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Faraday Future receives manufacturing equipment from Guangzhou MINO at Hanford plant

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EV-maker Faraday Future announced the arrival of intelligent manufacturing equipment from Guangzhou MINO Equipment Co., a top-tier automotive supplier offering advanced manufacturing solutions. —Matt Tall, Vice President of Manufacturing at Faraday Future. Guangzhou MINO Equipment Co., was incorporated in 2008.

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Audi fielding Formula E factory team in December in Hong Kong; first German manufacturer in Formula E

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As announced in September of last year ( earlier post ), Audi is taking over ABT Sportsline’s place in the Formula E race with a full-fledged factory commitment which will run under the team name of Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler, starting with the fourth Formula E season in Hong Kong at the beginning of December. Click to enlarge.

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RUSAL opens new low-carbon aluminum smelter in Taishet

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Headquartered in Australia, ASI’s membership includes metals industry companies, national aluminum councils from Austria to South Africa, and automotive manufacturers such as Audi, BMW and Jaguar Land Rover.

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Volkswagen Group and Tata Motors Ltd. to explore strategic alliance for joint development projects; ŠKODA to lead

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The goal of the strategic alliance is to bundle the expertise of both car manufacturers with a view to jointly developing vehicle components and possibly also vehicle concepts. Through subsidiaries and associate companies, Tata Motors has operations in the UK, South Korea, Thailand, South Africa and Indonesia. billion in 2015-16.

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Volkswagen Group: Foshan Plant Phase II mega-factory key for China; strengthening e-mobility strategy

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Together with the Audi Q2L, which will also start production this year, T-Roc is a vital building block in the fast growing SUV segment in China. The newest electric models with the latest technologies of Volkswagen and Audi will be produced at the Foshan Plant. SEAT will be responsible for the growing market in North Africa.

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What is the Combined Charging System (CCS) Standard?

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The EV charging ecosystem, comprised of EV manufacturers, EV charging station manufacturers, and EV charging network operators among others, understands that interoperability made possible by standards and protocols for EV charging and communications is essential to everyone’s success. When was CCS developed? and Canada).

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Nearly one in five cars sold worldwide in 2023 was electric: IEA | Autocar Professional

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Purchase incentives under the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles (FAME II) scheme, supply-side incentives under the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme, tax benefits and the Go Electric campaign have all contributed to fostering demand in recent years. Around 2% of all cars sold were electric.