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        <title><![CDATA[James Frith]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[James Frith is an analyst in BloombergNEF's Energy Storage team. He provides analysis on the lithium-ion battery value chain from mining through to recycling.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Battery Price Declines Slow Down in Latest Pricing Survey]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[BNEF’s 2021 survey is a wake-up call for the battery industry — prices may not necessarily fall every year.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2021 11:30:19 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Race to Produce Higher Performing Batteries]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Companies like SES, QuantumScape and Solid Power are trying to improve cell performance while making batteries safer and less expensive.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2021 13:15:13 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Canada Emerges as Cornerstone of North American Battery Supply Chain]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2021 10:50:18 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[New Battery Storage Technologies Could Free Up More Lithium for EVs]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2021 11:30:31 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Samsung SDI Co. lithium ion batteries at the LS Power Group Vista Energy Storage project in Vista, California, U.S., on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. The State expects to add 2,100 megawatts of battery storage this year, California agencies said in an October�report. Photographer: Bing Guan/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[EV Battery Prices Risk Reversing Downward Trend as Metals Surge]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2021 10:30:21 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A cutaway reveals the battery pack of a BMW iX electric SUV at the IAA Munich Motor Show in Munich, Germany, on Monday, Sept. 6, 2021. The IAA, taking place in Munich for the first time, is the first in-person major European car show since the Coronavirus pandemic started.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Production Delays Lead Some Automakers to Try a Low-Cost, Low-Range Battery]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2021 11:17:55 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A dashboard monitor displays battery power information as a Tesla Inc. Model 3 electric automobile charges at a Tesla Supercharger station in Breukelen, Netherlands, on Monday, April 1, 2019. With 5,315 new cars registered, Teslas Model 3 accounted for 29 percent of the new sales. Photographer: Jasper Juinen/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[More Silicon, Less Cobalt Is Musk’s Recipe for Cheaper Batteries]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The key to Tesla’s promised $25,000 car is bringing down the cost of power.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2020 10:00:17 GMT</pubDate>
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