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Platts Report: China oil demand rises 2.9% in October from year ago, YTD up 2%

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(Platts calculates China’s apparent or implied oil demand on the basis of crude throughput volumes at the domestic refineries and net oil product imports, as reported by the NBS and Chinese customs. Some of these measures include the loosening of credit controls, and the lifting of the annual summer ban on fishing in China’s waters.

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Li-ion maker Boston-Power adds $30M in funding; China expansion

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Located in the Shanghai Corridor and scheduled for completion by the end of 2012, the facility will be capable of producing 400 MWh of lithium-ion battery cells annually. GSR Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on building world-class technology companies in China.

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PwC’s Autofacts forecasts global light vehicle assembly to reach 81.8M units in 2013, up 3.3% from 2012

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million units in 2012 to 18.7 Stimulus measures such as lowered interest rates are offset by tighter credit restrictions in lending, restraining the full-year 2013 sales forecast to approximately 1.3% growth over 2012. Light vehicle sales showed strong growth in 2013 compared to 2012, with China reaching 12.5

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Li-ion battery maker Boston-Power announces $125M in new financing; focus on and support from China

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a provider of lithium-ion battery cells, modules and systems ( earlier post ), announced $125 million in new funding from a combination of private equity investment and support from China. As part of its plans, Boston-Power is establishing an R&D and EV battery engineering facility in China. Boston-Power, Inc., Reorganizing.

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Pike forecasts 26.4% CAGR for electric-drive buses to 2018; hybrid, battery-electric and fuel cell

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from 2012 to 2018. In a new report, “ Electric Drive Buses ”, Pike finds that China market will constitute the majority of global electric drive bus sales, while some of the more developed markets will see fluctuations in electric bus uptake. Europe is behind on hybrid bus deployments, although stimulus. This requires a high.

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Pike Research forecasts global biofuels market to double by 2012 to $185.3B

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Governments are expected to retreat from stimulus investment highs, shifting financing. China), increasing opportunities for global trade in ethanol. Number of off-take agreements with oil and chemical will increase, confirming the trend. towards strategic partnerships. onus onto private capital sources. and fall short in others (e.g.,

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Boston-Power to supply Li-ion battery systems to Beijing Electric Vehicle Company for EVs, starting with Saab 9-5 based C70

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The two companies, which have a long-standing working relationship, project that Boston-Power’s battery systems will be used in hundreds of electric vehicles (EVs) starting in 2012 and thousands of EVs by 2014. China is already the number one car market in the world; I think they are quite determined to be number one in electric.

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