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Toyota Motor Manufacturing Turkey to become Toyota’s first European plant to produce plug-in-hybrid vehicles and batteries

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The second-generation Toyota C-HR will be produced at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Turkey (TMMT) in Sakarya—about 150 km east of Istanbul. Toyota is committed to achieving full carbon neutrality in Europe by 2040, and is targeting carbon neutrality in all its manufacturing facilties by 2030. market share.

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Toyota Motor Europe starts transporting vehicles by cross-channel rail freight to reduce emissions

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Toyota Motor Europe (TME) has started transporting new cars by cross-channel rail services between its Valenciennes Vehicle Logistics hub in France and Toton (UK). The initiative also positions Toyota as the only automotive manufacturer currently using the Channel Tunnel link for the transportation of new vehicles.

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Czech government, ?EZ sign MOU on $2.4B, 40GWh gigafactory; ?EZ lithium mine project progressing

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The document sets forth the basic conditions for the establishment of the factory and is a prerequisite for agreements with other potential investors, including automakers and battery manufacturers. ?EZ The automotive industry is the cornerstone of the Czech economy and its share in our GDP is almost 10 percent. Geomet s.r.o.

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Teijin completes acquisition of Czech composite and component supplier Benet Automotive

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Benet), a leading automotive composite and component supplier in the Czech Republic, from Jet Investment. Benet’s Toolshop Department creates its own tools for carbon and plastic production in-house. Teijin Limited completed the acquisition of Benet Automotive s.r.o. billion (US$2 billion) by 2030.

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Euro Manganese enters offtake term sheet with battery-maker Verkor

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Euro Manganese has entered into an offtake term sheet with Verkor , a low-carbon battery manufacturer based in Grenoble, France, for the sale of high-purity manganese sulfate monohydrate (HPMSM) from the company’s Chvaletice Manganese Project in the Czech Republic. Earlier post.) The term sheet is non-binding.

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Euro Manganese signs MoU with Statkraft for renewable energy supply for Chvaletice project

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Canada-based Euro Manganese (EMN) signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Norwegian state-owned company Statkraft for the long-term supply of carbon-free renewable energy for Euro Manganese’s flagship Chvaletice Manganese Project (CMP) in the Czech Republic. Background.

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Teijin joins AZL Partner Network for Lightweight Production Technology

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The network is launching one of their many joint projects today—an eight-month project to develop and manufacture multi-material battery enclosures for electric vehicles. of Czech Republic. CSP’s French operation is installing a new sheet molding compound line.