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Tesla Semi spotted charging at newly installed Giga Nevada Megacharger

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A Tesla Semi was spotted charging at the company’s newly-installed Megachargers at the Giga Nevada production facility near Sparks, Nevada. Awesome sighting today of a charging Tesla Semi at Tesla Giga Nevada! The post Tesla Semi spotted charging at newly installed Giga Nevada Megacharger appeared first on TESLARATI.

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SpaceX completes 6th Dragon launch to the International Space Station

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ET last night, sending Cargo Dragon on its way to the International Space Station. United Launch Alliance does not have any Atlas V rockets available as their manifest is already assigned ahead of its retirement and eventual switch to the new Vulcan rocket that will be launching the Sierra Nevada Dream Chaser vehicle.

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

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E) will award $39 million in funding to 16 projects across 12 states to develop market-ready technologies that will increase domestic supplies of critical elements required for the clean energy transition. University of Nevada, Reno. The carbonation reaction will convert REE-bearing silicate minerals to REE-bearing carbonate minerals.

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Lithium-ion battery recycler ABTC expands operations and capacity with newly purchased facility

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The demand for domestically produced and sustainably sourced battery metals has grown at a near insatiable rate over recent years, as the domestic manufacturing capacity of lithium-ion batteries has grown exponentially from less than 50 GWh/year to now more than 700 GWh/year of operational and announced capacity.

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Stellantis makes $155M investment in McEwen Copper Argentina project

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equity stake in McEwen Copper, a subsidiary of Canadian mining company McEwen Mining, which owns the Los Azules project in Argentina and the Elder Creek project in Nevada. which holds 100% interests in the Los Azules project in Argentina and in the Elder Creek exploration property in Nevada. The company is acquiring a 14.2%

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Tesla considers options outside Nuevo Leon in Mexico due to energy supply concerns

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Tesla is considering options outside of Nuevo Leon for a potential production facility in Mexico as concerns with energy supply by the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) have established potential barriers for the location. ” AIFA is the Felipe Angeles International Airport near Mexico City. I’d love to hear from you!

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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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billion will go to 11 projects in the materials separation and processing segment of the supply chain. Anovion , Scaling the Domestic, US Owned and Operated Anode Supply Chain for Synthetic Graphite, $117,000,000. It will produce enough material to supply more than 250,000 electric vehicles annually. Of that, $1.6

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