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The US and EU take different approaches to the threat of Chinese EV imports – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

percent tariff for all Chinese-made cars, and the Inflation Reduction Act creates an additional barrier with its stipulation that only EVs made in North America qualify for tax credits. Some fear that Chinese firms could do an end run around such barriers by producing EVs in places like Mexico and Brazil.)

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The Complex Calculus of Clean Energy and Zero Emissions

Cars That Think

government was going to try a whole bunch of different government interventions—incentive programs, tax credits, grants, infrastructure investments—to bend the trajectory of our energy transition. What was the maximum share of wind that we could have in the system without blowing it up—5 percent or 20 percent or 30 percent?

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EIA: light duty vehicle energy consumption to drop 25% by 2040; increased oil production, vehicle efficiency reduce US oil and liquid imports

Green Car Congress

Electric power generation from renewables is bolstered by legislation enacted at the beginning of 2013 extending tax credits for generation from wind and other renewable technologies. Pipeline exports of natural gas to Mexico grow by 6% per year, from 0.6 US exports of LNG increase to 3.5 Tcf in 2012 to 3.1 Tcf in 2040.

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Global investment in renewable power reached $270.2B in 2014, ~17% up from 2013; biofuel investment fell 8% to 10-year low

Green Car Congress

billion of final investment decisions on offshore wind projects in Europe. A continuing sharp decline in technology costs—particularly in solar but also in wind—meant that every dollar invested in renewable energy bought significantly more generating capacity in 2014. Additional to China, Brazil ($7.6 billion), India ($7.4

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How Umicore is ensuring sustainability in the North American EV battery chain

Charged EVs

This is the case at our gigafactory in Europe, which relies on wind energy, and it’s also what we plan for our soon-to-come plant in Canada. Furthermore, IRA-compliant battery critical mineral supply could be redirected globally to supply US electric vehicles, thereby benefiting from the US Clean Vehicle Tax Credit.

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How Umicore is ensuring sustainability in the North American EV battery chain – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

This is the case at our gigafactory in Europe, which relies on wind energy, and it’s also what we plan for our soon-to-come plant in Canada. Furthermore, IRA-compliant battery critical mineral supply could be redirected globally to supply US electric vehicles, thereby benefiting from the US Clean Vehicle Tax Credit.

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Will We Achieve Net-Zero Emissions By 2035? A National Clean Electricity Standard Could Be Key

EV Match

While Republicans in Congress have traditionally followed advice from the fossil fuel industry, the prospect of creating millions of good-paying jobs through the Clean Electricity Standard in wind, solar, and other zero-carbon technologies will be a hard opportunity to ignore. … It just shows that fossil fuel is necessary.”.

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