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A closer look at graphite—its forms, functions and future in EV batteries

Charged EVs

It’s really up to the battery manufacturers and the automakers as to which physical configuration to use, and then of course the internal chemistry configuration. There are cylindrical cells, pouch cells and prismatic cells. It’s all based on what the battery manufacturers think is the best for their application.

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Perspective: Why Carbon Emissions Should Not Have Been the Focus of the UN Climate Change Summit and Why the 15th Conference of the Parties Should Have Focused on Technology Transfer

Green Car Congress

Based on calculations by the International Energy Agency (IEA), 75% of the growth in the world’s energy demand from 2005 to 2030 will come from developing countries. The OPEC Fund for International Development (OPEC Fund). China recently surpassed the US as the world’s biggest producer of GHGs.