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Benchmark: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine risks raising costs for Europe’s auto industry

Green Car Congress

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine threatens to increase costs for Europe’s vehicle industry, which is already struggling with record high lithium prices and a shortage of semiconductor chips, according to Benchmark Mineral Intelligence.

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Budget Drones in Ukraine Are Redefining Warfare

Cars That Think

The war between Russia and Ukraine is making a lot of high-tech military systems look like so many gold-plated irrelevancies. This war is a war of drones, they are the super weapon here,” Anton Gerashchenko, an adviser to Ukraine’s minister of internal affairs, told Newsweek earlier this year. Ukraine denied the allegation.

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Germany to send 10,000 more Starlink terminals to Ukraine

Teslarati

Germany plans to send Ukraine 10,000 Starlink satellite terminals next month, Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov said on his official Telegram channel. SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk has also given his support to Ukraine on many occasions. However, the CEO had a change of heart. Your feedback is welcome.

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SpaceX has spent ~$80M on Starlink support for Ukraine thus far

Teslarati

SpaceX has spent about $80 million on Starlink support in Ukraine since it started helping the country in its war with Russia. . The SpaceX CEO has received backlash recently for his Ukraine-Russia peace plan. Obviously, we are pro Ukraine,” clarified Elon Musk. . Our support for Russia is $0. Guess who is going to win?

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Nuclear Energy Brinkmanship in Ukraine

Cars That Think

Ukraine is launching a counteroffensive to retake occupied territory, including Zaporizhzhia. In a simulated fallout map produced by Ukraine’s national weather service and posted Sunday, a radiation plume spreads northwest and reaches Poland and Lithuania within 72 hours.

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Ukraine will get 10,000+ more Starlink antennas

Teslarati

Ukraine will receive over 10,000 Starlink antennas to help counter Russian air attacks, said Mykhailo Fedorov, deputy prime minister and minister for digital transformation, in an interview with Bloomberg. Musk assured us he would continue to support Ukraine. He understands the situation,” he said. Teslarati is now on TikTok.

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Defying Russia’s assault, Ukraine completes a 114-MW wind farm

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more… The post Defying Russia’s assault, Ukraine completes a 114-MW wind farm appeared first on Electrek. Despite Russia’s ongoing invasion, Ukrainian energy company DTEK Group has finished the construction of the first 114 megawatts (MW) of a 500 MW wind farm.

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