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ARPA-E awarding $39M to 16 projects to grow the domestic critical minerals supply chain

Green Car Congress

Global demand for critical minerals needed to decarbonize the nation’s economy is expected to increase by 400-600% over the next several decades and the US is increasingly dependent on foreign sources, some adversarial, for many of the processed versions of these minerals. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Idaho National Laboratory.

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How clean is EV battery manufacturing?

Electric Auto Association

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? years if the car is charged using renewable energy. This 2017 study has been used by anti-EV commentators to discredit the climate performance of EVs.

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How clean is EV battery manufacturing?

Electric Auto Association

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? years if the car is charged using renewable energy. This 2017 study has been used by anti-EV commentators to discredit the climate performance of EVs.

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