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ARPA-E awarding $39M to 16 projects to grow the domestic critical minerals supply chain

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The selected projects, led by universities, national laboratories, and the private sector aim to develop commercially scalable technologies that will enable greater domestic supplies of copper, nickel, lithium, cobalt, rare earth elements, and other critical elements. Earlier post.)The Earlier post.)The

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Groundbreaking for Mercedes-Benz battery recycling factory in Kuppenheim, Germany

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Mercedes-Benz is investing a double-digit million Euro amount in the construction of the balance sheet CO 2 -neutral plant, which is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection as part of a scientific research project.

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GM Back in the EV Spotlight

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Noting similar challenges for other OEMs, Casey Selecman, a forecast director with AutoForecast Solutions, stated, “Everyone is up against it globally, there are looming threats of shortages for nickel, lithium, graphite and cobalt.”

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This is Volkswagen’s Brilliant Strategy To Dominate The EV Market!

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The cathode, one of the two electrodes that stores and releases a charge, is the most expensive part in each cell. This is due to the high cost of the materials used in cathodes to store more energy, such as cobalt, nickel, lithium, and manganese. These batteries bigger and can produce a lot more power.

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Verifying the origin of EV battery materials at the source: Traceability challenges, Part Two

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Bureau Veritas handles on-site verification and third-party independent auditing, and OPTEL (see Part One of this series ) provides a digital platform that companies and government regulators can use to follow products through their supply chains, from extraction of the raw materials to final assembly. Why in the 1980s? You have Industry 4.0

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