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Documenting the EV battery material supply chain: Traceability challenges, Part One

Charged EVs

The term refers to a process for documenting the source of a product, along with all the links in the supply chain, and it has long been important in various industries. In the EV industry, there are two separate (but related) reasons to establish a traceability process: sustainability and documenting the country of origin.

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SAE International releases updates for two major EV charging documents

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The updated electrical vehicle charging documents will play a major role in advancing automotive requirements for Distributed Energy Resources (DER) projects. We established a special working group to consider SAE Type V2G-AC interconnection issues and the use of SAE J3072, which documented recommendations and potential expansions.

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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. According to internal documents, Tesla increased factory workers’ pay from a minimum of $22 to $39 per hour. Below is a chart from Business Insider depicting each level and region.

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SpaceX’s first orbital Starship launch slips to March 2022 in NASA document

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A NASA document discussing a group’s plans to document SpaceX’s first orbital-velocity Starship reentry appears to suggest that the next-generation rocket’s orbital launch debut has slipped several months into 2022.

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Tesla planning to expand parts production in Giga Shanghai to meet export demand

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An environmental assessment report posted on the Shanghai government’s website on Tuesday has revealed that Tesla is looking to expand its parts production capacity at Gigafactory Shanghai. References to an increase in permanent magnet motor and motor controller capacity were also mentioned in the redacted document. .

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Continental considers sale of ContiTech auto unit amid broader reorganization, document says

Baua Electric

The extremely successful tires industry and non-automotive a part of ContiTech can be retained because the time core, it mentioned, quoting an unnamed govern supervisor who warned of the ultimatum of a group of workers rift if the tires industry persevered financing the vehicles industry. Continental declined to remark at the document.

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Lucid Air OTA update helped narrow recall pool for part defect

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Lucid has used an over-the-air (OTA) update to its flagship Air electric sedans to figure out which vehicles are affected by a recall issue, the company reported in documents filed with the federal government and posted earlier this week.

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