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Renault Trucks creates Used Parts Factory

Green Car Congress

To reduce natural resource usage and its trucks’ environmental impact, Renault Trucks (part of the Volvo Group) is taking steps to transition its industrial operations to a circular-economy approach. At this new industrial facility located in Vénissieux, the brand’s trucks will be dismantled , and their parts reused.

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Motherson Group collaborating with UBQ to bring carbon-negative thermoplastics into auto parts

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The companies are joining efforts to implement the carbon-negative UBQ thermoplastic ( earlier post ) into auto parts manufactured by Motherson Group for the automotive industry. Adding as little as 10% UBQ GHG to a part can immediately transform it into a carbon-neutral product. Polymers typically emit 1.9

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DOE awarding $1.6B to 11 battery materials separation and processing projects as part of $2.8B funding

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Lilac’s patented ion-exchange technology can extract lithium economically from these brines by directly capturing the lithium using solid ion-exchange beads, while impurities remain within the liquid resource and are returned to the natural environment. Piedmont Lithium , Tennessee Lithium, $141,680,442.

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A Big Week for Energy and the Environment

Energy Institute at HAAS

This is a big week for energy and environmental policy in the world’s fifth largest economy and the republic it is part of – … Continue Reading A Big Week for Energy and the Environment Let’s get them right.

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Tesla launches efforts to stop CA’s solar tax, which Musk dubs as “anti-environment”

Teslarati

as a “bizarre anti-environment move” by the California government. . Bizarre anti-environment move by govt of California [link] — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 12, 2022. The post Tesla launches efforts to stop CA’s solar tax, which Musk dubs as “anti-environment” appeared first on TESLARATI.

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Interview With Juice Bar Charger CEO (Part Two)

CleanTechnica EVs

This is part two of my interview with Paul Vosper, CEO and President of Juice Bar, an EV charging manufacturer that is building a national EV charging infrastructure that will sustain the environment for future generations. In part one, Paul shared how he got involved with Juice Bar, how his EV ownership led him to […].

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Urban Air Mobility Division of Hyundai Motor Group & ANRA Technologies partner to develop advanced air mobility air traffic operating environment

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The Urban Air Mobility Division of Hyundai Motor Group is partnering with ANRA Technologies —a leading international provider of end-to-end drone operations and traffic management solutions for unmanned system operators and airspace managers—to begin developing the operating environment for the advanced air mobility (AAM) industry.