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Electric motor company YASA enters innovation agreement with global automotive manufacturer for hybrids and EVs

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YASA, a leading manufacturer of axial-flux electric motors and controllers, signed a long-term joint innovation agreement with a global automotive OEM. Compared to the complex, multiple slot windings of conventional motors, YASA motor’s segmented armature lends itself to low cost, serial production. Earlier post.).

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Tata Motors launches $10,000 electric hatch; deliveries of Tiago.ev start in January

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Lakh (US$10,000) (All India – Ex-showroom), for the first 10,000 customers (of which 2000 will be reserved for the current owners of Nexon EV and Tigor EV). is based on the Ziptron technology—Tata Motors’ in-house developed globally competitive high voltage architecture designed for unique Indian driving and weather conditions.

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3M and LG Chem enter into NMC patent license agreements; cathode materials for Li-ion batteries

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Under the agreement, 3M grants LG Chem a license to US Patents 6,660,432 (Paulsen et al. ); 6,964,828 (Lu and Dahn); 7,078,128 (Lu and Dahn); 8,685,565 (Lu and Dahn); and 8,241,791 (Lu and Dahn) and all global equivalents including in Korea, Taiwan, Japan, China and Europe. Earlier post.)

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DOE to invest $50M to advance domestic solar manufacturing market

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As recently as 1995, the United States maintained a dominant global solar market share, manufacturing 43% of the world’s PV panels. In steady decline, US market share shrank to 27% by 2000 and to 7% by 2010. SUNPATH is intended to help return the United States to the forefront.

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Ford expands use of near-dry machining to six plants worldwide

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Ford Motor Company has added its near-dry machining process—Minimum Quantity Lubrication (MQL)—to six plants globally, a number that will nearly double in the next few years. Between 2000 and 2012, Ford reduced global water use by 62%—about 10 billion gallons. Right: MQL machining. Graphics: Unist Inc.

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GKN Driveline Continues Rapid Growth in China; Developing Driveline Systems for EVs and Hybrids for the China Market

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GKN Driveline continues its rapid growth in China with plans for a 12 th manufacturing facility; expansion of an existing research center; and the introduction of new low-cost and electric-hybrid technologies for the China market. Magirius also announced the expansion of GKN’s Shanghai Technical Centre originally established in 2000.

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Avantium Building YXY Pilot Plant for Furanics Biofuels and Materials

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Avantium, which spun off from Shell in 2000 to develop furan-based biofuels and biomaterials, has begun construction of a pilot plant at the Chemelot site (Geleen, the Netherlands) to convert carbohydrates into furanic building blocks—which the company calls “YXY”—for making renewable materials and fuels.

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