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BMW, Mercedes, and VW each saw EV sales skyrocket vs. ICE slump, but who is winning?

Electrek

Following a production year riddled with supply chain constraints, chip shortages, and a war in Ukraine, German automakers BMW Group, Mercedes-Benz, and Volkswagen Group still saw significant growth in EV sales.

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U.N. Official is hopeful Elon Musk will ‘step up’ to solve world hunger after 2021 Twitter clash

Teslarati

and WFP never responded although Beasley had a back-and-forth with the CEO before eventually leaving the conversation. However, Beasley said at the World Economic Forum on Monday that he was ready to revisit his conversations with Musk, according to Reuters. . — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 31, 2021.

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SGH2 building largest green hydrogen production facility in California; gasification of waste into H2

Green Car Congress

SGH2’s gasification process uses a plasma-enhanced thermal catalytic conversion process optimized with oxygen-enriched gas. The City of Lancaster will supply guaranteed feedstock of recyclables, and will save between $50 to $75 per ton in landfilling and landfill space costs.

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The U.S.-China Chip Ban, Explained

Cars That Think

In response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine earlier this year, the U.S. While China may be dependent on foreign semiconductors, foreign electronics manufacturers are in turn dependent on China for rare earth metals—and China supplies the supermajority of the world’s rare earths. This is not the first time that the U.S.

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The Fall and Rise of Russian Electronic Warfare

Cars That Think

And now Ukraine, including by extension its intelligence partners in NATO, had a Krasukha-4 to dissect and analyze. After nearly a decade of owning the airwaves during a Moscow-backed insurgency in eastern Ukraine, EW was. At least three of Russia’s five electronic warfare brigades are engaged in Ukraine. informnapalm.org.

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We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

Cars That Think

Credit the EV’s advantage to its greater efficiency in the conversion of chemical energy to motion—77 percent, compared with 12 to 30 percent for a gasoline car—along with the potential to generate electricity using low-carbon sources. This concentration is problematic because it can lead to volatile markets and supply disruptions.