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Novel Sodium-Ion Battery-Powered EVs To Hit Chinese Streets in January

The Truth About Cars

JAC Motors has developed a new EV sporting a sodium-ion battery that it says has lower costs and more abundant raw materials. Yiwei, a new brand for the automaker in 2023, announced a 157-mile EV, but it’s hardly a car Americans are known to flock to, as it’s a tiny five-door hatch.

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President Obama Awards $2.3B for Tax Credits for New Clean-Tech Manufacturing Jobs; GE Gets Largest Battery-related Award

Green Car Congress

billion in Recovery Act Advanced Energy Manufacturing Tax Credits for clean energy manufacturing projects across the United States. RE-Gen LLC will receive a $903,480 credit to support building a factory to produce Biomass Gasification Furnaces with a capacity of 250 systems/year. President Obama announced the award of $2.3

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Converting Coal Power Plants to Nuclear Gains Steam

Cars That Think

DOE analysts flagged only 35 recently retired and 96 operating coal sites that could house a large light-water reactor within half a mile. nestled in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, the nuclear energy firm TerraPower plans to retrofit an existing coal plant with a sodium fast reactor. In Kemmerer, Wyo.,

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Top Factors Affecting EV Adoption

EV Connect

Drivers in the Great Plains region, by contrast, will find charging opportunities sparse, and certainly too thinly distributed to support the typical mile range of an electric vehicle. Incentives and restrictions The extension of the light-duty EV tax credit through 2032 locks in generous savings for consumers in the short term.

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

Charged EVs

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. It’s an extension of our current NMC battery technology portfolio, with high energy density targeting EVs with a 250-mile-plus driving range.

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

Baua Electric

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. It’s an extension of our current NMC battery technology portfolio, with high energy density targeting EVs with a 250-mile-plus driving range.

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Electric Car Manufacturers Inspire New Paradigms -- Seeking Alpha

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Price tag: about $25,000, made from 95% recyclable materials with a top speed of 65 miles per hour and range of 110 miles per charge. The electric car features three different battery options, two different Lithium-based (LI) systems – A123Systems and Enerdel as well as a Sodium-Nickel battery Zebra (Mes-Dea).