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Volvo Cars launches all-electric Volvo C40 Recharge; all cars to be pure electric by 2030

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Volvo Cars launched the battery-electric Volvo C40 Recharge; based on the CMA vehicle platform it is the first Volvo model designed as pure electric only. Following the introduction of the XC40 Recharge and now the C40 Recharge, Volvo Cars will roll out several additional electric models in coming years.

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UN report highlights urgent need to tackle impact of EV battery production boom

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UNCTAD predicts that some 23 million electric vehicles will be sold over the coming decade: the market for rechargeable car batteries, currently estimated at $7 billion, is forecast to rise to $58 billion by 2024.

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Leading UK scientists set out resource challenge of meeting EV targets by 2050

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Last month, the Committee on Climate Change published a report— Net Zero: The UK’s Contribution to Stopping Global Warming —which concluded that “net zero is necessary, feasible and cost effective.” A 20% increase in UK-generated electricity would be required to charge the current 252.5

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Government of Ontario, Canada Providing Rebates Up to C$8,500 for Plug-in Hybrid or Battery Electric Vehicles

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Future access to public recharging facilities and parking at GO stations and other Ontario government lots. Ontario’s Climate Change Action Plan aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Ontario to 6% below 1990 levels by 2014, and to 15% below 1990 levels by 2020.

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ETI Launches £11M Nationwide Plug-in Vehicle Plan to Accelerate Market Growth in UK

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The UK’s Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) launched a Joined-Cities Plan designed to make it easier for drivers to charge plug-in vehicles in a number of major UK cities by deploying a cost-effective and compatible network of recharging points. This brings together global system integrators and major vehicle recharging network providers.

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CalSEED awards $4.2M to early-stage clean energy innovations

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rechargeable battery?technology?that This technology is a cost-effective, scalable, and self-rechargeable device that reduces system complexity, improves round trip-efficiency, doubles space utilization, reduces soft costs and is safer to deploy in residential solar plus battery applications. Innovasion Labs PINC, Inc. is developing a?rechargeable

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Never Recharge Your Consumer Electronics Again?

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