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Galp and Northvolt select Setúbal for Aurora advanced lithium conversion unit

Green Car Congress

Galp and Northvolt selected the port city of Setúbal, Portugal (southeast of Lisbon on the northern bank of the Sado River estuary) as the location for their Aurora lithium conversion plant ( earlier post ), which aims to become a steppingstone for the development of an integrated lithium-battery value-chain in Europe. The plant, which will be one of Europe’s largest, is set to have an initial annual production capacity between 28,000 and 35,000 tons of battery-grade lithium hydroxide, which is

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Tesla’s Most Noteworthy Achievement Is Not What You Think It Is

CleanTechnica EVs

Tesla’s most noteworthy achievement isn’t what you might think it is. Although Tesla has several noteworthy achievements, is constantly breaking its own records, and has become the loudest voice for sustainability, there is one achievement that I think is most often overlooked. It’s not the millions of electric vehicles, the community or community-related events, the […].

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Lake Resources and Ford Motor Company sign non-binding MoU to negotiate for lithium offtake from the Kachi Project

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Australia-based Lithium developer Lake Resources has signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Ford Motor Company for the offtake of approximately 25,000 tonnes per annum (tpa) of lithium from the Kachi Project. Kachi comprises 705 sq km of leases and lease applications over a brine-bearing basin 20km long, 15km wide, and 400-800m deep centered.

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Tesla Trippin’ to the Vantage Dawn Towers Benowa

CleanTechnica EVs

Glenn and Sue Hazeldine are very happily married and living at the Vantage Dawn apartment tower in Benowa, Queensland, Australia. However, Sue feels like she has been sharing her husband with someone else. Glenn has been obsessed with Elon Musk for years. Every bit of information and story that Glen could find, read, listen to, […].

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How serious is Norway about climate change? So much that its streetlights self-dim

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Toyoda Gosei develops cellulose nanofiber-reinforced plastic for automotive parts

Green Car Congress

Toyoda Gosei has developed a cellulose nanofiber (CNF)-reinforced plastic with the aim of reducing CO 2 over the lifecycle of automotive components, from raw material procurement and production to recycling and disposal. Toyoda Gosei is developing materials that raise the environmental performance of its products by leveraging the features of CNF: CNF has one-fifth the weight and five times the strength of steel.

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Pioneering Electric Buses in Pune

CleanTechnica EVs

A Case Study of Pune’s Initial Electric Bus Procurement and Operations By Pune Municipal Corporation, Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited, Pune Smart City Development Corporation Limited, RMI, and RMI India Electrifying public transport is critical to decarbonizing urban mobility. Although the domestic electric bus (e-bus) market in India is nascent, projections indicate 4 in 10 […].

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Is Charger Rage the Next New Thing?

CleanTechnica EVs

One of the benefits for Electrical Vehicle Owners in Australia is that we can see what is coming. Will that make it easier? Probably not. But for some it means they can be prepared. A few years ago, EV websites were full of photos of Superchargers in Europe and the US being ICEd. Now, Australian […].

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Tesla FSD Beta now has over 100k drivers in the program

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Tesla’s FSD Beta program has over 100,000 drivers actively participating, Elon Musk revealed during his TED interview. Musk also stated that Tesla would achieve full-self driving this year — this time, he is more confident. Chris Anderson hosted Elon Musk during his latest TED talk interview. Anderson asked about Musk’s latest timeline for Tesla to achieve full self-driving.

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Tesla Led The Way, And Now Legacy Automakers — & Their Loyal Customers — Want In

CleanTechnica EVs

The foreshadowing was everywhere — IPCC reports, the Paris climate agreement, increasingly climate-savvy consumers. Then why did it take so long for legacy automakers to innovate and stay competitive with Tesla?

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Tesla turns mobile charger into optional accessory for new vehicle purchases

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Tesla has decided to backtrack on its decision to charge an extra $400 for a mobile charging connector for new vehicle purchases, with CEO Elon Musk noting that the item’s price would be halved due to the community’s feedback. Musk’s statement was an understatement. Avid Tesla watchers recently observed that Tesla was no longer bundling a mobile charging connector with new vehicle purchases.

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Faurecia and Accenture partner on products and services for connected and autonomous vehicles

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Fully Charged Tries Out Wireless Charging And EV Battery Swapping In Norway

InsideEVs

Norway is Europe’s most EV-friendly country and they also have the most advanced charging infrastructure too.

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Austin development employees visit The Boring Company’s LVCC Loop

Teslarati

Last week, City of Austin employees visited The Boring Company’s (TBC) Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC) Loop in Sin City. . Ten employees from the City of Austin’s Development Services Department (DSD) visited The Boring Company’s LVCC Loop. A DSD spokesperson said they met with Clark County development employees to “understand best practices for permitting subgrade [underground] mobility infrastructure.”.

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Tesla Ends Lease Buyouts, Stops Providing Charging Cables

CleanTechnica EVs

Tesla has made a few changes to the customer experience.

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SpaceX reuses Falcon 9 booster for second spy satellite launch in two months

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Using the same Falcon 9 booster, SpaceX has successfully completed its second National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) spy satellite launch in a little over two months. Falcon 9 booster B1071 debuted on February 2nd, 2022, carrying the NROL-87 payload and a Falcon second stage (S2) most of the way into space before landing just ~400 meters (~1400 ft) away from where it lifted off.

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ExxonMobil announces 6th oil discovery offshore Guyana with Ranger-1; Guyana may move from non-producer to regional powerhouse

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Volkswagen Group Global BEV Sales In Q1 2022: Almost 100,000

InsideEVs

However, the volume was noticeably lower than in the previous three quarters, due to supply issues.

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Asad Madni and the Life-Saving Sensor

Cars That Think

In 1992, Asad M. Madni sat at the helm of BEI Sensors and Controls, overseeing a product line that included a variety of sensor and inertial-navigation devices, but its customers were less varied—mainly, the aerospace and defense electronics industries. And he had a problem. The Cold War had ended, crashing the U.S. defense industry. And business wasn’t going to come back anytime soon.

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Tesla Model 3: Negatives After 4 Years Of Ownership

InsideEVs

Rather than going through all of the Model 3's positives, Josh outlined the things he doesn't like.

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As EV Battery Production Charges Up – So Should Your Battery Manufacturing Plant

Schneider Electric EVs

The electric vehicles (EVs) market is going mainstream. Globally, almost 9% of all car sales were electric in 2021, up from just 2.5% in 2019. China and Europe are leading. Read more ». The post As EV Battery Production Charges Up – So Should Your Battery Manufacturing Plant appeared first on Schneider Electric Blog.

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See How Tesla Autopilot Reacts In Extreme Situations And Crashes

InsideEVs

It's interesting to see Tesla Autopilot put to the test over and over in difficult scenarios.

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April 17th update

EV Sales

EV Sales World Top 20 February 2022 - [link] Europe February 2022 - [link] China February 2022 - [link] Germany February 2022 - [link] France February 2022 - [link] Netherlands February 2022 - [link] Autovista 24 articles Toyota electrification efforts [link] UK EV Deep Dive [link].

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Rivian R1T: How Does It Handle Death Valley National Park?

InsideEVs

The Rivian R1T should be able to handle any national park, but what about charging?

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UK To Add 300,000 New EV Chargers By 2030

EV Info

By 2030, the UK wants 5 times more EV chargers than the number of petrol pumps it has today. There are around 30,000 EV chargers in the UK today. But by 2030, if the government has its way, there will be 10 times as many. It has committed £1.6 billion to its new Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Strategy to make that happen. Once implemented, there will be 5 times as many EV chargers as there are fuel pumps in the UK today, according to a government press release.

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China: In March BYD Plug-In Car Sales Exceeded 100,000

InsideEVs

It's not only a new record, but the first six-digit monthly result ever.

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Ford Mustang Mach-E Prices Rise Significantly Due to Increased Material Costs

InsideEVs

UK prices for Ford's electric crossover have shot up.

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Porsche Slightly Increased Sales Of Electric Cars In Q1 2022

InsideEVs

The Taycan continues to sell better than 911.

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How To Charge The Hyundai Ioniq 5: A Deep Dive

InsideEVs

We cover all the basics, and then some.

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