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Benchmark: Saudi Arabia is building an EV battery supply chain

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Saudi Arabia’s ambitions for an EV supply chain are part of the diversification of the national economy away from oil, a project guided by the government’s Vision 2030 reform plan announced in 2016. Earlier post.) The Saudi processing plant will process spodumene from a mine that European Lithium is developing in Wolfsberg, Austria.

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Haldor Topsoe and Yanchang form joint venture and build methanol catalyst facility in China

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Together, the two companies will build a production facility in Shaanxi Fupin in China to produce methanol synthesis catalysts. Forming of the joint venture and building of the catalysts facility will be the first step of a long-term strategic cooperation between Topsoe and Yanchang.

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Audi to build production plant in Mexico; new SUV begins production in 2016

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AUDI AG Board of Management and Supervisory Board of AUDI AG approved plans to build a North American plant in Mexico. The exact location for the new plant, which will manufacture an SUV model starting in 2016, will be chosen by AUDI AG later this year.

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BMW Connected North America makes its world debut at Microsoft Build 2016; powered by Azure

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BMW Connected, a new personal mobility companion, made its world debut at Microsoft Build 2016, Microsoft’s developer conference, last week. Service Fabric enables the automaker to build individual mobility graphs with personalized data and real-time context.

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Lion Electric to build US plant in Illinois; largest all-electric medium- and heavy-duty vehicles plant in US

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The 900,000 sq-ft facility, for which building ramp up is anticipated in the second half of 2021, is expected to add a minimum of 745 direct jobs to the region over the next three years, with an annual production capacity of up to 20,000 all-electric buses and trucks.

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Volvo Trucks boosts fuel savings with MY 2016 enhancements

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Volvo Trucks’ model year 2016 VN series heavy-duty highway tractors will deliver greater fuel savings than previous generation models through an assortment of aerodynamic and powertrain enhancements. Further sculpting of airflow around the exterior and underneath the hood improves fuel efficiency by up to 3.5%.

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DiDi enters JV to build out own EV charging network

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DiDi Chuxing has entered a joint venture to build its own charging networks for electric vehicles (EVs). We have started new joint venture projects to build our own EV charging systems. DiDi acquired Uber China in August 2016. In 2016, DiDi’s main carpooling services reduced road carbon emission by 1.44

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