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Should the Cobalt for EVs Come From the Congo or the Seafloor?

Cars That Think

Last March, BMW and Volvo joined other companies calling for a moratorium on deep-sea mining , one spearheaded by the World Wildlife Fund. This simmering controversy will no doubt reach the boiling point in 2022, when the Metals Company begins testing a system for collecting metal-rich nodules from the ocean floor.

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CLEE, NRGI studying ways to improve sustainability and governance across EV battery supply chain

Green Car Congress

A battery produced in a jurisdiction using coal-fired electricity, for example, will have significantly higher emissions than one produced using cleaner power. The supply chain is complex and subject to a number of potential bottlenecks where few countries or companies are responsible for dominant shares of production.

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Tesla releases its 2021 Impact Report, shows strides toward full sustainability

Teslarati

Tesla has released its 2021 Impact Report, and it revealed that the company is making huge strides in its efforts to help accelerate the world’s shift to sustainable energy. Tesla’s website focused on four notable portions of its 2021 Impact Report, namely the company’s people, environment, supply chain, and products.

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How clean is EV battery manufacturing?

Electric Auto Association

It’s getting cleaner and prospects are improving BY TIM BENFORD: PRESIDENT OF DRIVE ELECTRIC DAYTON, PAST VICE-PRESIDENT OF ELECTRIC AUTO ASSOCIATION. Is it becoming cleaner? Green Energy Ohio plant in Dayton, OH. km, 49% lower than the CO2 production of a comparable gasoline car. So, how clean is EV battery manufacturing?

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How clean is EV battery manufacturing?

Electric Auto Association

It’s getting cleaner and prospects are improving BY TIM BENFORD: PRESIDENT OF DRIVE ELECTRIC DAYTON, PAST VICE-PRESIDENT OF ELECTRIC AUTO ASSOCIATION. Is it becoming cleaner? Green Energy Ohio plant in Dayton, OH. km, 49% lower than the CO2 production of a comparable gasoline car. So, how clean is EV battery manufacturing?

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EV myths busted: Are electric vehicles actually good for the environment?

Drive Electric

While the manufacturing of ICEVs has seemingly stalled in reducing carbon emissions, EVs have a cleaner and ever-improving future ahead. Most major petrol companies have also installed EV chargers at many of their sites. Vehicle body and other car parts. Learn more about New Zealand’s public charging network here.

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The raw materials crunch: How bad, how long, how to solve it?

Charged EVs

They simply can’t ramp up production quickly enough, and this is not only because of the time and investment it takes to build new factories and repurpose production lines—the companies are also dealing with frustrating shortages of batteries and other components. There’s a huge deficit that is looming.”.