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Tesla’s Elon Musk confirms increased investment, R&D efforts in China

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Elon Musk briefly appeared during the opening ceremony of the 2021 World Internet Conference in Wuzhen, China recently. The conference’s theme was a move “towards a new era of digital civilization” and “working together to build a community within a shared future in cyberspace.”

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Tesla Energy director believes Australia can become a large supplier of lithium

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Mark Twidell stood in for Tesla Chairman Robyn Denholm at the Southstart entrepreneurs conference in Adelaide recently. “Australia has the raw materials in abundance like no other nation on Earth,” Twidell said at the conference. Tesla’s shift to LFP cells for Megapack batteries heralds an energy storage revolution. .

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Volkswagen to build 12,000 charging points in its parking lots in Germany; 10% of its parking spaces

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The plans were announced by CEO Martin Winterkorn behind closed doors at the National Conference on Electric Mobility earlier this week in Berlin, according to unnamed sources cited by dpa. Volkswagen subsequently confirmed the plans.

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Former Tesla exec confirms WSJ report on Biden admin’s anti-Tesla bias

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.” It was reportedly these factors that led to Tesla being snubbed by the Biden administration in its EV summit and US President Joe Biden crediting GM CEO Mary Barra for leading and electrifying “the entire automobile industry.” It’s not like we shouldn’t have carbon generating things.

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“India needs a coherent EV charging policy” – Govt official | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

India needs to urgently evolve a well-thought-out policy for strategically increasing the penetration of EV charging stations in the country, urged Dr Hanif Qureshi, Additional Secretary of the Ministry of Heavy Industries.

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GM and Stellantis Back Rare-Earth-Free Permanent Magnet

Cars That Think

For several years, the automobile industry has grappled with a straightforward question: Is it possible to produce a powerful, efficient, and mass-producible synchronous motor that contains no rare-earth elements at all? GM isn’t the only automaker on a hunt for rare-earth-free permanent magnets.

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“Energiewende” in a tank; Audi e-fuels targeting carbon-neutral driving with synthetic fuels from renewables, H2O and CO2; Swiss policy test case

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In May, Global Bioenergies presented the first batch of e-benzin to Audi by Global Bioenergies during a press conference. The pilot plant is also demonstrating that industrialization of liquid Audi e‑fuels is also possible. Audi is the exclusive partner in the automotive industry. Earlier post.) Earlier post.).

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