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The COP26, aka the United Nations Climate Change Conference UK 2021, has kicked off in Glasgow. Here’s Electrek‘s daily roundup of the key happenings at the world’s most important summit ever to keep you in the loop. Read more: 5 key things to know about the do-or-die COP26 climate summit November 1 Opening speeches COP26 opened in Glasgow with hard-hitting speeches from UK prime minister…

A new zero-emission agricultural subsidiary Gridtractor officially launched today as a tool to develop, implement, and maintain fleet electrification services for farms utilizing electric tractors and heavy farming equipment. Gridtractor looks to help farmers integrate electric charging and vehicle to grid (V2G) technology into their agricultural operations, to help strengthen their local power…

US President Joe Biden has spent weeks battling opposition to his sweeping Build Back Better spending bill from Just Say No Republicans, and even some self-promoting sellouts in his own party. Now he’s also getting blowback to proposed rebates on US- and union-built EVs from foreign ambassadors and several domestic automakers. Representatives from the EU and its member states Poland, Sweden…

Tesla has secured a lithium supply contract with Ganfeng Lithium Co, the world’s largest producer of battery-grade lithium. China’s Ganfeng Lithium Co Ltd and its unit GFL International Co Ltd announced in a filing on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange today that they signed a three-year supply agreement with Tesla. Ganfeng didn’t confirm the amount of lithium that they will supply to Tesla, but…