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  • May 3, 2025
  • 9 minutes Read
Critical Metals Corp Announces Appointments of Executive Leaders – Batteries News

Critical Metals Corp Announces Appointments of Executive Leaders Sergey Savchenko, experienced financial leader in the U.S. capital markets, to spearhead all accounting and finance initiatives as Chief Financial Officer George Karageorge, mining industry veteran, to lead technical reporting and project development efforts as Chief Technical Officer Thomas McNamara, accomplished metals & mining portfolio manager,…

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  • May 1, 2025
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Qualcomm to provide ECARX with Snapdragon Cockpit Platforms in new SDV-focused collaboration

ECARX, a global provider of automotive technologies, has announced a new phase of its collaboration with Qualcomm Technologies. Building on their longer-term partnership, the companies will seek to leverage ECARX’s extensive experience in full-stack hardware and software development, in addition to multiple generations of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Cockpit Platform, to jointly build an adaptable, innovative…

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  • May 1, 2025
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Nigeria, South Korea explore partnership on solar, electric vehicle manufacturing 

South Korea’s Asia Economic Development Committee (AEDC) has proposed a partnership with Nigeria to support solar equipment production and electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing in the country. Vice-President Kashim Shettima welcomed the proposal on Tuesday during a courtesy visit by an AEDC delegation led by its Chairman, Mr Yoon Suk-hun, to the Presidential Villa in…

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  • April 30, 2025
  • 8 minutes Read
New plug-in hybrids for 2025

Are plug-in hybrids an on-ramp to fully electric vehicles, or undue cost and complexity? Are they something consumers asked for, or something created by bureaucrats and regulators? At least in some respects the answer includes all of the above. It’s complicated.  Plug-in hybrids’ greater complexity is intended to pay off by greening the ownership…

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  • April 28, 2025
  • 4 minutes Read
Flash Charging vs Pantograph Charging: What’s the Difference? | Vital EV

As EV adoption accelerates among public transit fleets, the need for a dependable and efficient EV charging infrastructure has grown from simply beneficial, to absolutely essential. To allow electric buses to keep to their timetables and maintain high levels of service, charging systems are required to deliver consistent performance, rapid turnaround, and little downtime,…

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  • April 28, 2025
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Mercedes-AMG Teases Its Porsche Taycan Rival

Mercedes-AMG has released a teaser image of its first bespoke EV. The four-door AMG fastback will be fully revealed in July. Its electric motors make 480 hp each, but we don’t know how many it will have. Mercedes-AMG is working on a bespoke electric fastback that will take the fight to the Porsche Taycan,…

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  • April 27, 2025
  • 4 minutes Read
Why The Slate Truck Doesn’t Use LFP Batteries

Slate dropped a bombshell this week when it revealed both itself and its first model: a utilitarian electric pickup truck expected to cost under $20,000 after factoring in the federal tax credit for plug-in cars.  Cheap electric vehicles have been elusive for years, in part because EV batteries have historically been so expensive. So…

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  • April 25, 2025
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Electric car U-turn could lift cost of EVs by thousands

The cost of buying an electric vehicle could rise by thousands of dollars for some motorists if fringe benefits tax rules are changed after the election. Automotive groups warn drivers in outer metropolitan suburbs could be hit hardest by the change, which would raise transport costs for some while fuel tax cuts lowered costs…

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  • April 25, 2025
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Nigerians still prefer foreign goods, NASENI laments amid local tech breakthroughs

The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) has raised concern over Nigerians’ continued preference for foreign goods, despite the growing capacity and quality of locally-made products. At a stakeholders’ engagement on Thursday in Akure, the capital of Ondo State, NASENI’s Deputy Director of Engineering, Mr. Joseph Alasoluyi, lamented the lack of patronage…

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