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Rock Tech Lithium intends to build Europe’s first lithium converter—a production plant for battery-grade lithium hydroxide—in Guben, Brandenburg, Germany. The company intends to locate all production steps of lithium refining in one overall plant at the Guben site. The converter is scheduled to start operations in 2024. Location at the industrial site Guben South (CNW Group/Rock Tech Lithium Inc.).
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The Porsche Taycan has been selling incredibly well after great reviews and a popular Cross Turismo variant launched to great fanfare. But in just its second year, it is already besting the iconic 911? more… The post Porsche Taycan EV has now passed iconic 911 in deliveries this year appeared first on Electrek.
Ethanol: You need to burn anywhere from 0.9 to 1.5 gallons of fossil fuel to make a gallon of corn ethanol! That means you produce more CO2. By the time you have tilled the soil, planted the seed, spread the fertilizer, tilled the soil again to remove weeds, applied weed killers, harvested the crop, transported […].
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Colorado-based Solid Power, the solid-state battery firm backed by Ford and BMW, claims that third-party safety tests show its battery tech to be safer than current lithium-ion chemistry. The tests, with results released Wednesday, aimed simulate abuse and damage to its prototype solid-state battery cells. Those cells use a sulfide-based solid.
Tesla has updated its Cybertruck web page to remove Cybertruck specs and prices for each configuration of the electric pickup truck. It comes after the highly anticipated electric vehicle has been delayed to next year. more… The post Tesla removes Cybertruck specs and prices from its website appeared first on Electrek.
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The technology group Wärtsilä has issued a report ahead of COP26, the UN’s Climate Change Conference to be held in Glasgow this autumn, describing the environmental and economic opportunities for states that decarbonize rapidly. The Front-Loading Net Zero report states that electricity production costs could be reduced by up to 50% by 2050 if countries and states adopt 100% renewable systems faster than currently planned.
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