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Tesla Gigafactory Nevada celebrates 1 million battery pack milestone

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Tesla’s Gigafactory Nevada has achieved an incredible milestone. A picture of Gigafactory Nevada’s 1,000,000th battery was posted on the r/TeslaMotors subreddit. The special occasion was commemorated by the Giga Nevada team, with the battery pack being signed by numerous employees.

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Ad for 2020 Porsche Taycan: Building the grand vision, seeking renewable power?

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The 2020 Porsche Taycan will be the first widely available electric car designed around 800 volts—and in Porsche's newest advertisement, the company wants to make sure the power supply is ready.

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Life With A Chevy Volt, Tesla Gigafactory Cost, Improvised Electric-Car Charging: Today's Car News

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We''ve got a recap of one owner''s three years with a Chevrolet Volt, the potential cost to Nevada of hosting Tesla Motors'' gigafactory, and a highly unorthodox way of charging an electric car. Lots of electric-car news today. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Tesla Cybertruck spotted at new high-speed V4 Supercharger

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The appearance of the Cybertruck at the V4 Supercharger , which is located in Sparks, Nevada, was spotted by Mardak, a member of the Tesla Motors Club forum. The V4 Supercharger also drastically differs from the previous V3 design, but also the features of the new charging stall bring a modernity to the experience.

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Western Lithium significantly upgrades its Kings Valley Lithium resource in Nevada

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A 16 kWh Volt-type pack, then, would represent some 32 to 48 kg of lithium carbonate; the 801,000 tonnes of LCE would thus conceptually represent (very broadly) 16.7 to 25 million Volt-type packs (depending upon the loading). Western Lithium plans a demonstration plant for the end of 2011.

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Volt & Leaf Crashed, Tesla Gigafactory, Three Drive Reports: The Week In Reverse (VIDEO)

Green Car Reports

Why were reporters sneaking around a Nevada industrial park? And which plug-in electric car didn''t do so well on a recent IIHS crash test? This is the Week In Reverse for Friday, August 1, 2014, right here at Green Car Reports. We''ve now driven the upcoming 2015 Audi A3 e-tron plug-in hybrid, and we tell you all about it.

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Opinion: Why Lithium Will See Another Price Spike This Fall

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one of the ambitious new explorers shaking up the lithium mining scene in Nevada. Up until two years ago, the so-called “big three” —Albermarle (NYSE:ALB) in Chile and Nevada; SQM (NYSE:SQM) in Chile; FMC (NYSE:FMC) in Argentina—controlled 89% of the world’s lithium production. Electrical Grid Connections.

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