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Minerva Lithium uses absorbent material to change the way we extract lithium

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Lithium, the crucial ingredient in the lithium-ion batteries that will power everything from your Tesla to your iPhone. . The problem is, extracting lithium is expensive , time-consuming, labor intensive and takes a serious toll on the environment. Image Credits: Minerva Lithium. The most precious of all?

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Nth Cycle wants to revolutionize metals processing for recyclers and mine operators

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The company calls its technology “electro-extraction,” and Nth Cycle’s founder and CEO Megan O’Connor likened it to a water filter in a recent interview with TechCrunch. “We We found a way to electrify that,” she explained. “We We’ve been working to commercialize ever since.”.

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Sequoia heats up early-stage startup investments in India and Southeast Asia

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Sequoia has “codified” its learning from over 50 years to assess the areas where a founder needs help in their journey and the roadblocks they will likely encounter, said Anandan in an interview. “We have a huge respect for them,” he said in the interview. So what’s with the change of heart?

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Next China: YOUIBOT, China’s industrial mobile robot pioneer is going global

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” As part of our Next China series, TechNode conducted a special interview with Zhang Chaohui, the founder and CEO of YOUIBOT, to discuss his firms products, the challenges of international expansion, and the future of robotics. YOUIBOT is already a pioneer in the field of industrial robotics.

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Interview with Jodie Van Horn of Freedom from Oil and Plug-in Bay Area

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I talked with Jodie Van Horn, a campaigner for Rainforest Action Network 's Freedom From Oil campaign, and the coordinator for Plug-In Bay Area about the plug-in campaign in the Bay Area as well as the national Freedom from Oil Campaign. Below is a transcript from the interview, which you can also listen to on the Big Vision Podcast.

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Power Global eyes India’s auto rickshaw industry with swappable battery and retrofit kit

TechCrunch

Power Global, a two-year-old startup, wants to disrupt the auto rickshaw market by offering a retrofit kit for diesel-powered vehicles and swappable battery pack to transition the more common lead-acid batteries to lithium-ion. I’ve been looking at the Indian market now for about five years,” he told TechCrunch in a recent interview.

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The Station: Restructuring ripples and the next investor darling of the EV era

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Anthony Levandowski was interviewed onstage at Fortune’s Brainstorm Tech. General Motors said it will team up with Pilot Flying J to build a national fast-charge network for EVs. Panasonic announced plans to build a $4 billion factory in Kansas that will manufacture and supply lithium-ion batteries to EV makers.

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