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The Great Battery Materials Charade Explained

When is a battery component a battery material? When the Treasury department says it is and that may lead to some drama on Capitol Hill.
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The Cold Can’t Hurt Daimler’s Electric Trucks

Medium and heavy duty trucks are essential for a variety of industries such as construction, transportation, and logistics. They are used to transport goods, equipment, and materials over long distances. These trucks need to work under all conditions because industries that rely on them cannot afford any delays or downtime. On top of that, these […]
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The Algae Phoenix Rises: Biofuel Down, Concrete Up

After stumbling on biofuel, algae finds its footing and steps up to help the concrete industry cut its carbon footprint, too.
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Battery & Solar Recycling Marches On In March

Lithium battery recycling is an important part of protecting the environment, as it can reduce the amount of raw materials used to create new batteries and decrease the amount of waste generated by disposable lithium-ion batteries. Recycling lithium-ion batteries not only helps conserve resources (and the emissions that come with obtaining those resources), but also […]
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Swedish Mining Group Boliden Is Getting Electric Trucks From Volvo For Underground Mining Operations

Campus-based operations such as mines are some of the best places for utilizing electric vehicles. The nature of their operations often revolve around regular, repetitive routes at well known times and intervals, making it fairly straightforward when it comes to setting up charging infrastructure onsite and managing fleet charging. It’s safe to say drivers of […]
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How Much Steel Will All Those Wind Turbines & Solar Panels Need, & Can We Make It?

Steel will not remotely be a constraint for global transformation of energy over the coming decades. We make vastly more of it per year than annual requirements, and there's an increasing amount of scrap being created.
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It’s Pretty Easy To Announce an EV in 2023

A couple weeks ago, Volkswagen released a new car concept, the “ID.2 all.” The vehicle, which I’m going to sometimes just refer to as the ID.2 so that it’s easier to read in a paragraph, and to avoid confusion with the “all” part, is supposed to come in at under $25,000. That’s great news, but […]
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100% Electric Vehicles Now Equal 16% Of New Car Sales In France

1 in 4 new passenger vehicles in France had a plug in February.
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100% Electric Vehicles Now Equal 16% Of New Car Sales In France

1 in 4 new passenger vehicles in France had a plug in February.
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Germany–EU Spat Over E-Fuels Ends Amicably

E-fuels have been at the heart of a dispute between Germany and the European Commission but it seems the problem has been solved.