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OCTOBER 8, 2020

Methanol fuel cell developer and manufacturer Blue World Technologies ( earlier post ) is starting limited production—the first step in commercializing its methanol fuel cell technology. Methanol fuel cell production. Now the company is starting a limited methanol fuel cell production.

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APRIL 18, 2020

IHS Markit is forecasting that global commercial vehicle production (GVW 4-8) volumes in 2020 compared to 2019 will be down 22% (more than 650,000 units) to 2.6 Most commercial vehicle factories in mainland China have returned to production. million units, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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MAY 21, 2019

The T-pod will transport goods between a warehouse and terminal at the facility, as part of a commercial flow. In November 2018, the Swedish startup Einride and leading logistics firm DB Schenker initiated the first installation of an autonomous, all-electric truck or “T-pod” at a DB Schenker facility in Jönköping, Sweden.

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OCTOBER 27, 2018

The plant, which will produce chemicals used in electric vehicle batteries (EVB), will be located at the company’s current industrial site in Sotkamo, Finland. The estimated production capacity of the new plant is around 170,000 tonnes of nickel sulfate and about 7,400 tonnes of cobalt sulfate per year.

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JUNE 15, 2022

TotalEnergies has entered into an agreement with Adani Enterprises Limited (AEL) to acquire a 25% interest in Adani New Industries Limited (ANIL). ANIL will be the exclusive platform of AEL and TotalEnergies for the production and commercialization of green hydrogen in India.

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MARCH 2, 2022

ExxonMobil is planning a hydrogen production plant and one of the world’s largest carbon capture and storage projects at its integrated refining and petrochemical site at Baytown, Texas, supporting efforts to reduce emissions from company operations and local industry. million tons per year.

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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. MFTBC is taking a leading role in realizing the electrification of commercial vehicles. —MFTBC CEO Hartmut Schick.

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JUNE 3, 2022

Geespace, a wholly owned subsidiary of Geely Technology Group and China’s first privately owned developer, operator, and mass producer of low-orbit commercial satellites, has successfully launched its first nine satellites into low earth orbit from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. Rendering of Geely Future Mobility Constellation.

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DECEMBER 21, 2018

Inspired by the high quality of applications in the agency’s recent OPEN 2018 funding opportunity, ARPA-E created OPEN+ cohorts to focus on targeted, high-value opportunities to innovate technologies and create new communities. The methane cohort teams will focus on industrially scalable ways to produce high quality carbon and hydrogen.

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JUNE 26, 2020

have signed a strategic alliance agreement to pursue jointly hydrogen-related commercial projects in New Zealand. Hiringa Energy is developing hydrogen production projects using electrolysis. New Zealand’s first company dedicated to the supply of green hydrogen, Hiringa Energy, and global trading and investment enterprise, Mitsui & Co.

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MARCH 8, 2022

Aside from the lithium needed to produce modern lithium-ion batteries, much attention is focused on the cost of the materials used for EV battery cathode production. Cobalt is an important ingredient in lithium-ion battery cathode production, accounting for about a quarter of the cost of the battery. Nitin Muralidharan, Ethan C.

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JUNE 17, 2021

Volvo Cars is teaming up with Swedish steel maker SSAB to jointly explore the development of fossil-free, high-quality steel for use in the automotive industry. In 2026, SSAB aims to supply the market with fossil-free steel at a commercial scale. HYBRIT was started by SSAB, iron ore producer LKAB and energy firm Vattenfall.

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DECEMBER 6, 2017

LeddarTech will present the LeddarCore LCA2, the industry’s first 3D solid-state LiDAR (SSL) integrated circuit (IC) enabling mass production of automotive LiDARs, in the Leddar Ecosystem pavilion at CES 2018 in Las Vegas next month. Industry association: Mov’eo. Integrator: AutonomouStuff.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2021

has entered into a strategic partnership with Curbtender , a market leader in Under CDL (vehicles that do not require a Commercial Drivers License) refuse trucks and a pioneer in automated side-loader collection. This partnership represents several exciting milestones that are well aligned with XL Fleet’s product and business strategy.

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MAY 17, 2017

Lithium-ion battery system company AKASOL ( earlier post ) is launching two additional production sites at once: a new facility featuring more than 3,000 m 2 of production halls and office space in Langen, as well as an additional 700 m 2 of halls at its headquarters in Darmstadt. A second phase will boost capacity to 600 MWh per year.

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AUGUST 9, 2021

This represents a significant milestone for the autonomous trucking industry and for Plus, which demonstrated the company’s first driverless Level 4 heavy truck operation at the Qingdao port in April 2018. Plus expects to launch pilot operations of a fully driverless truck for use in a dedicated environment in 2022.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

At the IAA 2018 exhibition in Hannover, FPT Industrial launched its new e-Powertrain organization. The core of the new FPT Industrial electromobility offering is the E-Powertrain Concept with new E-Axle. The other powertrain elements are the FPT Industrial 2835.6 Diesel-hybrid and gas-hybrid powertrains.

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OCTOBER 2, 2019

Webasto, a global systems partner to the automotive industry, has started the production of batteries for electric vehicles in Germany. From the beginning of 2020 the company will manufacture its self-developed standard battery system for commercial vehicles there. Entry into the Chinese market is in preparation.

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JANUARY 5, 2017

At CES 2017, ZF launched the ZF ProAI self-driving system, based on the NVIDIA DRIVE PX 2 AI car computer ( earlier post ), for cars, trucks and other commercial vehicles for factories, agriculture and mining. ZF ProAI will be available for production in early 2018.

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APRIL 5, 2022

Protean Electric, a leader of in-wheel motor (IWM) technology for passenger cars, light commercial vehicles and future transport solutions, announced a new partnership between Dongfeng Motor Corporation Technical Center and Protean’s joint venture in China, Wuxi Weifu Electric Drive Technology (WFDT).

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AUGUST 4, 2020

The report, Opportunities for hydrogen in commercial aviation , which had technical input and funding from The Boeing Company, finds that growing hydrogen industry momentum could provide an opportunity to introduce hydrogen for niche airport applications (such as ground support equipment) as early as 2025. —Dr Marshall.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2022

a Japanese manufacturer of recycled carbon fibers to establish a business structure for the production, supply and commercialization of carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) products made from recycled carbon fibers using a low environmental impact process.

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JULY 12, 2023

Its construction will increase Impact’s production capacity to 1.2 The fully automated production line will make it possible to produce a new battery for heavy-duty e-mobility every 11 minutes. GigafactoryX’s production area will eventually be 16,300 sqm. GigafactoryX production line.

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MAY 1, 2017

Cummins Westport (CWI) announced its model year 2018 dedicated natural gas engines for regional haul truck / tractor, vocational and transit, school bus, and refuse applications at the Alternative Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo in Long Beach, California. —Rob Neitzke, President of Cummins Westport. g/bhp-hr.

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JANUARY 15, 2021

Hyundai Motor Group signed an investment contract with the government of Guangdong Province to establish an offshore fuel cell system production facility in Guangzhou, China. The investment advances the Group’s global hydrogen leadership and supports its push into China’s rapidly developing hydrogen industry.

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OCTOBER 20, 2016

a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, has introduced the Qualcomm Snapdragon X50 5G modem, making Qualcomm the first company to announce a commercial 5G modem chipset solution. QTI will utilize these insights to help accelerate the standardization and commercialization of 5G New Radio (NR), the global standard for 5G.

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APRIL 17, 2021

Total GHG emissions decreased from 2018 to 2019 by 1.7% (after accounting for sequestration from the land sector). from 2018 to 2019, and CO 2 emissions just from fossil fuel combustion decreased 2.7% from 2018 to 2019. CO 2 emissions decreased 2.2% Total GHG emissions in 2019 were up 1.8% over the same period.

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JANUARY 12, 2024

Combined sales of passenger vehicles, two- and three-wheelers and commercial vehicles at 2,28,36,604 or 22.83 As per the data released by apex industry body SIAM (Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers) today, all the four vehicle segments have witnessed good growth with passenger vehicles up 8% to a record 41,01,600 or 4.10

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MAY 24, 2018

value chain to use the deposits of this raw material for industrial. In 2013, COMIBOL completed the construction of a pilot plant for processing brines at the Salar de Uyuni, but commercial production was not expected until the fourth quarter of this year. from residual brine, developing production capacities, as well as.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Rio Tinto and Japanese trader and business conglomerate Marubeni Corporation have agreed a first sale under a new strategic collaboration agreement to secure a sustainable and reliable supply of Rio Tinto’s Responsible aluminum products to Japanese downstream manufacturers.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2019

XL, a provider of connected vehicle electrification solutions for commercial, utility and municipal fleets, will unveil a plug-in hybrid electric version of the popular Ford F-250 pickup truck at the NTEA Work Truck show, 5-8 March in Indianapolis. Most recently, Anna served as COO of Xamax Industries, a leading specialty materials provider.

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JUNE 22, 2018

Gevo has entered into a long-term agreement to supply its renewable alcohol-to-jet fuel (ATJ) to Avfuel Corporation, effective 1 July 2018. Avfuel is a leading global supplier of aviation fuel and services to all industry consumer groups, servicing more than 3,000 locations worldwide. The supply agreement contemplates two phases.

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APRIL 21, 2024

Creatara Mobility Pvt Ltd, a New Delhi-based startup, was founded in 2018 by two IIT Delhi graduates, Vikas Gupta and Ringlarei Pamei. They leveraged resources from IIT Delhi and tapped into various governmental grant schemes such as those offered by the Department of Science and Technology and the Ministry of Heavy Industry.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Kalmar has already launched the fully electric Kalmar Ottawa electric terminal tractor (OT2E) in the US in 2018. This product joins Kalmar’s growing portfolio of fully electric equipment including both light and medium forklift trucks and Kalmar’s own FastChargesolution for horizontal equipment including AGVs, Shuttle and Straddle Carriers.

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OCTOBER 14, 2022

Under the terms of the MOU, the companies will collaborate on a project to build, test and potentially commercialize a system that includes a Hillcrest 250 kW, 800 V inverter that has been optimized for a Hercules electric powertrain. liters and anticipated power density of ± 50 kW/L. Hercules Electric Mobility, Inc.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2020

The Electrification Coalition released a new report that identifies solutions and actions that industry stakeholders should take to help the United States accelerate the adoption of electric trucks in the freight sector. Three out of four commercial trucks on the road today—and 98% of Class 8 trucks—are powered by diesel.

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DECEMBER 12, 2020

The company launched sales of its first commercial robot, Spot, in June of 2020 and has since sold hundreds of robots in a variety of industries, such as power utilities, construction, manufacturing, oil and gas, and mining. In 2018, Hyundai Motor introduced VEX and CEX, aimed to help alleviate the burden of workers in the workplace.

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