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Tesla’s pay increase for employees revealed in internal documents: report

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Tesla’s pay increase for employees in all of its gigafactories and offices in the US was recently revealed in internal documents. The pay increase differs for each state with a Tesla Gigafactory or office because it is based on the cost of living in each area.

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Lithium-ion battery recycler ABTC expands operations and capacity with newly purchased facility

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Most recently in November 2022, ABTC was selected for a competitive US DOE grant for a $20-million project to develop and commercialize a set of next-generation battery recycling technologies to even further enhance the recovery of recycled products and reduce the cost of operations.

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The Boring Company acquires more land for Vegas Loop expansion: report

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acre piece of land situated across the street from the Thomas & Mack Center, an arena located on the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) campus. Clark County records indicate that the Boring Company’s acquisition cost $7.2 Don’t hesitate to contact us with news tips.

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PNNL, Moselle to advance using magnetic nanoparticles to capture lithium, cesium from brines

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The patent-pending technology, developed at PNNL, has been licensed exclusively by Moselle Technologies, a start-up business that is piloting the technology in several US and international locations. And this will take out more than half the cost. The core nanoparticle consists of a form of iron oxide better known as magnetite.

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The Race for the Next-Gen Space Station

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Since November 2000, there has always have been a select few people living apart from the rest of us—the astronauts and cosmonauts on the International Space Station. ISS Set the Standard The International Space Station—originally expected to be completed by 1994 for $8 billion—was completed in 2011 for more than $100 billion.

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Tesla and the EV sector’s growth is driving up lithium, cobalt, and nickel prices

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Led by successful vehicles like the Tesla Model 3, which are compelling alternatives to comparable internal combustion cars, EV sales are taking off. This allowed them to pass on some of the costs of rising material prices to consumers. . The electric vehicle revolution is fully underway.

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US EV Sales Share Reaches 7% in Q2 2022 — New Data Now Available?

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Four states (California, Colorado, Nevada, and New Jersey) had a higher EV (BEV + PHEV) sales share in Q2 2022 than regular hybrid sales share for the state. Cost of this file is $425. Five states had EV (BEV + PHEV) sales share in Q2 of less than 2% (Arkansas, Mississippi, North Dakota, South Dakota, West Virginia, and Wyoming).