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Aqua Metals and 6K Energy collaborate to establish sustainable US battery supply chain – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

Aqua Metals has developed a process for recycling lithium-ion batteries that it says is much cleaner, more efficient and more cost-effective than current methods (see our recent in-depth interview with company execs ). At full scale, Aqua will provide 30% of the nickel and lithium carbonate needed at 6K’s PlusCAM facility.

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Aqua Metals is building a more sustainable battery recycling ecosystem

Charged EVs

Several companies are developing chemical processes, but these are still at pilot scale, and Aqua’s execs see serious challenges in delivering the required product purity and dealing with waste streams. Aqua Metals has developed a process that it says is much cleaner, more efficient and more cost-effective.

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Aqua Metals is building a more sustainable battery recycling ecosystem – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

Several companies are developing chemical processes, but these are still at pilot scale, and Aqua’s execs see serious challenges in delivering the required product purity and dealing with waste streams. Aqua Metals has developed a process that it says is much cleaner, more efficient and more cost-effective.

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EPA: GHG emissions standards for cars and light trucks should be revised; joint process with NHTSA (updated with more reactions)

Green Car Congress

It would be wasteful to discard those consumer savings, but EPA now appears poised to do just that.”. Sierra Club: “These roll-backs from Scott Pruitt mean Americans will pay more at the pump while our air gets dirtier, just so Pruitt can help the corporate lobbyists and polluters who give him favors and marching orders. ”.

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EPA, DOT open public comment period on reconsideration of GHG Standards for Cars and Light Trucks

Green Car Congress

Redoing the midterm review of national fuel economy standards is an egregious act of government waste that could result in the rollback of essential consumer protections. Due to technological innovation initiated by the standards, the cars speeding off dealership lots at a record pace are cleaner and more efficient than ever before.

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