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

Green Car Congress

Haldor Topsoe and Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum have formed a joint venture with the aim of delivering locally produced MK-151+ methanol synthesis catalysts to the Chinese market. Together, the two companies will build a production facility in Shaanxi Fupin in China to produce methanol synthesis catalysts.

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Chinese EV battery manufacturer CATL building plant in Germany; 14 GWh capacity, €240M investment by 2022

Green Car Congress

The Chinese EV battery manufacturer Contemporary Amperex Technology Ltd. CATL) is building its first plant outside of China in Thuringia, Germany. Chinese auto and vehicle makers: BAIC, SAIC, Geely, Changan, GAC, Great Wall, DFM, NIO, Yutong Bus, Zhongtong Bus, King Long Motor, CRRC. GWh in 2017—making it Nº 1 globally.

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Chinese EV battery manufacturer CATL building plant in Germany; 14 GWh capacity, €240M investment by 2022

Green Car Congress

The Chinese EV battery manufacturer Contemporary Amperex Technology Ltd. CATL) is building its first plant outside of China in Thuringia, Germany. Chinese auto and vehicle makers: BAIC, SAIC, Geely, Changan, GAC, Great Wall, DFM, NIO, Yutong Bus, Zhongtong Bus, King Long Motor, CRRC. GWh in 2017—making it Nº 1 globally.

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QOTD: Do You Actually Care About Chinese Imports?

The Truth About Cars

annually, having Oakville Assembly down means Ford had to come up with something and it elected to pull China out of the bullpen — setting the SUV up to become Ford’s very first Chinese import. Localizing some of its production there similarly helped GM build good faith in what’s now the world’s largest automotive market. since 2016.

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AlixPartners outlook warns of Chinese language EV pageant, ‘ICE melting’

Baua Electric

Chinese language manufacturers will most probably outsell international manufacturers in that nation in 2023 for the primary past in fresh historical past. AlixPartners predicts those manufacturers will all of a sudden building up their home marketplace proportion, rising to 65 p.c

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Roskill: Chinese companies step up their pursuit of lithium resources

Green Car Congress

China is stepping up its pursuit of control of the lithium supply chain, underpinned by the rapid growth of its lithium-ion battery industry building on agressive policy surrounding electric vehicle sales, according to metals and mining consultancy Roskill.

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Comment on Tesla scraps plans for low-cost car amid fierce competition from Chinese EVs, report says by John Hanna

CN EV Post

My first Tesla shares were acquired in Apr. between Spacex and Tesla) , the vertical integration model for minimizing COGS, etc.