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Volvo Group Venture Capital AB has invested in Flock Freight , a technology company based in Solana Beach, California, that pools shipments to fill unused trailer space. We look for start-ups that are building the future with technological developments that will transform the transport industry.

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JANUARY 25, 2019

The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) has launched the Battery Cell Research Production Center, a new R&D and large-scale industrial manufacturing plant for lithium-ion cells; the center will receive an investment of €500 million. The BMZ Group is a global player in the production of lithium-ion system solutions.

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JULY 20, 2017

The BMW Group was the top seller of electric mobility in Germany the first half of 2017, with just under 5,000 units registered ; registrations are about 175% over the same period in 2016. The Group has 8 eletrified vehicles in the market. The first half of 2017 clearly shows that we are on a very good path.

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MAY 7, 2018

Groupe PSA has selected transmission provider Punch Powertrain as the supplier of its next-generation e-DCT electrified transmission systems by 2022. The two companies are entering into discussions about manufacturing the technology at one of Groupe PSA’s plants and are exploring the possibility of extending the partnership.

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Sajjan Jindal the chairman of the JSW Group says he wants to create a ‘Maruti movement’ with the “new energy vehicles.” “With MG, my dream is that we will create a Maruti movement. Like 40 years ago, 1984, when Maruti came into India, it changed the auto industry. So that is exactly what has happened.

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APRIL 10, 2019

million) industry-backed research hub was supported by the Federal Government. The Future Battery Industries CRC will address the existing gaps in the nation’s capacity to respond to this growth industry by creating opportunities to process, manufacture and deploy batteries, delivering an estimated $2.5

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JANUARY 29, 2018

million units in 2017, representing just 43.7% million registrations in 2017, 19.5% Overall, new registrations in Europe in 2017 totalled 15.57 Despite the encouraging results, the issues faced by the industry including the diesel crisis and Brexit had a negative impact on growth, which slowed down to just 3.1%—a

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DECEMBER 28, 2017

Those days are over: 2017 was OER’s breakthrough year. But it never seemed to gain broader adoption beyond that group of pioneers. That happened in 2017. Meanwhile, at least 70 OER-related bills were introduced in more than half the country’s state legislatures in 2017. Ohio University is doing the same.

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JANUARY 8, 2020

The Rhodium Group, an independent research provider, estimates that, after a sharp uptick in 2018, US greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions fell by 2.1% Emissions from buildings, industry and other parts of the economy rose, though less than in 2018. That’s higher than the 3% gain in 2018, but lower than the 13% gains posted in 2016 and 2017.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

BMW Group Thailand has inaugurated local high-voltage battery production plant in partnership with the DRÄXLMAIER Group, one of the world’s leading automotive suppliers and a partner of BMW Group since 1966. BMW Group Thailand launched the local assembly lines in July 2019 at the DRÄXLMAIER Group plant.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Hyundai Motor Group and Canoo will jointly develop an all-electric platform based on Canoo’s fully scalable, proprietary skateboard design ( earlier post ) for upcoming Hyundai and Kia EVs and PBVs (purpose-built vehicles) ( earlier post ). —Albert Biermann, Head of Research & Development, Hyundai Motor Group. Earlier post.)

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NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Plug Power, a leading provider of turnkey hydrogen solutions, signed a definitive agreement to acquire Frames Group, a leader in turnkey systems integration for the energy sector. Frames’ relationship with Plug Power goes back to 2017. Headquartered in the Netherlands, Frames has about 300 employees located largely in Europe and India.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Hyundai Motor Group has developed the new Vest EXoskeleton (VEX), a wearable robot created to assist industrial workers who spend long hours working in overhead environments. The VEX enhances productivity and reduces fatigue of industrial workers by imitating the movement of human joints to boost load support and mobility.

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JULY 9, 2023

POSCO Holdings recently began construction at the Yulchon 1 st Industrial Complex in Jeollanam-do (South Jeolla Province, S. A pilot plant was manufactured in South Korea in 2017 with a capacity of 2,500 tons / year of lithium; this was then brought to and installed in Argentina. POSCO Group’s lithium brine demo plant in Argentina.

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DECEMBER 18, 2017

The BMW Group has delivered more than 100,000 electrified vehicles to customers worldwide in 2017, as promised at the beginning of the year. The BMW Group selected this glowing symbol to represent the technological change taking place in mobility. We deliver on our promises.

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JUNE 9, 2020

announced that Zhengzhou Yutong Group Co., Yutong Group), a large-scale industrial Chinese manufacturer of commercial vehicles that specializes in electric buses, is using Cree 1200V silicon carbide devices in a StarPower power module for its new, high-efficiency powertrain system for electric buses.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Spain-based SEAT, a member of the Volkswagen Group, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Volkswagen Group China and Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Group Corp., The signing provides new impetus in the growing partnership between Volkswagen Group China, SEAT and JAC, working together in the important e-mobility market in China.

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MAY 12, 2017

In January 2017, the California Air Resources Board (ARB) released its proposed updated scoping plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40% below 1990 levels by 2030. The 2020 average CI requirement from the compliance schedule is 88.62 gCO 2 e/MJ for gasoline and 91.81 gCO 2 e/MJ for diesel. Earlier post.)

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Ganesh has decided to retire as Chairman from the operating entities of Rane Group , effective March 31, 2024. Ganesh became Chairman of Rane Group in November 2006. During his tenure, the group has grown from INR 1,050 crore to about INR 7,200 crore and enhanced the export sales from 12% to 24%, the company said.

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MAY 12, 2020

A new World Bank Group report finds that the production of minerals, such as graphite, lithium and cobalt, could increase by nearly 500% by 2050, to meet the growing demand for clean energy technologies. In the current global context, COVID-19 is causing major disruptions to the mining industry across the world.

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JANUARY 4, 2018

General Motors and its joint ventures sold more than 4 million vehicles in China for the first time in 2017. In 2017, GM added 18 new and refreshed models in China. Cadillac, which has had 22 months in a row of double-digit sales growth, posted a sales increase of 51% to 175,489 units in 2017. from the previous high in 2016.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Daimler AG and the BMW Group are to partner on automated driving. The planned cooperation offers the Daimler AG and BMW Group a number of obvious advantages: the skills and experience of the individual partners and a scalable architecture will speed up and streamline the development of future technology generations.

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JULY 5, 2019

They will be based at locations including the Mercedes-Benz Technology Center (MTC) in Sindelfingen, the Daimler Testing and Technology Center in Immendingen and the BMW Group Autonomous Driving Campus in Unterschleissheim, near Munich. Automated driving at the BMW Group. Safety First for Automated Driving. Earlier post.)

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NOVEMBER 23, 2020

In March 2017, Deutsche Post DHL Group, the parent company of DHL Express, registered a significant first for the logistics industry by setting the goal of reducing its logistics-related emissions to net zero by 2050.

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AUGUST 7, 2017

Groupe Renault, IDRO and PARTO NEGIN NASEH Co (NEGIN Holding) are forming a new joint venture company in Iran to boost Renault's presence in the country and step up the brand’s growth. The parties expect completion to take place on or around 30 October 2017. Renault and its Iranian partners have produced 500,000 vehicles to date.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2018

have established a partnership to provide platform services for the taxi industry. In 2017, taxi drivers completed 1.1 According to a study by GM Insights, the global car-sharing market is expected to grow 34% annually from 2017 to 2024, while the annual growth rate in China will exceed 40%. billion rides on DiDi.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Euisun Chung, Executive Vice Chairman of Hyundai Motor Group and Under Secretary of Energy Mark W. This partnership, along with other collaborations with global industry partners, will help address technical barriers and enable progress in hydrogen and fuel cell technologies across applications and sectors. Kia Motors Corp.

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APRIL 16, 2018

The partners from industry and power generation will use this facility to research into future breakthrough technologies which are needed to meet global climate goals over the long-term. After the launch of the project at the beginning of 2017, construction of the pilot facility at the voestalpine site in Linz has now accelerated.

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JUNE 27, 2018

Hyundai Motor Group (HMG) has selected Wärtsilä for a technology and commercial partnership designed to utilize second-life electric vehicle (EV) batteries for the growing energy storage market. Wärtsilä sold close to 4 GW of power plants in 2017 in both developed and developing regions of the world.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Hyundai Motor Group and Aptiv will be forming an autonomous driving joint venture to advance the design, development and commercialization of SAE Level 4 and 5 autonomous technologies. As part of the agreement, Hyundai Motor Group and Aptiv will each have a 50% ownership stake in the joint venture, valued at a total of US$4 billion.

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AUGUST 1, 2017

The sale of Opel Automobile GmbH with its brands Opel and Vauxhall by General Motors to Groupe PSA has now been finalized. The market share of the newly enlarged Groupe PSA is now around 17% in Europe, making it the continent’s second largest carmaker with first or second place in main markets. billion (US$2 billion) at run rate.

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JULY 31, 2017

BASF SE plans to establish a new Group company, BASF 3D Printing Solutions GmbH, as of 1 September 2017. The new company’s customers will mainly be firms that want to use 3D printing for industrial production. Typical industries will include, for example, automotive, aerospace and consumer goods.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2019

a DENSO Group company that designs and develops semiconductor IP cores, acted as lead investor and has a stake in startup quadric.io. DENSO established NSITEXE in 2017 to design and develop next-generation, high-performance semiconductor devices to advance automated driving solutions. NSITEXE , Inc.,

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MAY 18, 2016

The proposed volume requirements and associated percentage standards for are for calendar year 2017 for cellulosic biofuel, biomass-based diesel, advanced biofuel, and total renewable fuel. Total renewable fuel volumes would grow by some 690 million gallons between 2016 and 2017. Proposed 2017 Percentage Standards. Source: EPA.

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AUGUST 9, 2017

Closing is expected in the fourth quarter 2017. The SGL Group is a leading manufacturer worldwide of products and materials made from carbon. The SGL Group’s products are deployed in the automotive and chemicals industries as well as in the semiconductor, solar, LED industry segments and in the field of lithium-ion batteries.

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DECEMBER 5, 2017

Groupe PSA and Nidec Corporation, through Nidec Leroy-Somer Holding, will form a joint venture in the field of electric traction motors. Groupe PSA has made the strategic choice to anchor the design and production of the main components of the electric traction powertrain in France. billion) in 2030.

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JUNE 29, 2018

The energy control stations at BMW Group Plants Dingolfing and Landshut are stepping up their activities in the balancing-power market in Germany. Together with other highly-flexible controllable systems in the BMW Group production network, they will contribute to the stability of the public grid outside of the plant. Source: neon.

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