Republicans in Congress Want to Put $1,000 Tax on EVs, & Kill the EV Tax Credit
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Congress and the Department of Energy have earmarked billions of dollars toward this goal, and a bipartisan bill introduced earlier this year would establish tax credits to support the production of magnetic REEs like those found at the Brook Mine.
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Private 5G Network to Boost Hyundai’s EV Production
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This past week at the 2025 Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Samsung and Hyundai Motor Company unveiled a private 5G network streamlined for low-power devices that connect across large facilities.
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Smoothing the road for electric vehicles
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In Germany, RWE and the Westfalen Group will work together to supply green hydrogen for hydrogen-powered vehicles. Through a joint venture, RWE and Westfalen aim to develop a hydrogen fuel station infrastructure in Germany for heavy commercial vehicles in particular.
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President of Mexico nationalizes lithium
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Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) has nationalized lithium, handing responsibility for lithium reserves over to the energy ministry. The President nationalized Mexico’s lithium deposits last April, and created LitioMX (Litio Para Mexico) to mine lithium ( earlier post ).
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BMW Group begins production of small-series hydrogen-powered iX5
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The BMW Group is commencing production of its BMW iX5 Hydrogen model. Manufacture of the small-series hydrogen-powered vehicle is taking place in the pilot plant at its Munich Research and Innovation Centre (FIZ).
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Nikkei: Japan to develop seabed mining of rare earth materials
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The Nikkei reports that in 2024, Japan will begin to extract rare earth materials for electric vehicles and hybrids from sea bottom mud in an area off Minami-Torishima Island, a coral atoll in the Pacific Ocean about 1,900 kilometers southeast of Tokyo. The government’s aim is to reduce the country’s reliance on China for rare earth metals.
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Taiwan-based ProLogium has chosen France as the location for its first large-scale solid-state battery manufacturing facility outside of Taiwan. ProLogium will invest a total of €5.2 billion to set up a 48 GWh gigafactory and an R&D center.
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First China-developed hydrogen fuel cell locomotive starts trial runs
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The first China-developed hydrogen fuel cell hybrid locomotive—from core power to main components—has started trial runs on a 627 km railway line for coal transport in north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Source: Xinhua. and the Hydrogen Energy Co., of SPIC.
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Tecnam halts development of P-Volt all-electric aircraft due to battery concerns
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Moscow deploys its 1,000th electric bus; targeting 2,200 by end of 2023
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Nissan, Mitsubishi unveil jointly developed new all-electric mini-vehicles in Japan
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Kawasaki’s liquefied hydrogen carrier departs to pick up first cargo
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Samsung Heavy and Seaborg to develop floating nuclear power plant combined with hydrogen and ammonia plants
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Cummins fuel cell technology powers Coradia iLint fleet in Germany
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Sandia innovation eliminates reliance on rare-earth magnets for large-scale wind turbines
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New liquid hydrogen carrier would transport green H2 from Scotland to Germany
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Nyobolt partners with Callum to showcase ultra-fast charging niobium-based battery in Elise-inspired EV
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GILLIG and RR.AI to partner on next generation automated vehicle technology for transit buses
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EIA expects US petroleum trade to shift toward net imports during 2022
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Amazon begins deploying its Rivian electric delivery vehicles
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Westinghouse unveils AP300 small modular reactor for mid-sized nuclear technology
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Researchers produce green syngas using CO2, water and sunlight
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Fraunhofer leading “MaSSiF” research project on solid-state sulfur-silicon batteries
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The Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS in Dresden is leading a research project targeting a new generation of sulfur-based batteries.
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Thomas Built Buses has delivered 200 Proterra-Powered electric school buses
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Rolls-Royce announces new hydrogen engine program; updates on hybrid-electric research
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Rolls-Royce is launching a new leading-edge hydrogen program and also given a further update on its research into hybrid-electric power as it continues to pioneer new forms of aviation sustainability.
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Canada releases critical minerals strategy, backed by $3.8B in federal funding
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HYVIA introduces its first electrolyzer in its plant in Flins, France
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HYVIA, the joint venture between Renault Group and Plug dedicated to hydrogen mobility ( earlier post ), has just installed its first electrolyzer in its Flins plant, in the Île-de-France region. This 1 MW electrolyzer has a capacity of 400 kg/day of green hydrogen production—the equivalent of 20,000 km of commercial hydrogen mobility.
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DB Schenker to acquire 100 Mercedes-Benz eActros LongHaul trucks for its fleet
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BMW Group to lead €19.5M HyCET project consortium on hydrogen combustion engine trucks
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Mercedes pay+ turns the car into a payment device; Visa technology
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Mercedes-Benz customers in Germany are now able to authenticate payments via an in-car fingerprint sensor. With the new digital payment service Mercedes pay+, Mercedes-Benz introduces native in-car payments. With native in-car payments, the vehicle itself now enables biometric two-factor authentication in conjunction with the fingerprint sensor.
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ORNL researchers use blockchain to increase electric grid resiliency; Grid Guard
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UCalgary, Rice team uses flash joule heating to manufacture graphene from petroleum waste
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