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APRIL 2, 2020

Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC), part of the Daimler Trucks family, plans to start the series production of fuel-cell trucks by the late 2020s. At the 2019 Tokyo Motor Show in October, MFTBC unveiled the Vision F-CELL, a light-duty fuel-cell concept truck. —MFTBC CEO Hartmut Schick.

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OCTOBER 22, 2020

Teijin has joined the AZL Partner Network for Lightweight Production Technology , a cross-industry network for joint business development and technology development organized by service and engineering provider AZL Aachen GmbH and involving nine institutes and some 80 companies in the field of lightweight production. © AZL Aachen GmbH.

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MAY 24, 2016

FMC Corporation plans to increase its production capacity of lithium hydroxide by a total of 20,000 metric tons per year, effectively tripling its production. Phase one is expected to be commissioned and on line in mid 2017, while phase two planning is underway.

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MAY 12, 2016

the manufacturer of Subaru vehicles, will change its company name to Subaru Corporation with effect from 1 April 2017 (tentatively). For the fiscal year ending March 2017, Subaru projects its global vehicle sales to exceed one million units (1,050,000 units on a consolidated basis) for the first time in its history.

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MAY 20, 2022

Particular opportunity for the Global South identified as net-zero fuel production costs expected to be up to 20% lower in Latin America and Africa. This is the equivalent of the entire world’s current renewable energy production. billion in 2017 to $1.6 London, UK. Vancouver, Canada. 17th May 2022. MWh to €156.40/MWh

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MAY 28, 2018

Toyota Motor Corporation and Suzuki Motor Corporation (Suzuki) agreed to start discussing new joint projects in the fields of technological development, vehicle production, and market development. Toyota Kirloskar Motor Private Ltd.

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JANUARY 15, 2016

The 2017 Hyundai Elantra—Hyundai’s best-selling model in the US— launches this month with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. —Mike O’Brien, vice president of product and corporate planning, Hyundai Motor America.

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MARCH 16, 2022

Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC) unveiled test vehicles of its next generation eCanter at the company’s Kitsuregawa Proving Ground. After launching Japan’s first series-produced all-electric light-duty eCanter truck in 2017, MFTBC introduced an improved model with advanced safety features for the Japanese market in 2020.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2017

BIOX Corporation announced that World Energy BIOX Biofuels LLC (WEBB), a 50/50 joint venture between World Energy and BIOX, has completed the commissioning of its 90-million US gallon (USG) (341 million liters) nameplate capacity biodiesel production facility in Houston, Texas. —Alan Rickard, Chief Executive Officer of BIOX.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Mitsui Chemicals has completed construction of its electrolyte solution production facilities, which have been built at Nagoya Works to accommodate growing domestic demand for lithium-ion battery electrolytes. Production capacity is 5,000 tons per year.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

Super Cruise, GM’s semi-automated driving technology, will come to market in a new 2017 Cadillac vehicle. It will warn drivers and can supplement active safety features, such as forward collision warning, already available on many production cars. Click to enlarge.

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JANUARY 14, 2022

Microwave-engineered plasma provides a thermal production zone of extreme uniformity, guaranteeing every particle sees the same thermal kinetics and the same process history. barrels per year) and reduce wastewater production by 100% (7M barrels per year) while requiring a 50% smaller factory footprint.

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DECEMBER 5, 2014

The Nikkei reports that Toyota will invest about ¥20 billion yen ($165 million) to triple production capacity in Japan for its new Mirai fuel cell vehicle ( earlier post ) to meet what it describes as strong corporate and public-sector demand.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Chiyoda Corporation, together with Mitsubishi Corporation, Mitsui & Co. Ltd and NYK Line, the other members of the Advanced Hydrogen Energy chain Association for technology Development ( AHEAD ), reported the successful completion of the world’s first global hydrogen supply chain system. Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 22, 2015

Toyota Motor Corporation will increase production of the Mirai fuel cell sedan, which launched in Japan on 15 December 2014. The new plan calls for production to increase from the 2015 level of 700 units to approximately 2,000 units in 2016 and approximately 3,000 units in 2017.

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JULY 29, 2021

Chinese university develops new material to increase solid-state battery production. Read further to know more about solid-state battery production. . Solid-state battery production. The biggest barrier for solid-state batteries is the means of cost-effective mass production and the competition with lithium-ion batteries.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Hyundai and the US Federal Government’s cooperation in hydrogen and fuel cell technologies dates back to 2004, when the South Korean automotive corporation and its affiliate Kia Motors Corporation offered 33 fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV) for the DOE’s “Controlled Hydrogen Fleet and Infrastructure Demonstration and Validation Project.”.

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MAY 21, 2021

CATL will be the supplier of lithium-ion battery packs for the Mercedes-Benz eActros LongHaul battery-electric truck, which is planned to be ready for series production in 2024. Series production of the eActros will start in the second half of this year. The supply will go beyond 2030.

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AUGUST 4, 2022

SK On has secured a total of US$2 billion as its investment resource for its European battery business with the aid of Euler Hermes, a trade credit insurance institution of Germany, Korea Trade Insurance Corporation, and the Export-Import Bank of Korea. With a total investment of KRW 3.31 trillion (US$2.5 From the 1.7

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JUNE 21, 2021

As part of the “Development of Production Technologies for Biojet Fuels” of New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization, a Japanese national research and development agency, JAL has conducted a flight—JL515 (From Tokyo (Haneda) to Sapporo (Shin-Chitose))—with 3,132 liters (9.1% the other by IHI Corporation.

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JANUARY 29, 2021

This goal represents combined Scope 1 (direct) and Scope 2 (indirect) greenhouse gas emission reductions on a mass basis (metric tons per year) compared with 2017 baseline levels. Achieving this goal would bring the CO 2 e MMT per year in GHG emissions down to 33.0 in 2030, compared to 44.1

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OCTOBER 27, 2022

By achieving this accelerated goal, GM expects to avoid the production of an estimated 1 million metric tons of carbon emissions that would have been produced between 2025 and 2030, equal to the emissions produced by burning 1 billion pounds of coal. Since 2017, the portfolio has also produced over $75 million of positive cash flows.

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DECEMBER 27, 2018

Toshiba Corporation is taking its SCiB rechargeable battery business from Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation (TISS) to make it an independent business unit within Toshiba. Demand for SCiB is growing, and Toshiba is expanding production capacity through capital investment and alliances.

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AUGUST 23, 2016

Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB), a leader in the global specialty chemicals industry, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the lithium hydroxide and lithium carbonate conversion assets and supporting business functions currently operated by Jiangxi Jiangli New Materials Science and Technology Co.

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MARCH 20, 2018

Air Products signed an agreement with state-owned Shenhua New Energy Co. Air Products’ SmartFuel hydrogen dispenser will be supplied for the project for fueling the hydrogen fuel cell powered vehicles. New Energy), a subsidiary of China’s energy conglomerate China Energy Investment Group Co.,

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MAY 18, 2016

The company said it intends to use the proceeds to accelerate the production ramp of Model 3. Tesla said it intends to start volume production and deliveries of Model 3 in late 2017 and to accelerate our 500,000 vehicle build plan from 2020 to 2018. Telsa plans to raise approximately a net $1.4 The net may increase to $1.7

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OCTOBER 11, 2016

With the facelift of the Mercedes-Benz S550e plug-in hybrid in 2017, Daimler AG plans to launch a wireless electric vehicle charging (WEVC) system, manufactured by a Tier 1 power electronics supplier, which has licensed Qualcomm Halo inventions. The commercial application of WEVC will be a first among hybrid vehicles. While the 3.6

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OCTOBER 30, 2013

Panasonic Corporation and Tesla Motors have expanded their 2011 supply agreement so that Panasonic will now supply nearly 2 billion automotive-grade lithium-ion battery cells to Tesla through 31 December 2017 at long-term preferential prices. —Tesla Quarterly Report (10Q) for quarter ending 30 June 2013.

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JULY 28, 2017

Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC) has started production of the all‑electric light-duty truck Fuso eCanter in Tramagal, Portugal. Only the electric-powertrain specific components will be installed in specific boxes along the production line. Production of the eCanter in Japan started on 7 July.

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DECEMBER 20, 2016

has signed a non-binding letter of intent with South Korean-based CJ CheilJedang Corporation (CJCJ). CJCJ would incur all capital costs required to retrofit their fermentation facility, including the capital needed during plant commissioning and startup, and production would begin in Q1 2018. BioAmber Inc.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Toyota is expanding the production of its hybrid powertrains to the US. million in five US manufacturing plants to support production of its first US-made hybrid powertrain and to implement Toyota’s New Global Architecture (TNGA) at its Alabama plant. liter engine capacity at the Georgetown, Kentucky, plant; increasing production of 2.5-liter

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DECEMBER 11, 2023

She was Director, Head of Business & Corporate Finance from 2017 to 2019, and Corporate Development Officer/Director from 2019 to 2022. House was appointed Lucid’s CFO in May 2021. Before working at Lucid, House worked at Waymo for three years. We wish Sherry the best of luck in her next chapter.”

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APRIL 25, 2021

That’s me on January 16, 2017, with my brand new Chevy Bolt EV Premier edition in my garage at home. Last week, as part of the little known and unadvertised “Bolt Buyback” program GM quietly created in response to the recall of all their 2017- 2019 Bolts, Chevy paid $37,900 to buy this car back from us. Let me tell you about it.

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MAY 3, 2017

Lightning Systems also announced that in the next two years it will introduce a new lineup of fleet efficiency products to support commercial and government fleets. The system is available now with the Lightning Hybrids system, and will be available standalone in Fall 2017. —Tim Reeser.

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JULY 11, 2017

Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IndianOil), India’s flagship national oil company and LanzaTech signed a Statement of Intent to construct the world’s first refinery offgas-to-bioethanol production facility in India. The basic engineering for the 40-million liter per year (10.6

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JANUARY 28, 2013

The strategy to maximize design commonality, leverage volume and derive efficiencies through economies of scale will help to launch the world’s first affordable, mass-market FCEVs as early as 2017. —Raj Nair, group vice president, Global Product Development, Ford Motor Company. Their FCEVs have logged more than 10 million km (6.2

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JULY 19, 2018

Celanese Corporation has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Chengzhi Shareholding Co., From 2014 to 2017, Celanese operated a 275,000 metric ton per year industrial ethanol unit at the Nanjing, China Chemical Industrial Park. to further the development of acetic acid-based ethanol in China.

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