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Eagle Graphite and University of British Columbia partner on development of silicon-modified anodes

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Flake graphite accounts for approximately 40% of global natural graphite supply. The supply of flake graphite is concentrated primarily in China and Mozambique, with Brazil, North Korea, Canada and India accounting for nearly all of the remainder of production. The finished graphite is non-toxic and non-reactive.

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Tesla signs lithium supply agreement with China-based company 

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Tesla signed a lithium supply agreement with a subsidiary of China-based Yahua Group on June 19, 2024. Tesla Lithium Refinery construction making progress Yahua also supplies lithium hydroxide to Tesla. Under the contract, Tesla will receive a lithium hydroxide supply of 301,000 tonnes from 2023 to 2030.

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From Scooters to High Speed Rail, China is Electrifying

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Just as today we can look at a nighttime satellite image and see the black void that is recalcitrant, unelectrified North Korea, once that was China. Once EVs are cool in the W est, the Chinese domestic market will follow. Today China is as illuminated as the rest of the world, and they are carrying electrification further.

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How the Huawei Fight is Changing the Face of 5G

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US sanctions targeting China's telecommunications giant Huawei Technologies have crippled the company, effectively forcing it out of the global smartphone market and now threatening its domestic phone business as well. They have also shrunk Huawei's market for fifth-generation wireless network infrastructure around the world.

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Aurus Senat limo that Putin gifted to Kim uses South Korean parts, data shows

Baua Electric

The imports point to Russia’s ongoing reliance on Western technology as it seeks to navigate Western attempts to cut it off from global supply chains as punishment for its invasion of Ukraine. million imported from South Korea. Parts were also imported from China, India, Turkey, Italy and other EU countries.

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Automakers win extension on use of Chinese graphite in EV tax credits – ET Auto

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Automakers have since made changes to supply chains and won restored eligibility for many vehicles. Treasury has temporarily exempted graphite and other trace critical minerals from new strict rules barring materials from China and other countries deemed a Foreign Entity of Concern (FEOC), including North Korea, Russia and Iran.

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Good News and Bad News: Changes to the Federal EV Tax Credit in 2024

EV Life

This includes some of the most popular EVs on the market, like the Nissan Leaf and certain trims of the Tesla Model 3, as well as long-awaited models that were initially slated to qualify but now don’t, like the Tesla Cybertruck. In addition, battery sourcing requirements can also affect a vehicle’s eligibility. or a trade partner.