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Buick to introduce its first Ultium-based EV in China; GM to launch 15 Ultium-based EVs in China by 2025

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Buick will introduce its first electric vehicle in China developed on GM’s Ultium platform later this year. The announcement came shortly after GM announced plans to roll out more than 15 Ultium-based models in China by 2025, and reinforced its commitment to making electric vehicles more connected and intelligent.

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Buick debuts V2X technology in China; first V2X vehicle to roll out by year end

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Buick’s vehicle-to-everything (V2X) technology made its debut at the Guangzhou International Automobile Exhibition. Later this year, Buick will become the first brand in China officially to roll out the market-ready technology on a production vehicle, a Buick GL8. Past work on V2X in China.

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Honda e:NP2 and e:NS2 at the Auto China 2024 show

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Honda today exhibited and announced new information about the second set of Honda e:N Series electric vehicle (EV) models, the all-new e:NP2 and e:NS2, at the 18th Beijing International Automotive Exhibition (Auto China 2024), which began today. The all-new Honda e:NS2 will.

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China to join International Renewable Energy Agency

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China has announced it will join the International Renewable Energy Agency ( IRENA ). IRENA is mandated by 159 countries and the European Union to promote the sustainable use of all forms of renewable energy, and to serve as the global hub for renewable energy cooperation and information exchange.

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Mercedes-Benz receives world’s first internationally valid system approval for Level 3 conditionally automated driving

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Extensive test drives for this systems are already underway, in the US and China. In addition to the sensor data, the DRIVE PILOT receives information about the road geometry, route profile, traffic signs and unusual traffic events (i.e. It also provides information on road geometry or special traffic events such as roadwork.

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EIA: US ammonia prices rise in response to higher international natural gas prices; up by a factor of 6 in two years

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The US price of ammonia, the primary source of nitrogen fertilizer, has risen by a factor of six in the past two years, and most of these increases have occurred since March 2021, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). Graph by the US Energy Information Administration, based on data from Bloomberg.

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EIA: New refineries will increase global refining capacity in 2022 and 2023; China leads

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The International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates that global refining capacity decreased by 730,000 barrels per day (b/d) in 2021—the first decline in global refining capacity in 30 years. The most global refining capacity under development is in China. In the United States, refining capacity has decreased by about 1.1

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