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Northern Graphite closes acquisition of two graphite mines; 3rd largest non-Chinese graphite company

Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2022

Canada-based Northern Graphite Corporation has closed its previously announced acquisition of the producing Lac des Iles graphite mine (LDI) in Québec from a subsidiary of Imerys SA and the Okanjande graphite deposit/Okorusu processing plant in Namibia from a subsidiary of Imerys and its joint venture partner. All deposits have high quality flake graphite that is suitable for all battery and industrial applications.

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Long before Tesla or the Leaf, this Nissan electric car claimed a 155-mile range

Green Car Reports

MAY 8, 2022

While we widely think of the General Motors EV1—or its preceding Impact concept car—as starting the era of the electric car. But there were others in that era, that followed a similar formula and might have potentially come to market earlier. One of them came from Nissan. As recently discussed by Japanese Nostalgic Car (via Hemmings).

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Livent to double its ownership stake in Nemaska Lithium to 50%

Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2022

Livent Corporation agreed to double its ownership interest ( earlier post ) to 50% in Nemaska Lithium , a fully integrated lithium hydroxide development project located in Québec, Canada. Livent will issue 17,500,000 shares of its common stock to The Pallinghurst Group and its investors to acquire their half of Québec Lithium Partners (QLP). Livent already owns the other half of QLP.

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Tesla’s Recycled Batteries: Almost 92% Reuse Of Raw Materials

CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 8, 2022

Tesla’s recycled batteries have provided almost 92% of their original raw materials back to Tesla for future use, according to new information in Tesla’s 2021 Impact Report. Tesla’s factories are already using an in-house, closed-loop recycling system. This allows for all of Tesla’s batteries that it receives to be recycled with up to 92% of […].

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

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Volkswagen Group and SEAT will invest €10B in electrification in Spain given PERTE VEC acceptance

Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2022

The Volkswagen Group and SEAT S.A. will invest €10 billion, together with their partners in the Future: Fast Forward project, in the event of a positive resolution of their application to PERTE VEC. ( earlier post ) In March, the Group said it would invest €7 billion. Last week, the 62 national and international companies and benchmark firms that form the project applied to the Strategic Project for Economic Recovery and Transformation program (in Spanish, PERTE) for the Electric and Connected V

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Tesla India teams reassigned to other Asia-Pacific markets

Teslarati

MAY 8, 2022

The Tesla India team was reassigned to Asia-Pacific (APAC) and other markets. The team in India includes Sami Jain, who previously worked for Porsche on the legacy automaker’s electrification effort. It also included David Feinstein, who has been with Tesla for years and works with global and international businesses. Most of Tesla’s employees in India were tasked to focus on the company’s efforts in Dubai and other Middle-East markets.

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Glencore and Li-Cycle partner to advance circularity in battery raw material supply chains

Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2022

Glencore, one of the world’s largest global diversified natural resource companies, has established a strategic partnership with Li-Cycle Holdings, a leading lithium-ion battery recycler in North America. Glencore will subscribe for convertible debt in Li-Cycle and Li-Cycle will become a preferred partner for Glencore in the lithium-ion battery recycling sector.

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Glencore and Li-Cycle partner to advance circularity in battery raw material supply chains

Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2022

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All-Season Tires For The Tesla Model 3 To Keep Things Simple — Turned Out To Be Safe & Cheap

CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 8, 2022

Back in November 2019, I wrote about my choice to replace the Michelin Pilot Sport 4 originally fittet on my Tesla Model 3 with all-season Michelin CrossClimate+ tyres (I recommend reading that article to learn more about my choice of tyre size etc.). After 30 months and 85,000 km (53,000 miles), these tires were ripe […].

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Twitter to have “extreme” work ethic expectations for its employees, says Musk

Teslarati

MAY 8, 2022

If Elon Musk successfully completes his acquisition of Twitter, employees of the social media platform should expect a clear direction from its new owner — and it would likely not be easy. Musk has successfully reached a deal with Twitter’s Board of Directors to acquire the social media company for $54.20 per share. The deal, which is worth $44 billion, will effectively convert Twitter into a private entity. .

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Why Is Tesla’s Yoke A “Safety Risk” But Lexus’ Yoke “Kinda Wonderful?”

CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 8, 2022

Why is Tesla’s yoke steering wheel being touted as a safety risk but Lexus’ yoke steering wheel “kinda wonderful?” This is a question that many are wondering about after Gavin Shoebridge pointed out two articles from CNET about the two yokes. Although they were written by two different authors, one has to wonder why the […].

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Ford to sell 8M Rivian shares after $3.1B net loss

Teslarati

MAY 8, 2022

Ford plans to sell 8 million of its Rivian shares. The lockup period for Rivian’s IPO will expire on Sunday, May 8. The lockup period refers to when early investors cannot sell their shares after a company’s IPO. Sources told CNBC ‘s David Faber that Ford will sell its Rivian shares through Goldman Sachs. JPMorgan Chase will also sell Rivian share blocks between 13 million and 15 million for an unknown seller, priced at $26.80 per share.

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