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Petrobras CEO says company will grow production to 5.7 mboe/day by 2020

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Speaking at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston , Petrobras CEO Maria das Graças Silva Foster said that the Brazilian oil and gas company’s reserves will double in size by 2020. mboe in 2020, due largely to the pre-salt discoveries. Petrobras’ investment plan for the 2013-2017 period amounts to US$236.7

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AAB Study Projects Global EV New Vehicle Sales of Up to 400,000 Units by 2020, PHEV Sales of 500,000 Units by 2020

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Menahem Anderman of the consulting firm Advanced Automotive Battery (AAB) projects that global EV market share will grow from negligible levels in 2009 to 0.13% of the 2015 new-vehicle market, and up to 0.50% of the 2020 new-vehicle market, which is anticipated at 80 million units annually—i.e., about 400,000 EV units by 2020.

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BMW orders two more ENGEL moulding machines for body shell components for i3 EV

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ENGEL delivered the first manufacturing cells of this type to Leipzig back in March 2013. Both machines are fitted with a multi-axis robot.

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Government’s Role in Further Developing 5G Technologies and Future Networks

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National Science Foundation (NSF) since mid 2020. He has served as an Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, from 2008 to 2013. He has also served in several IEEE committees and helped to organized IEEE conferences. He is on leave from UT Dallas to serve as a Rotating Program Director at the U.S.

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Anderman: Li-ion capacity far outstripping demand as automakers focus more on hybrids, less on full EVs

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Anderman is founder and chairman of the Advanced Automotive Battery Conference (AABC); the 13 th annual conference is scheduled for February 2013 in Pasadena, California. million in 2020; and. billion in 2020. million units in 2012 to about 4.1 The associated Li-Ion automotive battery business will expand from $1.4

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GM outlines plans for China with 17 launches this year; developing advanced propulsion and electrification tech in China

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General Motors discussed its future plans in China during a press conference in conjunction with the start of Auto Shanghai 2013. Its longer-term goal is to take Cadillac’s share of China’s luxury car market to 10% by 2020. We expect industry sales to grow another 7-8 percent in 2013. million units. —Bob Socia.

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Accenture: Australia LNG industry could become world’s largest

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Australia’s Liquefied National Gas (LNG) industry could become the world’s largest and most technologically advanced, contributing more than AUD$55 billion to Australia’s GDP in 2020, according to a new report from Accenture. The EIA reports that Australia was the third-largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporter in 2013.

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