Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

The Democratic Republic of Congo produced 59% of the world’s cobalt. Clean Energy Manufacturing Analysis Center, “Are there enough materials to cover li-ion batteries?”. In 2017, Australia, Chile, and Argentina produced 91% of all lithium while the rest of the world supplied the remaining 9%.

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Electric Auto Association

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Scientists inform us that today’s transportation sector is the largest contributor to US greenhouse gas emissions driving climate change, but how clean are lithium-ion batteries? So, how clean is EV battery manufacturing? Green Energy Ohio plant in Dayton, OH. km, 49% lower than the CO2 production of a comparable gasoline car.

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Electric Auto Association

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Scientists inform us that today’s transportation sector is the largest contributor to US greenhouse gas emissions driving climate change, but how clean are lithium-ion batteries? So, how clean is EV battery manufacturing? Green Energy Ohio plant in Dayton, OH. km, 49% lower than the CO2 production of a comparable gasoline car.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

FREYR Battery, a developer of clean, next-generation battery cell production capacity, has become a member of the Fair Cobalt Alliance (FCA) to underscore FREYR’s commitment to developing a sustainable global battery industry. The FCA focuses on economic diversification, improving worker conditions at mine sites and supporting child rights.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

In fact, by cleaning-up this sector, which has been subject to recurring illegality and fraud for several years, and of which our artisanal miners are the first victims, society stands to benefit as a whole. We welcome this announcement and are excited at the prospect of supporting Trafigura’s agreement with EGC.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2020

The precursor plant will be exclusively supplied with cobalt hydroxide from ERG’s Metalkol RTR in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), whose operations are in accordance with recognized responsible and sustainable practices as set out in the ERG Clean Cobalt Framework.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) can leverage its abundant cobalt resources and hydroelectric power to become a low-cost and low-emissions producer of lithium-ion battery cathode precursor materials, according to a new study on a unified African supply chain by BloombergNEF (BNEF).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2021

Clean energy may mean less mining for coal, but it also means opening or expanding mines to unearth minerals such as cobalt for use in alloys and batteries, tellurium for solar cells and semiconductors, and germanium for transistors in electronic devices.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

By doing so, we are paving the way for clean raw materials, from which other participants in the market can also benefit. This approach will be taken with a limited number of cobalt mines in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, auditing them against a series of specific sets of requirements in the IRMA Standard for Responsible Mining.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2021

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) supplies about 70% of cobalt. It’s in everyone’s interests to make sure they are clean, safe and sustainable. Around 90% of the DRC’s cobalt comes from its industrial mines (90,000 tonnes annually).The Batteries are crucial for Earth’s low-carbon future. — Nature editorial.

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 13, 2023

The fuel cells are filled with clean fuel—often hydrogen—which powers a chemical reaction that creates electricity. The raw cobalt for lithium-ion batteries is notoriously sourced from unethical mining companies that have a harmful social and environmental impact in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2018

India and Bangladesh come in near the bottom of the rankings, with Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Nepal rounding out the bottom five.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Since its launch in 2017, the company has set out to create a “circular supply chain” of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles and clean-energy products. Redwood Materials Anahola is the biggest stationary storage recycling project for Redwood Materials to date, but it is still only a small part of Redwood’s business.

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Drive Electric

AUGUST 9, 2022

With the introduction of the Clean Car Discount in 2022, the skyrocketing prices of petrol and diesel across the country and the increasing number of electric vehicles available in New Zealand, we are seeing more EVs on our roads than ever before. Manufacturing an Electric Vehicle. THE BOTTOM LINE. Cobalt and copper mining ethics.

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Drive Electric

AUGUST 9, 2022

With the introduction of the Clean Car Discount in 2022, the skyrocketing prices of petrol and diesel across the country and the increasing number of electric vehicles available in New Zealand, we are seeing more EVs on our roads than ever before. Manufacturing an Electric Vehicle. THE BOTTOM LINE. Cobalt and copper mining ethics.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 20, 2021

Last month, Tesla released its Conflict Mineral Report for the fiscal year ending on December 31, 2019, and emphasized the importance of sourcing only responsibly produced materials.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2021

The US Department of Energy (DOE) will award up to $30 million to support scientific research that will ensure US businesses can reliably tap into a domestic supply of critical elements and minerals—specifically rare earth elements (REE) and platinum group elements (PGE)—needed to produce clean energy technologies. (

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 13, 2023

A CleanTechnica interviewee argues that automakers cannot make the excuse that it's too complicated to know who their suppliers are and how their suppliers are violating human rights.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 8, 2023

The transition to electric mobility presents a major opportunity for the African continent to leapfrog into the age of electric mobility, allowing most of the continent’s population to bypass the ICE age. Africa’s low motorization rates compared to other parts of the world makes this highly probable.

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 27, 2021

One argument that often comes up against Tesla and Elon Musk is that they “own child slaves” or “own slave labor.” ” I’ve seen those in my notifications quite often (and randomly, too). But the fact remains that neither Tesla nor Elon Musk owns slaves, nor do they support slave labor or child labor.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

The country’s growing battery metals supply chain, relatively clean grid and quality infrastructure favorably positions it among top lithium-ion battery countries. Most European countries declined in their overall performance this year with Finland and Czechia being the only exceptions.

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Charged EVs

AUGUST 16, 2022

Primary supply sources are concentrated in the Democratic Republic of Congo for cobalt, Southeast Asia and Russia for nickel, and Australia/Chile/China for lithium,” says Litinsky. “In In some cases, a material is produced in one region, processed in another, and sent on to a third, generating emissions along the way.

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Clean Fleet Report

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

With 65% of the global cobalt supply coming from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, many EVs today don’t meet the new standards. Make sure to opt-in to the Clean Fleet Report newsletter (top right of page) to be notified of all new stories and vehicle reviews. What Cars Are Eligible for the Tax Credit?

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