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T&E: two-thirds of European battery production at risk as companies weigh investing in US instead

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Tesla in Berlin, Northvolt in northern Germany and Italvolt near Turin are among the projects that stand to lose the greatest volumes of their slated capacity as the companies weigh up investing in the US instead. Battery investment in the US and China continued to grow, and European companies have already signalled expansion in America.

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This Computer Pioneer’s Invention Made Zoom Possible

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Philips was the largest electronics company in the world. He designed and built the first random-access LAN that uses fiber-optic connections, long before Ethernet became the standard. He also consults for several companies. He had emigrated from the Netherlands. He kind of twisted my arm.”

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European consortium investigating graphene-based materials for lightweight cars; energy-efficient and safe vehicles

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However, due to the trade-off between light vehicles and safety standards, new directions need to be adopted to overcome safety issues. The grant opportunity allows the consortium to aim to deliver fundamental solutions to the key challenges faced by the future development of EESVs.

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Buffett's Chinese electric car company

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

BYD is an amazing company. As if that were not enough, I’m hearing now that BYD is on the verge of a breakthrough in the solar power business and that the company has big plans to make rechargeable batteries at a utility scale to store energy from intermittent, renewable sources like wind and solar. Not so this time around.

Chinese 28