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15 Oct 2018

EU to offer billions of funding for electric battery plants

We know very clearly that the future is electric and we simply have to catch up with this (battery) technology,” said Maros Sefcovic, energy vice-president at the European Commission.

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08 Oct 2018

Mercedes-Benz breaks ground on new battery factory for electric vehicles in the US

Mercedes-Benz makes good on its previously announced $1 billion investment to bring electric vehicle manufacturing in the US – starting with breaking ground on a new battery factory in Alabama.

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07 Oct 2018

South Korea's SK Innovation to invest US$354 million in EV battery parts plant in China

South Korea's SK Innovation said on Sunday it plans to invest 400 billion won (US$354 million) to build a plant for key parts of electric car batteries in China as part of its effort to better compete in the world's largest electric vehicle (EV) market.

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02 Oct 2018

Mazda aims for all of its vehicles to be electric hybrid, EVs by 2030

The Japanese automaker joins a growing number of global automakers who are planning to reduce emissions by producing more gasoline-hybrid vehicles, plug-in hybrids and battery EVs.

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28 Sep 2018

China battery firms set up $700 million nickel joint venture in Indonesia

Chinese battery firm GEM Co Ltd on Friday said it was teaming up with four companies to invest a total of $700 million in a project to produce battery-grade nickel chemicals in Indonesia.

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10 Sep 2018

VW is planning a capacity of 100,000 electric cars per year for first plant to go electric

Pre-production of VW’s I.D. electric vehicle will start at its Zwickau plant and they aim to have a production capacity fo 100,000 electric cars by 2020.

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10 Sep 2018

Royal Mail Readies Electric Vans For Deliveries: Hundreds On Road Soon

Royal Mail’s first electric vans have finally hit the road. Hundreds more take to the roads across the country.

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03 Sep 2018

Electric carmakers step up pursuit of enhanced EV batteries

The cost of lithium-ion batteries has fallen by 75 per cent over the past eight years, measured per kilowatt hour of output. Every time battery production doubles, costs fall by another 5 per cent to 8 per cent.

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28 Aug 2018

The Tesla Semi truck is already crossing the US alone

Even though the Tesla Semi is still at the prototype stage, it can already get across the US using the charging stations designed for cars, and without any other vehicles or teams there to provide assistance.

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