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Chevron considers lithium manufacturing in unedited EV guess through large oil

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Chevron itself has made unclouded it has incorrect plans to take a position considerably in large breeze and sun initiatives, pronouncing the returns are low and the contest is simply too prime. The post Chevron considers lithium manufacturing in unedited EV guess through large oil appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News.

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Is Toyota’s chairman losing it? says EVs will only reach 30% share, ignoring Norway, China

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The comments come despite several auto markets, like Norway and Sweden, already well past that. As a result, Toyota ranks among the world’s top obstructive companies with Chevron and ExxonMobil. Toyoda added, “And I think engine cars will definitely remain.” EVs represented under 6% of total auto sales in China in 2020.

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Disneyland faces pressure to electrify its stinky ‘Autopia’ ride, and quick

Baua Electric

Autopia is a classic ride in Disneyland’s “Tomorrowland” area, but given the EV world we’re living in, its stinky gas-powered cars certainly don’t seem too futuristic. But the ride was sponsored by Chevron from 1998-2012, and that company is pretty dedicated to poisoning small children anyway, so it was apt. How about it?

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DOE expands partnership with industry to advance next-generation automotive technologies, adds Tesla and EPRI as members: US DRIVE

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) has launched US DRIVE, a cooperative partnership with industry to accelerate the development of clean, advanced, energy-efficient technologies for cars and light trucks and the infrastructure needed to support their widespread use.

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UAI and EFC call EPA MOVES2014 emissions model treatment of ethanol “seriously flawed”; call for peer review

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MOVES2014 will be used to estimate air pollution emissions from cars, trucks, motorcycles, and buses in official State Implementation Plan (SIP) submissions to EPA, the organizations note. The study … used an inappropriate fuel sample methodology designed in part by a Chevron consultant. —Letter to EPA.

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Toward a Plug-in Hybrid Saturn Vue

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GM today announced two contracts to "design and test lithium-ion batteries" for use in the Saturn Vue Plug-in Hybrid announced last month at the LA Auto Show. A partnership of Cobasys (Chevron/ECD) and A123 got the second. Chevron would add royalty payments to its ample bottom line, but clearly that's not enough of a motivator.

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Sodium-Ion Powered EVs Roll off From Chinese EV Factories

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It is one of the oddest combinations in the car manufacturing industry as the other half of JAG is owned by the Chinese government. The car supports 3C to 4C charging. Last May, JAC announced that it would discontinue the Sehol brand name and rebrand all of its cars as JAC or Yiwei. What Else is Brought To The Table?

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