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The electric car Battery Belt is reshaping America’s heartland
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The electric car Battery Belt is reshaping America’s heartland

The U.S. has shifted EV incentives from consumers to manufacturers.

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Ford raises prices of F-150 Lightning electric truck
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Ford raises prices of F-150 Lightning electric truck

Demand for electric vehicles has been far stronger than the supply of battery materials like lithium, nickel and cobalt.
Politics
Biden administration drafting order to invoke Defense Production Act for green energy storage technology
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Biden administration drafting order to invoke Defense Production Act for green energy storage technology

A draft of the executive order obtained by The Intercept would use the Defense Production Act to ramp up mineral production for electric car batteries.
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Toyota will spend $1.3 billion on a N.C. electric car battery plant
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Toyota will spend $1.3 billion on a N.C. electric car battery plant

The plant, which will employ 1,750 people, will be located outside of Greensboro.
Politics
electric car batteries tariffs
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UK carmakers have three years to source local electric car batteries

UK carmakers face a three-year scramble to source electric car batteries locally or from the EU to avoid tariffs on exports following the Brexit free trade deal, according to industry analysts.

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The price of electric car batteries has dropped 89% in 10 years

The price of electric car batteries has dropped 89% in 10 years

In just a few more years, it will be easy and cheap for automakers to build mass-market electric vehicles.
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Trump administration moves forward with federal layoffs after Supreme Court ruling

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Texas flooding puts scaled-back FEMA under scrutiny

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Texas flood disaster reveals rising human cost of climate-fueled extreme weather

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Trump administration redirects clean energy funds in defiance of Congress

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Scientists call on UN to adopt bold ocean policies to combat climate and biodiversity threats

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EU ocean protection plan draws fire for weak enforcement and lack of binding goals

CLIMATE
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Trump’s NOAA nominee backs deep budget cuts amid rising disaster toll

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Democratic senator says fossil fuel lobbying has silenced climate action in Congress