Australia’s slow warming to electric cars may get election boost
Mining News Pro - One of the world’s biggest laggards in electric vehicle adoption, Australia, is finally warming to the idea.
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Electric cars to account for over 80% of battery demand in next 20 years despite current challenges
Mining News Pro - Electric cars are expected to account for 79% of the EV market revenues and 83% of battery demand in the next two decades despite some current challenges, a new report by IDTechEx shows.
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Biden infrastructure plan targets electric cars
Mining News Pro - President Joe Biden is calling for sweeping investment in electric vehicles, renewable power and the electric grid as part of a broad blueprint to bolster the US economy while combating climate change.
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EV metals index beats record by 54% as electric cars reach tipping point
Mining News Pro - The global vehicle market in 2020 had its worst year in decades. European sales were the lowest since 1985, 15% fewer cars left US showrooms and while the decline in China was in single digits, it was the third down year in a row for the world’s largest car market.
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US spending less on electric cars than three years ago
Mining News Pro - The media company’s green energy research arm, shows Europe overtaking the Asia Pacific region – mainly China – in investment in transport electrification, including buses, commercial vehicles and charging infrastructure.
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Britain’s accelerating transition to electric cars
Mining News Pro - Britain’s transition from petroleum to electricity in road transport is accelerating, albeit from a low base, and will start to have a significant impact on oil consumption towards the end of the decade.
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Lithium price: Battery capacity of electric cars doubles from last year
Mining News Pro - Battery metals tracker Adamas Intelligence says that in March 2019, battery capacity deployed worldwide in battery electric cars (including hybrids) nearly doubled from the same month last year.
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Lithium use in electric cars sold around the world surges 76%
Mining News Pro - Battery metals tracker Adamas Intelligence says that in February 2019, 76% more lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE) was deployed worldwide in batteries of new electric, plug-in hybrid and hybrid electric passenger vehicles compared to the same month last year.
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Scientists find new way to power electric cars using cobalt
Mining News Pro - Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Lowell developed a technique that uses only water, carbon dioxide and cobalt metal particles that have surface nanostructures measuring billionths of a meter in size, to produce hydrogen on demand at relatively low temperature and pressure and to use to power the next generation of electric vehicles.
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How the cobalt market fell victim to the allure of electric cars
Mining News Pro - Cobalt prices were surging so much last year that thieves were carrying out elaborate heists at warehouses in Europe’s busiest port. Now, prices are in free fall and mining companies are taking the financial hit.
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BHP, world`s largest miner, says 2017 is `tipping point` for electric cars
Mining News Agency - This year looks set to be the "tipping point" for electric cars, Arnoud Balhuizen , chief commercial officer at BHP, said on Tuesday, adding that the impact for raw materials producers would be felt first in the metals markets and only later in oil.
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