Chris Diamond
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Chris Diamond
@ChrisDiam0nd
Renewable's and the new future.




Australia just signed EU Free Trade Agreement , scrapping 5% import tariff on European vehicles & lifting the LCT threshold for zero-emission vehicles from to $120,000. Fewer EVs will cop the 33% LCT, making advanced safety & low-emission tech more accessible. #auspol







BloombergNEF projects China will nearly double its power capacity over the next 5 years. “China will add more than 3.4 terawatts of electricity generation capacity over the next 5 years, almost 6 times as much as the US” bloomberg.com/news/articles/…












This is more advanced than you think Tesla’s Texas lithium refinery is the first in North America to convert raw spodumene ore directly into battery-grade lithium hydroxide, skipping the intermediate steps the rest of the industry relies on It went from groundbreaking to first production in just 19 months, an unheard-of timeline at this scale The process is cleaner too: no hazardous sodium sulfate waste, and a useful byproduct that can be turned into concrete This single refinery can supply lithium for over 500,000 EVs per year and directly challenges China’s ~60% grip on global lithium refining One of the biggest bottlenecks in the EV supply chain just got an upgrade










