Lithium isn’t the only metal in short supply holding up the transition to cheaper electric vehicles (EVs). EVs’ motors are powered by magnets that need rare earth minerals, mostly neodymium or samarium but also may require terbium and dysprosium.
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CARBON WAR REBELLION: THE LATEST
The war on hydrocarbon energy is meeting with greater resistance, despite attempts by authorities to cast a supposed “green energy transition” as inevitable.
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TOP TREND 2024: EV GO FU: REGISTRATIONS OF CHINESE EVS IN EUROPE JUMP 23 PERCENT
During this year’s first four months, registrations of electric vehicles (EVs) made in China and sold in western Europe and the U.K. increased 23 percent, year on year, to 119,300, Schmidt Automotive Research reported.
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TOP TREND 2024: EV GO FU
President Joe Biden’s 102.5-percent tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles (EVs) entering the U.S. drew headlines earlier this month. What drew less attention but is far more impactful is the tripling of tariffs on EV batteries and parts.
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TOP TREND 2024, EV GO FU: STRONG HYBRID SALES HELP ASIAN CARMAKERS SHIFT TO EVs
Thanks to a weak yen and strong U.S. demand for gas-electric hybrid cars, Honda and Toyota reported 2023 as their most profitable year yet.
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SUPERCAPACITORS COULD LET EV AND OTHER BATTERIES CHARGE IN SECONDS
Sodium-ion batteries are emerging as a near-term alternative to the standard lithium-ion cells that power electric vehicles (EVs) now.
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TOP TREND 2024, EV GO FU: WHITE HOUSE EXTENDS EV TAX CREDIT
The Biden administration has made a one-year extension to 2026 for $7,500 in federal tax credits for consumers buying electric vehicles (EVs) containing Chinese graphite.
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“NET ZERO”: ZERO NEED, LESS THAN ZERO HUMAN BENEFIT
A group of climate researchers say that scientific principle shows that atmospheric CO2 is not capable of contributing any more to global warming than is currently the case.
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EXPECT AN EV BATTERY REVOLUTION BY 2030, WSJ SAYS
By 2030, a new generation of electric vehicle (EV) batteries will mean that “gas vehicles will cost more than their electric equivalents, some EVs will charge as fast as filling up at a gas station, and super-long-range EVs will make the phrase ‘range anxiety’ seem quaint,” Wall Street Journal technology analyst Christopher Mims wrote on 13 April.
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TOP TREND 2023: EV GO FU
In 2023, 41 percent of Americans told a Gallup poll they would not buy an electric vehicle (EV).