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ELECTRIC VEHICLES: Two-thirds of all housing units in US had a garage or carport in 2017

According to the US Bureau of the Census 2017 American Housing Survey, 66% of all occupied housing units in the United States had a garage or carport in 2017. Garages and carports often have access to electricity for parked vehicles, so these data are important for electric vehicle studies.

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PGM SUPPLY: No. 2 Platinum Miner Mulls Purchases in Low-Cost Asset Shift

  • Date: 04-12-18
  • Category: PGM SUPPLY
  • Source: Bloomberg

Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd. said it’s open to acquiring low-cost assets as the struggling miner looks beyond a plan to close unprofitable shafts in South Africa. The No. 2 platinum producer, known as Implats, is playing catch-up with larger rival Anglo American Platinum Ltd., which is boosting output and profit after shifting to lower-cost operations.

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BATTERIES: SK Innovation battery project targets US automotive market

  • Date: 03-12-18
  • Category: BATTERIES
  • Source: Best Mag

SK Innovation plans to invest 1.98 trillion South Korean won (US$1.01 billion) to establish an electric vehicle (EV) batteries production base in Jackson County, Georgia as they look to establish themselves in the US, “the largest battleground of global automakers”.

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LITHIUM: Tianqi buys stake in lithium miner SQM from Nutrien for $4.1 billion

  • Date: 03-12-18
  • Category: LITHIUM
  • Source: Reuters

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - China’s Tianqi Lithium Corp (002466.SZ) has purchased a 23.77 percent share in Chilean lithium miner SQM (SQMa.SN) from Canadian fertilizer giant Nutrien (NTR.TO), the Chilean stock exchange said on Monday, for a total sale price of $4.066 billion.

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LITHIUM: Bolivia’s Almost Impossible Lithium Dream

  • Date: 03-12-18
  • Category: LITHIUM
  • Source: Bloomberg

One of the world’s poorest nations is sitting on the second-largest amount of the mineral needed to power electric cars.

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AUTO SALES: Volume dips 0.5% as cars sputter, but 17M year within sight

  • Date: 03-12-18
  • Category: AUTO SALES
  • Source: Auto News

U.S. light-vehicle sales slipped 0.5 percent in November as robust fleet shipments by some automakers failed to offset slumping demand for passenger cars.

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ELECTRIC VEHICLES: China Has a Secret Weapon in the Race to Dominate Electric Cars

Over the past two years, cobalt has emerged as one of the hottest commodities of the electric-vehicle revolution. The silvery-blue metal, an important component in lithium-ion batteries, has more than doubled in price, making carmakers and tech giants fret about securing their future needs.

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EV CHARGING: VW, Tesco will develop EV charging network in UK

  • Date: 01-12-18
  • Category: EV CHARGING
  • Source: Auto News Europe

LONDON -- Volkswagen and Britain's biggest retailer, Tesco, have teamed up to develop an electric vehicle charging network in the UK.

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