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Rare earths: Higher hybrid and EV prices inevitable

Rare earth guzzling also has costs. Even if rare earth shortages can be averted, higher prices loom Today, China owns about 90 percent of the rare earth market, not because 90 percent of the world’s rare earth supplies are found in China, but because it is far cheaper to mine and refine rare earths in China. However, with [...] [...]

Hydrogen significantly cheaper than diesel?

Vision_Tyrano_fuel_cell_electric At what scale? A friend of mine drives a semi-truck for a living here in Southern California. Yet, he’s not sure about his future in the trucking industry because of future emission’s requirements, particularly since he owns his truck and upgrades to natural gas, for instance, are quite expensive. Nonetheless, change is coming, and a test pilot [...] [...]

Subaru ready to squash EV production?

End of the line for this EV? What’s the real cost of an electric car? Just as a number of automakers are bringing electric cars to market, another automaker might be taking its electric car off the road. While Fuji Heavy and Subaru deny the idea of ending production on the Stella EV, new reports of this [...] [...]