6A The Mining Journal  
Thursday, July 27, 2023  
State/Nation/World  
Major automakers unite  
Sweden faces  
security risks  
due to Quran  
desecrations  
STOCKHOLM (AP)  
— Sweden’s security sit-  
uation has deteriorated af-  
ter recent Quran burnings  
in the country and protests  
in the Muslim world, both  
of which have negatively  
impacted the Nordic na-  
tion’s image, its domes-  
tic security service said  
Wednesday.  
The Swedish Security  
Service said the burning  
and desecration of reli-  
gious books in Sweden,  
and ongoing disinforma-  
tion campaigns on social  
media and elsewhere,  
have negatively affected  
Sweden’s profile.  
to build electric vehicle  
charging network  
By TOM KRISHER  
Associated Press  
DETROIT — Seven ma-  
strooms, food service and  
stores nearby.  
Brinley said  
a
good  
jor automakers say they’re charging experience is key  
joining forces to build a to earning the trust of po-  
North American electric tential EV buyers. “The re-  
vehicle charging network ality is consumers want to  
that would rival Tesla’s and feel comfortable when they  
nearly double the number charge,” she said.  
of fast-charging plugs in  
the U.S. and Canada.  
It will take years and bil-  
lions of dollars to build out  
General Motors, BMW, the network, which will  
Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Mer- need special electrical wir-  
cedes and Stellantis said ing, Brinley said.  
Wednesday that they will  
The current charging  
President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden arrives for a court appearance on Wednesday in  
Wilmington, Del. (AP photo/)  
share in a multibillion-dol- network, being built by a  
lar investment to build hodgepodge of companies,  
“high power” charging sta- is growing but is often  
tions with at least 30,000 unreliable or in poor loca-  
plugs in urban areas and tions. This has prompted  
along travel corridors by Ford, General Motors and  
Hunter Biden  
pleads not guilty  
to 2 tax crimes  
2030.  
others to sign agreements  
The image of Sweden  
has changed “from a tol-  
erant country to a country  
hostile to Islam and Mus-  
lims, where attacks on  
Muslims are sanctioned  
by the state and where  
Muslim children can be  
kidnapped by social ser-  
vices,” the agency, which  
is known by the Swedish  
acronym SAPO, said in a  
statement.  
The country’s current  
reputation risks fueling  
threats against Sweden  
“from individuals within  
the violent Islamist mi-  
lieu,” the agency said,  
adding that the risk of ter-  
rorism in Sweden remains  
at an elevated level, at  
three on a five-point scale.  
“It’s a serious situation  
that we’re in,” Susan-  
na Treherning, SAPO’s  
deputy head of count-  
er-terrorism, told Swedish  
public broadcaster SVT.  
“It’s a heightened threat,  
and an attack can occur  
within the framework of a  
heightened threat.”  
The dramatic move is in- with Tesla to give their  
tended to speed the adop- EVs access to its much  
tion of electric vehicles, larger network of fast char-  
allaying fears that chargers gers. Automakers also have  
won’t be available for long announced they’re building  
distance travel.  
The companies wouldn’t Brinley said the moves  
disclose the exact number weren’t enough.  
of charging stations or fi- She also doesn’t see the  
their own networks, but  
WILMINGTON,  
(AP)  
Del.  
Biden had also been  
The collapsed proceedings  
nancial details of the joint automakers’ announce-  
venture they’re forming to ment as a threat to Tes-  
put the network in place. la. “I think the reality is  
They said the first of the this is needed, and these  
U.S. chargers will be ready automakers are getting  
—
President Joe charged with possession of were a surprising develop-  
Biden’s son Hunter pleaded a firearm by a person who ment because the plea had  
not guilty Wednesday to two is a known drug user, a felo- been carefully negotiated  
tax crimes after a deal with ny. He had a Colt Cobra .38 over weeks and included a  
federal prosecutors unrav- Special for 11 days in Octo- lengthy back-and-forth be-  
eled during a court hearing ber 2018. He had agreed to tween Justice Department  
following the judge’s con- enter into a diversion agree- prosecutors and Biden’s at-  
by next summer.  
together to say ‘we need  
The automakers said in this’” she said. “Tesla  
a joint statement Wednes- can’t build enough for ev-  
day that they want to build eryone.”  
cerns over the agreement.  
ment, which means that he torneys.  
Hunter Biden was charged would not technically plead  
last month with two misde- guilty to the crime. As long  
meanor tax crimes of failure as he adhered to the terms  
to pay more than $100,000 of his agreement, the case  
in taxes from over $1.5 would be wiped from his re-  
million in income in both cord. If not, the deal would  
2017 and 2018, and he was be withdrawn. The charge  
expected to plead guilty af- carries a maximum sentence  
ter he made an agreement of 10 years in prison.  
the “leading network”  
of reliable high-powered to use U.S. government  
charging stations in North funds from the bipartisan  
America. infrastructure law to help  
“The parties have agreed pay for the network.  
The automakers will seek  
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PO Box 1360,  
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906-346-9217  
SYNOPSIS OF  
not to disclose specific in-  
Stellantis CEO Carlos  
vestment numbers at this Tavares said the network  
time, but the seven found- is a response to significant  
ing automakers intend to growth that’s expected  
work as equals to ensure in electric vehicle sales,  
the success of the joint and the group intends to  
venture,” the companies exceed customer expecta-  
said in a written statement tions. “We believe that a  
answering questions from charging network at scale  
The Associated Press. “As is vital to protecting free-  
you can imagine, such a dom of mobility for all,”  
with prosecutors, who were  
planning to recommend two ments created confusion for  
years of probation. That deal the judge, who said the law-  
is now on hold. yers needed to untangle the  
But during the hearing issues before moving for-  
Wednesday, there was a dis- ward.  
pute in court over whether “It seems to me like you  
The overlapping agree-  
MEETING MINUTES  
April 27, 2023  
Regular Board Meeting  
Meeting called to order  
at 6:30 p.m. 5 members  
present 0 member absent  
A recent string of pub-  
lic Quran desecrations by  
a handful of anti-Islam  
activists in Sweden - and  
more recently in neigh-  
boring Denmark — has  
sparked angry demonstra-  
tions in Muslim countries.  
the initial agreement gave are saying ‘just rubber stamp  
him protection against any the agreement, Your Honor.’  
future charges. U.S. Dis- … This seems to me to be  
trict Court Judge Maryellen form over substance,” she  
Noreika, who was appointed said. She gave defense law-  
by President Donald Trump, yers and prosecutors 30 days  
raised concerns about the to explain why she should  
high-powered  
network of this scale re-  
quires a multibillion-dollar cle sales continued to rise  
investment.” during the first half of the  
charging he said.  
In the U.S., electric vehi-  
Items approved:  
There are currently just year to more than 557,000  
under 8,700 direct-current vehicles, or 7.2% of all  
fast-charging stations in the new vehicle sales. The EV  
U.S. and Canada with near- share of the market last  
ly 36,000 charging plugs, year was 5.8% with just  
according to the U.S. De- over 807,000 sales. Most  
partment of Energy. Even industry analysts predict  
with 30,000 more plugs, continued growth in EV  
the U.S. will need far more sales for the next decade or  
chargers. The National Re- more.  
- Minutes of the March 8th  
and March 23rd Board  
Meetings  
language of the deal.  
accept the deal.  
- Agenda with Additions  
- Bills and Vouchers for  
$44,998.18  
- Integris Quote  
- Mass Notification  
System  
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Gaming Resolution  
- Pay State of Michigan for  
tax credit mistake  
- Install Handrail  
- Rezone Multiple Parcels  
- ZBA and Zoning Staff  
Training  
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Estimates  
newable Energy Laborato-  
ry estimates that 182,000 ries began to grow as fac-  
fast chargers will be need- tories started cranking out  
ed by 2030. new models. Not including  
But in June, EV invento-  
Fast chargers can get a Tesla and Rivian, dealers  
battery to 80% of its ca- had enough EV supply on  
pacity in 20 minutes to one hand for 103 days of sales,  
hour, making them optimal according to Cox Automo-  
for travel corridors and in tive. But there was only a  
some cases comparable 53-day supply of all vehi-  
to the time it takes to cles, indicating much lower  
fill a car with gasoline. inventories of combustion  
They’re much quicker engine vehicles.  
than 240-volt “Level 2”  
chargers that can take that EV sales will grow to  
hours to get a battery to over 1 million for the first  
a full charge. time this year.  
The new network is ex- The consulting firm LMC  
Still, Cox is forecasting  
pected to have 10 to 20 Automotive predicts that  
charging plugs per station, EVs will hit 14.4% of the  
meaning there would be a market in 2025, and close  
minimum of 1,500 stations to 40% by 2030.  
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and a maximum of about  
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New greenhouse gas  
emissions standards pro-  
Tesla’s network, with the posed by the Environmen-  
largest number of fast char- tal Protection Agency say  
gers in North America, has automakers could meet  
2,050 stations and more the requirements in 2032  
than 22,000 plugs in the if 67% of all new vehicle  
U.S. and Canada, the DOE sales are electric.  
says.  
The network formed  
by the seven automak-  
ers would be public and  
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Properties  
- Purchase Audio and  
Visual Equipment  
- Purchase Drag  
open to all electric vehicle  
owners. It will have con-  
nectors for both Tesla’s  
North American Charging  
Standard plugs as well as  
the Combined Charging  
System plugs used by other  
automakers.  
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regarding Retirement  
Requirements  
Meeting adjourned  
at 8:34 p.m.  
The network will speed  
up electric vehicle sales in  
North America by getting  
people who now are read-  
ing stories about holes in  
the charging network that  
prevent long-distance trav-  
el, said Stephanie Brinley,  
an analyst with S&P Glob-  
al Mobility.  
Prepared by Board  
Secretary Stacy Linnee.  
Approved by Clerk Ron  
Lauren.  
“It’s stopping them even  
from exploring what EV  
life is like,” Brinley said.  
The announcement of the  
network “is giving them  
confidence that this is go-  
ing to work out.”  
In their statement, the  
seven automakers said they  
would use renewable en-  
ergy as much as possible  
to power the chargers, and  
they will be in convenient  
locations with canopies  
and amenities such as re-  
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