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Cornell study examines trade-off between critical metals requirement and transportation decarbonization

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A team from Cornell, with a colleague from Paul Scherrer Institute, has analyzed the trade-off between the decarbonization potential of the road transportation sector and its critical metal requirement from the demand-side perspective in 48 major countries committing to decarbonize their road transportation sectors aided by electric vehicles (EVs).

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BYD EV sales grew nearly 50% in January as exports reached a new high

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Interestingly, BYD’s all-electric vehicles are beginning to outpace its plug-in hybrids (PHEVs). BYD’s PHEV sales were up 21% to 95,715 last month. Instead, BYD and Tesla need to work together “to increase the new energy vehicle ‘cake.’” Production was also up significantly, with 114,365 EVs built last month, up 64% YOY.

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Electric Vehicle Initiative Launched at Clean Energy Ministerial in Washington DC

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At the Clean Energy Ministerial in Washington, DC, 19-20 July, ministers reaffirmed their commitment to previously-announced targets for the deployment of electric vehicles, which the International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates will create global market momentum leading to at least 20 million electric vehicles on the road worldwide by 2020.

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New report finds global CO2 vehicle emission reduction measures falter; dropping diesels, increasing SUVs

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It was authored by the International Energy Agency (IEA), in collaboration with International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT), and was funded by the FIA Foundation, through GFEI. China saw new registrations of LDVs increase 17% per year in the period 2005 to 2017 while India saw an increase of 9% and Indonesia 7%.

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Nickel: The metal driving the EV revolution – ET Auto

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Electric vehicles (EVs) today are at the forefront of India’s sustainable transport revolution, a critical step in the country’s ambitious goal of containing climate change and reducing its dependency on fossil fuels. For plug-in hybrids (PHEVs), average nickel use was up 11% year-over-year to 6.5 kilograms per vehicle.

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EV Companies Taking More & More Share of World EV Market

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If you’re wondering who is winning in the growing electric vehicle market, you should know by now that Tesla and. continued] The post EV Companies Taking More & More Share of World EV Market appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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EV Companies Taking More & More Share of World Auto Market

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If you’re wondering who is winning in the growing electric vehicle market, you should know by now that Tesla and. continued] The post EV Companies Taking More & More Share of World Auto Market appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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