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“Lithium reserves are the key reserves for us at the moment.” Elon Musk is campaigning for an increase in lithium production
The head of Tesla called for more investment in lithium mining in order to close the gap between the demand and supply of this metal caused by the use of electric vehicles. Elon Musk calls the shortage of lithium, necessary for the production of electric vehicle traction batteries, the main limiting factor holding back the development of the electric vehicle industry.
“We need to help metallurgy in this [в добыче лития]. I would definitely encourage entrepreneurs who are trying to get into the lithium business. Lithium reserves are the key reserves for us at the moment.”– Bloomberg quotes him as saying.
The global lithium price index is up 280% in 2021 and another 127% in the first quarter of 2022, according to Benchmark Mineral Intelligence. This increases the costs of electric vehicle manufacturers. In addition, lithium production is concentrated in a small number of countries, which creates the risk of interruptions in the supply of the metal. Thus, Australia and Chile account for 81% of world production.
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A 75-inch Super Mini-LED screen, a 24-megapixel webcam, and built-in 3.1.2-format acoustics for $2,390. Huawei Smart Screen V75 Pro TV goes on sale in China

Huawei Smart Screen V75 Pro TV launched in China. It was presented along with the 65-inch version at the end of April. The junior representative of the series went on sale immediately, and Smart Screen V75 Pro – only now. It is interesting that due to the depreciation of the yuan by the start of sales, TV even fell a little in price, if we consider the price in dollars: now you need to pay the equivalent of $ 2390 for the device instead of $ 2420 at the time of the announcement.
The Huawei Smart Screen V75 Pro features a 75-inch 4K Super Mini-LED screen with a 120Hz frame rate. The screen is characterized by a peak brightness of 1000 cd / m2 and covering 97% of the DCI-P3 color space. HarmonyOS is used as a software platform. The device has a built-in 24-megapixel webcam, Devialet 3.1.2 speaker system and HDMI 2.1 port.
Electric Cars
The new Toyota Highlander is presented: the car finally got a turbo engine

Toyota introduced the updated Highlander crossover in the North American market, where sales will begin before the end of this year. Prices will be announced later.
The main change in the upgraded Toyota Highlander was the emergence of a new four-cylinder turbocharged gasoline engine, which replaced the atmospheric “six”. The old 3.5-liter naturally aspirated V6 engine was replaced by a 2.4-liter turbo four with 269 hp. with 418 Nm of torque. New 30 hp engine less powerful, but at the same time peak thrust increased by 62 Nm. Toyota is talking about the environmental friendliness of the new engine, which emits about 50% fewer harmful particles into the atmosphere compared to the old six-cylinder naturally aspirated engine.
The Toyota Highlander will also be available in the US with a hybrid powertrain based on a 2.5-liter naturally aspirated engine, working together with two electric units. In sum, all engines are capable of developing power up to 246 hp.
In the cabin, older versions have a 12.3-inch digital instrument panel, as well as a 7-inch information display. The car received a new multimedia system with a diagonal of 12.3 inches with navigation, voice control and the ability to automatically download updates.
The multimedia system supports wireless connection of mobile devices on iOS and Android platforms.
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The days of Ethereum mining are numbered. Vitalik Butering told when the network will switch to the Proof-of-Stake algorithm

The transition of Ethereum to the Proof-of-Stake algorithm, instead of the current Proof-of-Work supported by miners, has been talked about for a long time, but so far this has not happened. However, Proof-of-Stake is on the way. This was stated by Vitalik Buterin himself.
During the Shanghai summit, Buterin said that the transition of the Ethereum network to the Proof-of-Stake algorithm will take place in August. Previously, it was planned for the second quarter of this year (and before that it was postponed many times), but now a new date has been announced. In case of unforeseen circumstances, the update will be postponed for a month or two, but it is definitely not in the interests of the network to delay further implementation of Proof-of-Stake.
Thus, there is not much time left for cryptocurrency miners to mine ETH. There is an opinion that after the transition to the Proof-of-Stake algorithm, the cost of Ethereum may fall slightly, but then it will definitely increase. In the meantime, for 1 ETH they give less than $2,000.
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