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Mining for metals needed for electric cars faces obstacles in Canada due to low prices Electric Car

Mining for metals needed for electric cars faces obstacles in Canada due to low prices

There’s opportunity for Canada to help supply the world’s growing need for “energy transition metals” used in electric vehicle and power storage batteries but it faces stiff competition from other countries, especially China, observers say.Last month, the federal and Ontario governments announced they will each contribute $295 million to help…
bubmag
November 8, 2020
South Australian’s new EV Strategy includes a transition of Gov fleet to Electric Cars Electric Car

South Australian’s new EV Strategy includes a transition of Gov fleet to Electric Cars

Image credit: Plugshare.comThis week, South Australian Premier Steven Marshall announced an important initiative regarding electric vehicles. $18.3 Million dollars will be spent as part of the Government’s new Electric Vehicle Strategy. Around $13M of this will be invested in growing the SA electric vehicle charging infrastructure right across the state.…
bubmag
November 7, 2020
China leads the industry that powers electric cars by a country mile. What will it take for global battery makers to catch up? Electric Car

China leads the industry that powers electric cars by a country mile. What will it take for global battery makers to catch up?

This is the second of a three-part series on the push for electrification in the world’s largest vehicle market, looking at the battery makers that have ridden on the coattails of carmakers to the top of the world for powering electric vehicles. The first instalment of the series on the…
bubmag
October 24, 2020
Mining for materials used in renewable power may harm biodiversity Electric Car

Mining for materials used in renewable power may harm biodiversity

Expanded mining for materials used in renewable power technologies and electric cars could harm vulnerable species and ecosystems absent better planning, according to a peer-reviewed paper in Nature Communications.Why it matters: The tech needed to fight one threat to biodiversity — climate change — can create other big risks unless policymakers…
bubmag
September 2, 2020