Rivian and Renault Join Forces To Temporarily Protect Our Seas
11 Feb 2022, 18:02 UTC · By: Florin Amariei / Making EVs was never easy to begin with. Carmakers are taking a stance against deep-sea mining, and it starts with a French-American deal
EU Bets on Blockchain for Cleaner EV Production
8 Feb 2022, 09:21 UTC · By: Florin Amariei / Carmakers need assurances, and the EU will deliver them by investing in blockchain technology. Everything tracked will become certifiable in the process
Bentley OCTOPUS e-Axle Should End Rare Earth Dependence for EVs
5 Aug 2020, 14:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Bentley and a bunch of other British companies joined hands in the OCTOPUS project meant to come up with an alternative to rare-earth magnets
Hyundai Looking for Rare Earths
23 Feb 2011, 06:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As hybrid and electric vehicles have a good chance of becoming the predominant vehicles on the automotive market in the decades to come, those who plan ahead can't help but worrying how their s...
China to Cut Rare Earths Exports to 14,500 Tons
29 Dec 2010, 07:06 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / One of the big topics in diplomatic talks between the US and China earlier this year, the Chinese policy regarding the export of rare earths will continue to be at the center of future skirmishes be...
Hillary Clinton Assured Over Chinese Rare Earths Policies
30 Oct 2010, 07:28 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After the Chinese government began closing the tap which was supplying the western world with the much needed elements for the manufacturing of hybrid and electric batteries, an intervention by Secr...
China Restricts Access to Rare Earths
26 Oct 2010, 06:03 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Back in the last months of 2009, the Chinese government began stating out loud its goal of restricting the exports of rare earths, in an attempt to gain more control on a raw materials which are cur...
China to Ban Rare Earths Exports, Hybrids in Trouble
7 Sep 2009, 09:35 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The blooming hybrid segment of the automotive industry is facing, even from its infancy, a new and unforeseen obstacle: raw material shortage. Although dependable and as environmentally friendly as ...