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Growing demand for EVs to impact precious metals market  

autherAutocar Professional Bureau     calendar13 Jun 2017

Research consultant Bodo Albrecht predicts that automotive catalysts which use palladium, platinum and rhodium will disappear by 2040 as a result of global demand for electric vehicles.

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Global sales of EVs cross 750,000 units in 2016 News International
Global sales of EVs cross 750,000 units in 2016

By Autocar Pro News Desk calendar08 Jun 2017

With an increase in EVs, the public and private charging infrastructure have also grown at a rate of 72 percent and 60...

Renault to repurpose EV batteries into home energy storage systems News International
Renault to repurpose EV batteries into home energy storage systems

By Autocar UK calendar05 Jun 2017

Renault has teamed up with Powervault to give used electric vehicle batteries a ‘second life’ as home energy storage u...

Piyush Goyal visits BMW’s EV plant in Germany News
Piyush Goyal visits BMW’s EV plant in Germany

By Autocar Pro News Desk calendar02 Jun 2017

Energy Minister Piyush Goyal visits Fraunhofer Institute and BMW’s EV plant in Germany

Anand Mahindra invites Elon Musk to make EVs in India News
Anand Mahindra invites Elon Musk to make EVs in India

By Nilesh Wadhwa calendar02 Jun 2017

From Mahindra to Musk, Twitter becomes a platform for CEO exchange of electric vehicle manufacture.

Electric Mobility: Samsung SDI builds new EV battery plant in Hungary News International
Electric Mobility: Samsung SDI builds new EV battery plant in Hungary

By Autocar Pro News Desk calendar31 May 2017

Samsung SDI the South Korean conglomerate is betting big on electric mobility. It has completed constructing its fourt...

Exclusive: Bharat Forge plans new product lines for EVs by 2020 News National
Exclusive: Bharat Forge plans new product lines for EVs by 2020

By Amit Panday calendar25 May 2017

Bharat Forge, the largest exporter of automotive components from India, aims to capitalise on the business opportunity...

Daimler breaks ground on EV battery ‘gigafactory’ News International
Daimler breaks ground on EV battery ‘gigafactory’

By Greg Kable, Autocar UK calendar23 May 2017

Lays foundation for one of the biggest and most modern battery factories in the world; €500 million plant will challen...

Renault, Chargemaster and Qualcomm test dynamic EV charger that works at 100kph News International
Renault, Chargemaster and Qualcomm test dynamic EV charger that works at 100kph

By Julian Rendall, Autocar UK calendar18 May 2017

Renault has teamed up with Chargemaster and Qualcomm to produce a working demonstration of charging on the move.

Faurecia to develop and make fuel cell tanks for EVs with Stelia Aerospace Composites News International
Faurecia to develop and make fuel cell tanks for EVs with Stelia Aerospace Composites

autherAutocar Professional Bureau calendar15 May 2017

French supplier now able to design, industrialise and commercialise high pressure hydrogen tanks made of carbon fibre ...