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Eagle Graphite and University of British Columbia partner on development of silicon-modified anodes

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Flake graphite accounts for approximately 40% of global natural graphite supply. The supply of flake graphite is concentrated primarily in China and Mozambique, with Brazil, North Korea, Canada and India accounting for nearly all of the remainder of production. The finished graphite is non-toxic and non-reactive.

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How the Huawei Fight is Changing the Face of 5G

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Meng's arrest on fraud charges was widely seen as part of that campaign. In subsequent decades, the company was accused of stealing Western intellectual property , supplying sensitive telecoms equipment to North Korea and Iran , and expanding its global market share by undercutting Western telecom equipment prices by as much as a third.

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Which 2024 EVs qualify for the $7,500 EV tax credit?

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As of 2024, in addition to North American assembly, 60% of battery parts will need to be North American–sourced in order to qualify for half of the credit amount ($3,750). It’s all part of a comprehensive push from the Biden administration to foster a domestic supply chain for EVs. Starting Jan.

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Good News and Bad News: Changes to the Federal EV Tax Credit in 2024

EV Life

The full $7,500 tax credit is split into two parts, each worth $3,750. These additional requirements are meant to encourage the auto industry to rely less on foreign countries like China and more on domestic sources for these components, promoting local manufacturing and supply chain security. or a trade partner.

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How New Eligibility Criteria for the Electric Vehicle Tax Credit Affects You

Blink Charging

Starting in 2024 , to reinforce America’s supply chain security, a clean vehicle must not incorporate any battery components produced or assembled by a Foreign Entity of Concern (FEOC). By 2029, all eligible clean vehicles must have their entire battery made or assembled in North America.

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Space Station Incident Demands Independent Investigation

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By then the thrusting had stopped, probably when the guilty thruster exhausted its fuel supply. The Russian side, for its part, dismissed the attitude deviation as a routine bump in a normal process of automatic docking and proclaimed there would be no formal incident investigation, especially any that would involve their American partners.

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