As stakeholders and consumers begin to demand more accountability and transparency surrounding sustainability, critical minerals such as cobalt and lithium are vital for EVs, clean energy and digital technologies. However, their extraction often involved significant ethical and environmental risks.

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Porsche is busy recycling electric car batteries as part of a big project to see if they can be used again... in electric cars.

It's a trial split into three parts. Initially, development cars' batteries get shredded into ‘black mass’, a delicious combo of plastic granules mixed with nickel, cobalt, manganese and lithium. Porsche says it's produced 65 tonnes of the stuff so far.

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Some drivers who bought electric vehicles in 2024 have found it impossible to claim their EV tax credits now when filing their tax returns, thanks to a glitch. But this week, a new alert offers a bit more hope.

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In 2024, the global auto market grew by 25%, and nearly one in five cars sold globally is now electric. A record 1.3 million EVs were sold in the US, a 7.3% year-over-year increase that outperformed the 2% increase in nationwide sales of gas vehicles. Automakers are offering an increasing number of EV models to compete in this rapidly expanding global marketplace. 

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