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

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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

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These additional requirements are meant to encourage the auto industry to rely less on foreign countries like China and more on domestic sources for these components, promoting local manufacturing and supply chain security. In addition, battery sourcing requirements can also affect a vehicle’s eligibility. or a trade partner.

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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. Factories, including a solar panel plant I know of, have had to curtail production because coal can’t be shipped fast enough to supply electricity generation plants.

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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.

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Automakers handed a win with updated EV tax credit guidance in the U.S.

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battery supply chain off of China and other sources, it also includes a temporary exemption to the rules that would block incentives for vehicles utilizing critical battery materials from China and other countries that are considered “Foreign Entities of Concern” (FEOC). These countries include North Korea, China, Russia and Iran.