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

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Among the researchers’ suggestions for managing this demand: Constructing a circular economy would be indispensable to the critical metals if it achieved a closed-loop supply chain in the future. Zhang et al. Monotonic growth in global demand for critical metals to 2050 is the most prevalent trend.

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UK report sees step-change improvements in performance of EV batteries as “highly unlikely” through 2020

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Peter Bruce of EastChem to investigate the future trajectory of batteries cost and performance. The report— Cost and performance of EV batteries —describes the current state of development and cost of batteries, before mapping the future cost and performance of lithium-ion batteries out to 2030.

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NRC report concludes US LDVs could cut oil consumption and GHGs by 80% by 2050; reliance on plug-ins, biofuels and hydrogen; strong policies mandatory

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Vehicle and fuel data were then used to forecast future LDV fleet energy use and GHG emissions using two models, as well comparing different policy-driven scenarios. BEVs and PHEVs are likely to use lithium-ion batteries for the foreseeable future. Several advanced battery technologies (e.g.,

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Promising EV Trends to Lookout For in 2023

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million battery electric cars (BEVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), sales of EVs increased by 55% above 2021 levels, bringing the total number of EVs worldwide to 20 million.  Some other Battery news are, New developments and experiments in battery chemistries like lithium-air and magnesium-ion are going on.

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