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Nissan, Frost & Sullivan study finds 37% of Southeast Asian consumers open to buying EV

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Thirty-seven percent of Southeast Asian consumers planning to buy a car are open to purchasing an electric vehicle, according to a Nissan-commissioned study by Frost & Sullivan. Motivating factors for buying an electric vehicle. Electric car ownership in Southeast Asia is still relatively low. Source: Nissan. Click to enlarge.

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Three perspectives on China’s EV industry (spoiler alert: legacy brands are toast) – Charged EVs

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Jeremiads lamenting China’s takeover of the global auto industry are everywhere these days. Car Wars Han Feizi, writing in Asia Times , offers a colorful assessment of the current EV scene in China, which he compares to the notorious Japanese “motorcycle wars.” Three recent accounts stand out from the pack. Williams asks.

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TuSimple to restructure U.S. industry, lay off 30% of workforce

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The stocks of the corporate fell greater than 8% in premarket buying and selling. The San Diego-based corporate additionally stated it’s not looking for strategic possible choices for its Asia Pacific industry, backtracking on plans it introduced in March closing day for the unit. TuSimple Holdings Inc TSP.O

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Li-Bridge outlines steps for US to double annual lithium battery revenues to $33 billion and provide 100,000 jobs by 2030

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60% domestic value‐added is Li‐Bridge’s 2030 goal US industry is still 10 to 20 years behind Asia, and about five years behind Europe, in commercializing manufacturing of this critical technology. This is up from the 30% domestic value-added most likely to result from doing business as usual.

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Hitachi Chemical acquires 43.9% of Thai lead-acid battery company, plans to buy more

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is acquiring a large portion of the Thai Storage Battery Public Company Limited (TSB Company), a manufacturer of automotive and industrial lead-acid storage batteries mainly in Southeast Asia, with a high market share in Thailand and elsewhere. Hitachi Chemical Co., Hitachi Chemical has acquired 43.9%

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The Day the U.S. TV Industry Died

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The Evolution of Zenith (and the TV Industry) 1918. Zenith enters the TV receiver business, buying Rauland of Chicago, a picture tube manufacturer. Admiral buys Cortron, leaving 17 U.S. Those difficulties in the consumer area led to a corporate pretax loss of $28.9 But Lazard Freres & Co., All told, 31 U.S. 1955. (18 U.S.

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Yara and Linde Engineering to build a 24 MW green hydrogen plant in Norway

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The company’s products are delivered all over the world, the biggest market being Asia, which buys more than 25% of NPK (complex fertilizer) capacity each year. Yara Porsgrunn has about 450 employees and is the biggest production unit in Herøya Industrial Park.

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