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EV sales hit 11% market share in April (ev-sales)

The European passenger plug-in market registered 31,500 registrations in April (-16% YoY), which is nevertheless a great performance considering the effect that the several lockdowns across the continent made the overall market crashing (-78%), inflating last month plugin share to an amazing 11% share (5.8% BEV), and pulling the 2020 PEV share to a record 7.8% (4.4% for BEVs alone), more than doubling the 3.6% result of 2019.

Investment cuts could undermine energy transition (greentechmedia)

The coronavirus crisis will create a $400 billion hole in energy investment in 2020, but the power sector is faring relatively well compared to oil and gas, according to the International Energy Agency.

Going into 2020, the IEA had expected a 2 percent increase in global energy investments this year. It now expects a 20 percent drop. The devastating effect of a global economy in stasis means oil and gas investments will fall by a third this year, compared to a 10 percent decline in the power sector, the agency says.

Low gas prices could lead to massive shift away from coal(bnef)

• Dutch gas price signals ultimate summer coal-to-gas switch
• Hard-coal and lignite output in May extremely low

Extremely low gas prices in northwest Europe signal maximum brown coal-to-gas fuel switching in Germany’s power sector this summer. Gas output has displaced an unprecedented amount of hard coal and lignite megawatts in May and this is set to continue for the rest of the summer. Many hard-coal and lignite units could see low or no utilization way ahead of their phase-out dates.

Is the German coal law the one we expected (cleanenergywire)

Experts have criticised the German government's draft coal exit law for deviating from the compromise found by the coal commission in early 2019. At a parliamentary committee hearing, representatives from industry, research institutions and civil society said the draft is no longer fully in line with last year's agreement.

US states to sue over reduced fuel economy standards (NYTimes)

Led by California, nearly two dozen states sued the Trump administration on Wednesday over its reversal of fuel-efficiency standards for cars and trucks, arguing that the move is based on erroneous science, and endangers public health.

The lawsuit escalates a standoff between President Trump, who has moved to undo a long list of environmental regulations since taking office, and a coalition of Democratic states, which have gone to court to stop him.

Battery technology news

Could we use old batteries for stationary storage after all (energypost)

Once an EV battery has declined to 80% of its original capacity it is considered too weak for continued vehicle use. Recycling the battery – at that point – to make another one is expensive. MIT’s David Chandler describes how researchers there have run experiments and models to show that old EV batteries can instead be packed together and used as backup storage for grid-scale solar PV installations

Oxis & Mercedes to build Li Sulpher plant in Brazil (chargedevs)

OXIS Energy and the Minas Gerais Development Company have signed a 15-year lease agreement with Mercedes Benz Brazil (MBB) to take possession of a plant located at the MBB manufacturing site in Juiz de Fora in southeast Brazil, to produce lithium-sulfur battery cells.

NORDIKA Pharmaceutical of Brazil will undertake the design, engineering and machinery layout. Upgrading the site will begin immediately, with the goal of having the fully digitalized plant operating by 2023.

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