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Recycling e-waste should be a legal requirement in the EU, says report

Envirotec Magazine

The report by the CEWASTE consortium – led by the Switzerland-based World Resources Forum – says this requirement should apply to certain e-waste categories, including: End-of-life circuit boards, certain magnets in disc drives and electric vehicles, EV and other special battery types, and fluorescent lamps.

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NorthVolt’s Battle Plan to Win the Upcoming Battery-Wars

Mr. Sustainability

An introduction to the battery company NorthVolt and its strategy Summary - NortVolt, led by Tesla-Veteran Peter Carlsson, is building the very first European battery gigafactory. What is NorthVolt’s strategy to create a European battery power basis? He came back to build his own battery factory. million jobs, vulnerable.

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Triumph Motorcycles revs up its first e-bike

Business Green

The iconic British motorcycle manufacturer this week unveiled the Trekker GT e-bike, which boasts a 504Wh battery that delivers a range of roughly 150km per charge. The firm said the bike, which is currently listed at £2,950, will be made available immediately in the UK, US, and across Europe, with the exception of Germany and Austria.

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'On the cusp of a transport revolution': Green mobility projects secure £90m funding boost

Business Green

Government also seeks views on 'biggest shake up of transport laws in a generation' to harness emerging green transport technologies such as electric scooters. This review will ensure we understand the potential impacts of a wide range of new transport modes such as e-scooters, helping to properly inform any decisions on legalisation.

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'On the cusp of a transport revolution': Green mobility projects secure £90m funding

Business Green

Government also seeks views on 'biggest shake up of transport laws in a generation' to harness emerging green transport technologies such as electric scooters. This review will ensure we understand the potential impacts of a wide range of new transport modes such as e-scooters, helping to properly inform any decisions on legalisation.

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UK poised for £24bn boost from electric cars by 2025, industry report claims

Business Green

Opportunities in batteries, powertrains, and electronics but industry must ramp up capacity 10-fold, report warns. In the next few years the APC expects to be funding projects developing technologies in everything from magnet manufacturing to semiconductors and electric steel to battery components.".

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BNEF: Fossil fuel car sales have likely peaked leaving EVs in pole position for recovery race

Business Green

Now, with the global pandemic leading a hige drop in demand, the report predicts sales for conventional cars are set to drop 23 per cent worldwide in 2020, with major implications for the global oil market. per cent to global electricity demand by 2040, BNEF added. million barrels a day by 2040. million barrels a day by 2040.