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Copper use in vehicle wiring harnesses expected to surge

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In the medium term, hybrids will add the most copper, while battery-electric vehicles will require more copper in the longer term (2030 and beyond). The amount of copper used per vehicle varies widely by region – from an average of 8.9 kg in South America to 17.6 kg in North America.

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Honda announces new EV division

Business Green

The car maker has this week unveiled a new arm of its business which will be solely focused on EV production and strategy Japanese auto giant Honda has announced it is creating a new dedicated electric vehicle (EV) division to help drive efforts to deliver on its ambition to become carbon neutral by 2050.

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Volkswagen to turbocharge global EV push with €120bn investment

Business Green

The update confirmed sales of the auto giant's fully electric vehicles rose 23.6 The firm said it is now aiming to accelerate delivery of battery cars to customers in 2023 in order to tackle its huge EV order book, which includes over 100,000 orders in Europe alone. per cent year-on-year to around 330,000 units worldwide.

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Mining Giants Embrace Renewables, But Decarbonization Remains a Steep Climb

GreenTechMedia

This pressure, which comes on top of community expectations and regulatory frameworks, has so far been stronger in Australia and Europe than North America, he said. The sector is also moving towards renewables because they are cheaper than fossil-fuel energy sources.

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Smart Energy Finances: Badger acquires smart water solutions & TE Connectivity’s smart grid win

Smart Energy International

million) to drive its European expansion and launch its next generation modular electric heat pump series, based on natural refrigerant, across Europe. The new electric heat pump platform is modular and designed to make the heat pump an integrated part of a local energy system. Badger acquires Syrinix. Image courtesy Qvantum.

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Tracking Climate Action: How the World Can Still Limit Warming to 1.5 Degrees C

The City Fix

Today’s climate change headlines often seem at odds with each other. One day, it’s catastrophic wildfires wreaking havoc around the world; the next, it’s an optimistic piece on the rapid scale-up of solar and wind power. Taken together, such stories.

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World Energy Storage Day: a global platform for the energy industry’s potential

Smart Energy International

APAC, starting with China, Japan, Korea, Australia, and New Zealand as the first region; India, the Russian sub-continent as the second region; Europe, the Middle East, and Africa as the third region, and then North and South America as the fourth region. Some regions have emerged as global leaders like the US.

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