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Biographite and the changing battery market

Smart Energy International

In an exclusive interview with CarbonScape’s Oliver Foster, Yusuf Latief discusses the company’s success to date and what their alternative to graphite signals for the battery market going forward. Having married a New Zealander in 2003, we decided to both have a career break in late 2011 and move to New Zealand.

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BNEF: Electric vehicles will be cheaper than fossil fuel models by 2027

Business Green

Influential analyst firm predicts all new car sales in EU could be electric by 2035, provided that tougher emissions regulations are enacted now. Julia Poliscanova, senior director for vehicles and e-mobility at Transport and Environment, urged EU lawmakers to establish a phase out date for fossil fuel vehicles.

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Commercial trucking's future is in the details

GreenBiz

playing Sherlock Holmes in the 2011 movie "Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows," is asked what he sees. Utilities such as Duke Energy are getting engaged as well, forecasting major growth in demand for electricity, whether that's for charging battery electric vehicles or for producing fuels such as hydrogen for fuel cell electric vehicles.

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V2G’s value proposition for the UK energy transition

Smart Energy International

With the ever-increasing amount of electric vehicles (EVs) that have been coming onto the grid, planning how to manage the grid’s wear and tear while maintaining grid functionality is more relevant than ever. Rather than exporting, vehicles can in these cases be used as battery storage. Enhanced battery management.

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How Umicore is ensuring sustainability in the North American EV battery chain

Charged

For EVs to deliver their full emission-reducing potential, the battery supply chain must be as clean as possible, and cathode active materials (CAM) are a key part of the sustainability equation. Automakers have high hopes for solid-state batteries, mainly because of their improved safety characteristics.

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Government axes plug-in car grant, as industry warns shock move comes at 'worst possible time'

Business Green

The government has today scrapped its flagship plug-in car grant scheme in a surprise move, pledging to refocus electric vehicle (EV) incentives and funding towards taxis, vans, trucks, and motorcycles, as well as the expansion of the public chargepoint network. Last month, battery electric vehicles represented 12.4

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Are the UK and Japan missing the 'narrow window' to seize the EV opportunity?

Business Green

Could two of the historic heartlands of the global automotive industry risk tipping into terminal decline if they fail to adequately respond to the electric vehicle (EV) revolution that is sending shockwaves through auto markets worldwide? Work is underway to build out such a UK EV battery supply chain.