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Renault Group and Managem Group sign agreement for sustainable supply of Moroccan cobalt

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After an engineering study, Managem Group plans to invest in the construction of a factory located within the Guemassa industrial complex, Morocco in order to transform cobalt ore into cobalt sulfate. billion from 2025 and a target of €3 billion.

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ZF signs multi-year supply agreement with STMicroelectronics for silicon carbide devices for new inverters

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ZF will leverage ST’s vertically integrated silicon carbide manufacturing in Europe and Asia to secure customer orders in electromobility. Among others, ZF will use the technology in inverters for vehicles of a European car manufacturer whose production start is planned for 2025. Earlier post.)

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Second evolution of Audi RS Q e-tron features all-new body, enhanced aerodynamics, more efficient drivetrain

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The innovative prototype, bearing the abbreviation E2, is significantly improved for the 2022 Morocco Rally and the 2023 Dakar Rally. In October, Team Audi Sport will prepare for the 2023 Dakar Rally with the new prototype in Morocco. RS Q e-tron E2. The body is completely new and features significantly enhanced aerodynamics.

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BNEF: producing battery materials in the DRC could lower supply-chain emissions and add value to the country’s cobalt

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European cell manufacturers currently rely heavily on China for battery precursors. While there are notable leading electric-vehicle and cell manufacturers today, the sheer scale of growth expected in the coming decades means that there is inherent uncertainty over which companies and countries may come to dominate this new value chain.

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The world’s longest land and subsea interconnector just came online

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High wind generation outputs in the UK and Denmark are unlikely to happen simultaneously, so surplus energy will be transmitted through the interconnector to where the level of demand is higher. Prysmian Group also manufactured the HVDC land cable, and Balfour Beatty installed it in the UK.

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Skeleton Technologies joins Flying Whales program to develop next generation of heavy-lift, large-capacity airships

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European ultracapacitor manufacturer Skeleton Technologies will join French firm Flying Whales’ program to build a 60-ton Large Capacity Airship (LCA60T, for the global transport market. For that purpose Morocco will become the “third parent country” of Flying Whales. Average operational power is expected to be approximately 1.5

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