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Rock Tech Lithium to build Europe’s first lithium converter in Germany

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Rock Tech Lithium intends to build Europe’s first lithium converter—a production plant for battery-grade lithium hydroxide—in Guben, Brandenburg, Germany. The converter is scheduled to start operations in 2024. This would correspond to the volume needed to equip around 500,000 electric cars with lithium-ion batteries.

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Volkswagen initially investing €460M to convert Wolfsburg plant for EV production

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The compact electric car will be leaving the assembly line in Wolfsburg from 2023—initially in partial production, with full production slated from 2024. By the end of 2033 at the latest, the Volkswagen brand will only build electric cars in Wolfsburg—as in all of its other factories in Europe.

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New Bentley Continental GT, Continental GT Convertible and Flying Spur range now available with a second V8 plug-in hybrid option

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Bentley's range of Continental GT, Continental GT Convertible and Flying Spur models has now doubled with the addition of a second V8 plug-in hybrid option, the High Performance Hybrid with an output of 680 PS.

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VW considers electric convertible: Why are there so few drop-top EVs?

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The Volkswagen MEB platform will underpin electric cars with a wide range of body styles, but could a convertible be among them? VW teased one on Monday, releasing renderings of an electric convertible while remaining vague on production prospects. 3 electric.

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Genesis Completes Electric Vehicle Concept Trilogy With X Convertible

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Genesis demonstrated its design versatility today with the unveiling of the Genesis X Convertible concept in California. in adoption of electric vehicles and its temperate […] The post Genesis Completes Electric Vehicle Concept Trilogy With X Convertible appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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ArcelorMittal and LanzaTech break ground on €150M project to convert blast furnace carbon emissions to ethanol

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Leading steel and mining company ArcelorMittal has begun construction of new premises at its site in Ghent, Belgium, to house a new installation which will convert carbon-containing gas from its blast furnaces into bioethanol. Commissioning and first production is expected by mid-2020.

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Rock Tech Lithium signs MoU with Romanian Government for second lithium hydroxide plant

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The MoU provides for cooperation and support in the company’s search for a location in Romania for one of the company’s next planned lithium hydroxide converters and, in the longer term, the construction and operation of such converter. That converter is scheduled to start operations in 2024. Earlier post.).

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