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Europe frets U.S. battery factory subsidies will hurt, not help

The European Union is trying to assemble the building blocks to produce electric cars, but subsidies are luring companies to the United States.
Falling lithium prices making electric cars more affordable
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Falling lithium prices are making electric cars more affordable

An unexpected decline in the price of an essential battery material, along with those of other commodities, is good news for buyers. But experts disagree on how long low prices will last.
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Electric vehicles could match gasoline cars on price this year

Competition, government incentives and falling raw material prices are making battery-powered cars more affordable sooner than expected.
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David Wallace-Wells: Electric vehicles keep defying almost everyone’s predictions

The revolution is also a case study in how much further we have to go.
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Electric cars are taking off, but when will battery recycling follow?

Many companies and investors are eager to recycle batteries but it could take a decade or more before enough used lithium-ion batteries become available.
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Biden expands effort to lower gas prices and secure energy independence

Depleting emergency oil reserves spurs criticism that the White House is trying to lower gas prices with midterm election politics in mind.
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How a Quebec lithium mine may help make electric cars affordable

The project also illustrates how difficult it is to get lithium out of the ground and break China’s dominance in processing the metal and turning it into batteries.
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