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Bookmark or Share- This Dutch football stadium creates its own energyA massive energy storage system that includes new and used electric vehicle (EV) batteries has just been switched on at Amsterdam’s Johan Cruijff Arena, the home of Dutch football club Ajax.
- Here's how we can track the carbon footprint of car batteriesBut the batteries used in electric vehicles and other heavy machinery are complex, and involve numerous materials sourced from disparate regions of the globe – from cobalt and copper in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to lithium and iron in Australia. The battery value chain and CO2 footprint of batteries is still relatively opaque.
- 5 innovators making the electric vehicle battery more sustainableGlobal stock of electric vehicles (EVs) could reach 245 million units by 2030, according to the International Energy Agency. While EVs emit less CO2, their batteries are tough to recycle. Made from cobalt, lithium and nickel, the mining of these raw materials raises ethical and environmental concerns.
- Producing batteries for green technology harms the environment. Here's ...For example, in Germany - where about 40% of the energy mix is produced by coal and 30% by renewables - a mid-sized electric car must be driven for 125,000 km, on average, to break even with a diesel car, and 60,000 km compared to a petrol car. It takes nine years for an electric car to be greener than a diesel car, assuming an annual average ...
- The dirty secret of electric vehicles | World Economic ForumLast year, 2.1 million new electric vehicles were sold worldwide. China is the world’s largest electric car market, accounting for 1.2 million - 56% of all electric vehicles sold in 2018. China also accounts for 99% of sales of electric trucks, buses, motorcycles and scooters.
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