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Univ. of Michigan receives grant from Alcoa Foundation for sustainable transportation research in Detroit, Beijing

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The University of Michigan will receive a $250,000 grant from Alcoa Foundation to support U-M’s Sustainable Mobility and Accessibility Research and Transformation ( SMART ) project. The grant will be used to develop and apply practical solutions to the challenges of sustainable transportation in the Detroit and Beijing regions.

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Morgan Stanley warns that nickel price surge could add $1k to electric vehicle costs

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Several reasons are behind nickel’s price surge, which saw the material go up 250% in the past two days, though it is believed that a driving factor is Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine. . Tesla is already doing this with its vehicles that are equipped with lithium iron phosphate batteries (LFP) batteries.

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Elon Musk’s Starlink blocked by French court after legal battle with environmental groups

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Arcep had granted Starlink two bands of frequencies that would link the company’s satellite constellation to France-based customers. . The satellite internet system has also been proving itself as an invaluable solution in areas like Ukraine, which is currently at war with Russia. This was something that Arcep did not do. .

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KIT and Wintershall Dea collaborating to develop industrial-scale methane pyrolysis for CO2-free production of hydrogen

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relating to methane pyrolysis was granted the Innovation Award by the German Gas Industry and additionally won the audience award of the ERDGAS 2018 Zukunftswerkstatt, an event staged by the Zukunft ERDGAS industry initiative. —Prof Wetzel. In 2018, the research of KIT and the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies e.V.

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Euro Manganese to begin assembly of demo plant in Czech Republic; production targeted for December

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Both shipments are being made by ocean freight from China, a change from rail, due to the Russia-Ukraine conflict. The deposit lay dormant until its mineral rights were granted in September 2014 to a Czech group of companies. Delivery of the initial shipment is expected on site in June. In May 2016, Euro Manganese Inc.

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Norway to start seismic surveys in the Barents Sea; “High North” strategy

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Norway Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg announced that the Norwegian Government intends to start additional seismic surveys further north in the area of the Barents Sea previously disputed with Russia. The area near the maritime delimitation line between Norway and Russia may contain significant oil and gas resources.

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Tesla’s years of battery tech investments are becoming a buffer against nickel’s rising costs

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Being a key component of its high-performance batteries, Musk stated back in 2020 that any company that can provide Tesla with environmentally-friendly nickel would be granted with a massive contract. This timeframe seems to have been accelerated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. .

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