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Stellantis & CATL battery factory in Europe expected to land in Spain

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Stellantis and CATL’s battery factory in Europe may be located in Spain. In November 2023, Stellantis and the Chinese battery supplier signed a Memorandum of Understanding stating CATL would provide lithium-iron-phosphate battery cells and modules to the legacy OEM. The legacy automaker will work with CATL in the next battery plant.

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Why New Production Sources of Tungsten Are Critical for Increased Global Supply

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and global economies with businesses and manufacturers having to close doors and furlough employees, the global trade markets plummeted to an 11-year low of 41.5% New Tungsten Production Will Open the Global Supply Chain. which will benefit the overall global supply chain of tungsten for production and manufacturing.

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Stellantis, Leapmotor officially launch joint venture to sell Chinese EVs in Europe this fall

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The new JV, named “Leapmotor International,” will expand to sell Chinese EVs in Europe this fall, with additional markets to follow. billion stake in Chinese OEM Leapmotor. Today’s event is merely a confirmation of a launch we’ve been expecting for quite some time. We now have our answer. Source: Leapmotor International Leapmotor Intl.

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BNEF: global investment in energy transition hit $500B in 2020; $139B on EVs and infrastructure

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Global investment in carbon capture and storage (CCS) tripled to $3 billion, and that in hydrogen was $1.5 A geographical split of BNEF’s energy transition investment data shows that Europe accounted for the biggest slice of global investment, at $166.2 Global investment in renewable energy capacity moved up 2% to $303.5

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Chinese-made cars account for one in five BEV sales in February in Europe | Autocar Professional

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According to Felipe Munoz, Global Analyst at JATO Dynamics: “As the economic outlook has continued to improve, the car market has gone from strength to strength. Chinese-made cars drive growth In Europe, sale of cars made in China saw the highest levels of year-on-year growth in February 2024 (+45%) and in January-February 2024 (+43%).

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Studies find global COVID-19 lockdowns have significantly reduced PM2.5 and NO2 pollution, but ozone up

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The week of Chinese New Year holiday is indicated by the red lantern shown inset panels (b) and (h). They found that nitrogen dioxide pollution decreased by an average of 40% over Chinese cities and by 20% to 38% over Western Europe and the United States during the 2020 lockdown, as compared to the same time in 2019. van Gent, J.,

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Stellantis-Leapmotor announces global expansion, to enter India by Q4 of 2024 | Autocar Professional

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Carlos Tavares, Stellantis’ global CEO, has announced that Leapmotor will enter the Indian market in Q4 of 2024 as part of Leapmotor International’s global expansion strategy. The whole global market expansion is based on the strategic cooperation with Stellantis. The ultimate goal is the zero emission vehicles.

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