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GlobalData: Russian nickel sanctions would slow electric vehicle adoption

Green Car Congress

The evolving situation in Russia and Ukraine has already caused unprecedented increases in the price of nickel. Geopolitical issues such as the Russia-Ukraine situation disturb the fine balance of battery metal supply chains. Trading had yet to resume as of 10 March.

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Nickel expert calls on Musk, Farley, others to demand Nickel sourcing in North America

Teslarati

Despite Tesla’s high-range cars, which are only eclipsed by the Lucid Air’s premier Dream Edition trim , cold weather climates have shown to be one of EV range’s biggest foes, consistently trimming range estimations due to inefficient battery heating. Soaring prices: $30k to $100k in the blink of an eye.

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Manganese Could Be the Secret Behind Truly Mass-Market EVs

Cars That Think

Even that piddling storage and range rapidly degraded, especially in the southwestern United States and other searing climates, leaving customers howling. (It Global nickel stockpiles were already dwindling before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February.

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We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

Cars That Think

Our 2020 study , published in Nature Climate Change , found that manufacturing a typical EV sold in the United States in 2018 emitted about 7 to 12 tonnes of carbon dioxide, compared with about 5 to 6 tonnes for a gasoline-fueled vehicle. An EV operated in Yunnan emits about 60 percent less. Of course, meeting the more ambitious 1.5 °C