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Gemilang International to deliver 140 electric school buses to California

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The Hong-Kong-listed company said it has been supplying electric buses to the US since 2016. billion to buy electric school buses for districts around the US. GML has also been supplying aluminum buses for Go KL, Rapid KL, Rapid Penang and MRT feeder buses for the last 13 years.

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CRU: lithium price downtrend continues, with disappointing EV sales in China the driver

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China is the world’s largest user of lithium, accounting for 57% of global demand in 2019, and is also the biggest supplier of lithium converted products. CRU expects to see some marginal improvements on the demand side in the coming months as Q4 is generally a busier buying season. Raw material oversupply.

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Disneyland faces pressure to electrify its stinky ‘Autopia’ ride, and quick

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Photo by Jeremy Thompson on Flickr Disney’s Autopia ride has been making headlines recently, after a park spokesperson told the LA Times that the park is “evaluating technology that will enable us to convert from gas engines in the next few years.” Until 2016, Autopia vehicles were noisy, polluting two-stroke engines.

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CRU: Lithium prices plunging as hype meets reality; impact of new supply, disappointing BEV sales

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China is the world’s largest user of lithium, accounting for 57% of global demand in 2019, and is also the biggest supplier of lithium converted products. CRU expects to see some marginal improvements on the demand side in the coming months, as Q4 is generally a busier buying season.

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Bezos Bucks? Get Ready for Corporate Digital Currency

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Buying and selling cryptocurrencies is a big business. The fraction that involved buying actual stuff (goods and services) is so small that it’s hard to measure. In de Bono’s vision, “large manufacturing corporations” should create their own currencies, which could be used to buy their products. Customers could convert U.S.

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Fisker adds to line up with 3 new EVS

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in 2016 as a purpose-built company to create the necessary change to a more sustainable way of making and using vehicles. RONIN The second of the group is what Fisker calls “the world’s first all-electric 4-door convertible GT sports car.” Henrik and Dr. Geeta Gupta-Fisker founded Fisker Inc. Introducing the Pear, Ronin and Alaska.

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Electric Car Quotes: List of the Best Electric Vehicle Quotes

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It;s not just the ideological decision of buying an EV. It’s about buying a better car.” ” – Carlos Ghosn “We will not stop until every car on the road is electric” – Elon Musk “As of 2016, the number of American car companies that haven’t gone bankrupt is a grand total of two. .”