback will be presented, and the Audi Q2L e-tron, which was designed specifically for the Chinese market, will roll off the assembly line.

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