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The EV market has growing pains, here and abroad

by Stephanie Hughes
Nov 21, 2024
Ford is cutting 4,000 jobs in its European workforce, noting that the industry shift to electric vehicles has been “highly disruptive.”
"We need to have lower-cost vehicles" in the EV market, says Tallis Blalack, an electrified roadways consultant.
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Hertz earnings hit by wariness over EVs

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Nov 12, 2024
Some car renters, used to gas vehicles, don’t know how to charge electric vehicles or how much they'll cost to rent.
Hertz's bet on electric vehicles hasn't paid off.
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Depleted Arkansas oil field could be a lithium gold mine

by Elizabeth Trovall
Nov 5, 2024
The drilling byproduct could power future electric vehicles and expand the U.S. role in clean energy. Extraction methods are in development.
If the lithium in Smackover can be recovered commercially, it could power a vast number of electric vehicles and expand the U.S. presence in renewable energy markets.
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Why did a lithium firm sell for billions when the metal's price is falling?

by Henry Epp
Oct 11, 2024
It's all about buying low and selling high.
Workers open an electric vehicle battery pack at a Volkswagen recycling plant Germany in 2022 to recover valuable materials such as lithium, nickel, manganese and cobalt.
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California lawmakers drive solutions for EV battery recycling

by Caleigh Wells
Sep 27, 2024
As the market matures, used EV batteries will start piling up. New standards might encourage changes in manufacturing.
Now that more electric vehicles are on the road, the challenges of recycling their components are getting more attention.
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Nevada leads pack in race for federal energy, climate cash

by Caleigh Wells
Sep 6, 2024
The states with the biggest clean energy investments, backed by Inflation Reduction Act funds, are not the typical climate change leaders.
Inflation Reduction Act funding is incentivizing states to invest in clean energy, but some are investing more than others.
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Why some car companies expected a faster switch to EVs

by Henry Epp
Aug 23, 2024
An unsustainable burst of early-adopter enthusiasm stoked investment. But that was followed by a changing economy.
EVs may still be the future of the auto industry, but it appears to be taking longer to get there than companies hoped.
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The oil industry would like to know when global demand will peak. That's hard to predict.

by Henry Epp
Jul 31, 2024
An accurate estimate depends on a whole lot of variables.
Oil investors want to know when peak oil may arrive as more consumers are seeking fossil fuel alternatives.
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Pilgrimages are a big business

by Ellen Rolfes
Jun 14, 2024
Plus, Apple announces AI-generated emojis and we do the numbers on copper and the EV market.
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How Georgia is training workers to make EVs at Hyundai's massive Metaplant

by David Brancaccio and Nic Perez
Jun 12, 2024
The partnership between the state and the company, which includes tax incentives, could result in the production of 300,000 cars a year.
Construction of Hyundai's Metaplant, which is expected to employ 8,500 workers, underway in October 2023.
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