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Arkansas might be sitting on 19 million tons of lithium

Green Car Reports

battery production Lithium mining was extensive in North Carolina until the 1980s A lithium deposit located in southwestern Arkansas could hold enough of the metal to satisfy global EV battery demand nine times.

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F-150 Lightning battery size, Rivian R1T, Canoo in Arkansas: Today’s Car News

Green Car Reports

Canoo is shifting first production plans to Arkansas. The Rivian R1T is one of this year’s best. And battery pack numbers for the F-150 Lightning have been confirmed. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.

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Brookhaven, U Arkansas team develop new core-shell catalyst for ethanol fuel cells

Green Car Congress

Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and the University of Arkansas have developed a highly efficient catalyst for extracting electrical energy from ethanol. The platinum and iridium form monoatomic islands across the surface of the gold nanoparticles.

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Canoo aims for EV production in 2022 in Arkansas, shifts away from Netherlands plan

Green Car Reports

In a press release published last week, Canoo confirmed that production will start at a recently-announced Arkansas facility next year, before moving to a planned "Mega.

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There’s Enough Lithium In Arkansas For The World’s EVs. Extracting It Is The Issue

InsideEVs

A new study says there’s nine times more lithium in Arkansas than the projected need for EVs globally in 2030.

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Arkansas’ largest-ever solar project gets $32M from Climate United

Electrek

million in direct financing for the largest commercial and industrial solar deployment in Arkansas’ history. US nonprofit coalition Climate United announced $31.8

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This $32M Arkansas solar farm is the state’s largest to date

Electrek

million in direct financing for the largest commercial and industrial solar deployment in Arkansas’ history. US nonprofit coalition Climate United announced $31.8

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