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JANUARY 31, 2021

Unit 5 of China’s Fuqing Nuclear Power Plant, the first project to adopt China’s indigenous Generation III nuclear power technology Hualong One (HPR 1000), has been put into commercial operation, China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) announced. million tons of standard coal and emission of 8.16

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Commercial Coal Water Corporation 448

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APRIL 2, 2021

Toyota Motor Company and Beijing SinoHytec have established a joint venture company to promote the commercial vehicle fuel cell system industry in China. Last year, Toyota Motor and five Chinese OEMs—China FAW Corporation Limited (FAW); Dongfeng Motor Corporation (DFM); Guangzhou Automobile Group Co., Earlier post.).

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Toyota Commercial Fuel Chinese 396

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AUGUST 24, 2023

Japan-based Zeon Corporation, through its venture capital arm Zeon Ventures Inc., Mitra Chem is one of the select few companies in the United States aiming for the large-scale commercial production of LFP batteries, which it seeks to achieve using its proprietary machine learning platform to develop cathode materials for these batteries.

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Corporation Lithium Ion Low Cost Hydrogen 150

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JULY 11, 2022

Isuzu Motors Limited, DENSO Corporation, Toyota Motor Corporation, Hino Motors, Ltd., Isuzu, DENSO, Toyota, Hino, and CJPT believe that hydrogen engines are one solution to reducing CO 2 emissions from heavy-duty commercial vehicles in transportation and logistics.

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Isuzu Hydrogen Commercial Toyota 282

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AUGUST 2, 2022

The study predicts that this growth will be strongest within the commercial segment, with commercial electric vehicle battery pack shipments growing from 1.4 Mass electrification of fleet vehicles is required for meeting corporate decarbonisation goals and will drive investment into electric vehicles from enterprises.

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Commercial Batteries Battery Vehicles 412

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MARCH 7, 2023

Cabot Corporation plans to establish a new technology center in Münster, Germany. Cabot has commercial sales with the top global battery producers and these innovations have further enabled Cabot to build strong partnerships with battery producers.

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Corporation Europe Batteries Battery 210

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DECEMBER 26, 2021

sennder, Europe’s leading digital road freight forwarder and Cabot Corporation, a leading global specialty chemicals and performance materials company, transported one of Europe’s first zero-emission cross-border heavy duty loads. As a digital freight forwarder, sennder connects commercial shippers, such as Cabot, with carriers like BREYTNER.

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Corporation Transportation Belgium Sustainable Transportation 413

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JANUARY 28, 2021

Sumitomo Corporation of Americas (SCOA), the largest subsidiary of Sumitomo Corporation, one of the world’s largest traders of goods and services, has invested in OneH2, a hydrogen fuel company headquartered in Longview, North Carolina.

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Corporation Hydrogen America Fuel 284

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APRIL 14, 2023

Proterra announced the Delaware Transit Corporation (DTC), operator of DART transit services, as its first customer to operate Proterra’s new fully-integrated fleet and energy management software platform, Valence. Valence is a cloud-based, software-as-a-service platform designed to optimize commercial electric vehicle fleet deployments.

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Delaware Corporation Fleet Charging 170

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AUGUST 5, 2022

Australia-based Hysata, which is commercializing capillary-fed electrolysis technology developed at the University of Wollongong ( earlier post ) has closed its oversubscribed Series A funding round of $42.5 million AUD (US$30 million).

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Commercial Australia Hydrogen Denmark 307

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MAY 22, 2023

Panasonic Holdings Corporation and Marubeni Corporation will establish a joint venture for the purpose of providing fleet management services for commercial electric vehicles. The JV will provide various solutions, from identifying issues to realizing efficient operations by EVs, when fleet operators introduce commercial EVs.

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Japan Fleet Commercial Corporation 186

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NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The letter is on behalf of the Corporate Electric Vehicle Alliance, the 28 members of which together represent more than $1 trillion in annual revenue and collectively own, lease, or operate more than one million fleet or networked vehicles in the US. — Corporate EV Alliance letter.

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Corporation Standards Fleet Charging 199

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

NYK Line, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation, Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd., NYK Line, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation, Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd., Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation. ENEOS Corporation. Project management, ship design and legal compliance.

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Commercial Fuel Power Powered 399

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

Nikola Corporation, via its HYLA brand, achieved a significant milestone as it celebrated the commercial launch of the Nikola hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle at its state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Coolidge, Ariz.

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Commercial Hydrogen Fuel Phoenix 123

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MAY 25, 2021

a global supplier of hydrogen fuel cell-powered heavy vehicles, signed a strategic collaboration agreement with Sojitz Machinery Corporation of America (SMA) to partner in penetrating new markets and exploring the development of new fuel cell-powered commercial mobility applications. Hyzon Motors Inc.,

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Corporation America Motor Motors 186

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OCTOBER 1, 2020

XL Fleet and Pivotal Investment Corporation II, a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), have recently entered into a definitive merger agreement.

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Fleet Corporation All-Electric Isuzu 448

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JULY 20, 2022

Suzuki Motor, Daihatsu Motor, Toyota Motor, and Commercial Japan Partnership Technologies Corporation (CJPT) have agreed to work towards the market introduction of mini-commercial van electric vehicles (BEVs) in FY2023.

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Suzuki Commercial Toyota Electric Vehicles 199

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AUGUST 25, 2023

Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, and corporate advisor RFC Ambrian have co-founded Hadean Energy , a new company to commercialize CSIRO’s tubular solid oxide electrolysis (tSOE) technology. Solid oxide electrolysis (SOE) ( earlier post ) uses a ceramic cell to split heated steam molecules into hydrogen and oxygen.

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Commercial Energy Hydrogen Affordable 195

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AUGUST 14, 2020

NYK Line, Japan Marine United Corporation (JMU), and Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK) signed a joint R&D agreement for the commercialization of an ammonia-fueled ammonia gas carrier (AFAGC) that would use ammonia as the main fuel, in addition to an ammonia floating storage and regasification barge (A-FSRB).

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Gas Commercial Fuel Mariner 459

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NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Electric Last Mile Solutions, a developer of electric and intelligent mobility solutions for commercial vehicle customers, will move ahead with plans to launch the Urban Utility vehicle, following production approval by the ELMS Board. The Urban Utility is a Class 3 commercial electric vehicle targeting more than 5,700 lbs.

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Commercial Miles Production North America 243

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JANUARY 20, 2022

GM announced new commercial applications of its HYDROTEC fuel cell technology. They could also back up or temporarily replace grid-sourced electricity for residential and small commercial enterprises at times of power disruption. This version of the MPG is expected to first be demonstrated in mid-2022.

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GM Commercial Fuel MPG 448

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JULY 27, 2016

Qualcomm Incorporated and Lear Corporation, a leading global supplier of automotive seating and electrical systems, have entered into a Wireless Electric Vehicle Charging (WEVC) license agreement. Qualcomm and Lear are collaborating on multiple WEVC production programs across multiple car companies.

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Corporation Commercial Electric Vehicles Charging 150

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APRIL 22, 2021

million Series A financing round led by prominent Silicon Valley venture fund, Playground Global, with the investor syndicate comprising Fortescue Future Industries, Coatue, Global Founders Capital, Plug Power, Airbus Ventures, JetBlue Technology Ventures, Toyota AI Ventures, Sojitz Corporation, and Future Shape.

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Hydrogen Universal Commercial Building 397

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JULY 28, 2022

Yamato Transport and Commercial Japan Partnership Technologies Corporation (CJPT) will begin studying the standardization and commercialization of replaceable and rechargeable cartridge batteries. CJPT intends to advance plans for commercial BEVs powered by cartridge batteries.

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Standards Commercial Transportation Batteries 225

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MARCH 7, 2020

EV developer Faraday Future and US Hybrid Corporation are collaborating to advance the use of FF’s electric propulsion system in new energy products currently under development by US Hybrid. FF is committed to the development of EV solutions along with US Hybrid to support California’s drive towards zero emissions for commercial vehicles.

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Commercial Hybrid Future Electric 320

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FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Nippon Paper Industries, Sumitomo and Green Earth Institute agreed to begin trilateral consideration of the first commercial production of cellulosic bioethanol from woody biomass in Japan and its development into bio-chemical products.

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Commercial Green Japan Carbon 186

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JANUARY 16, 2023

Hystar AS, a Norway-based electrolyzer company, announced a Series B funding round of US$26 million to support the scale-up to full commercial operations with an automated GW-capacity production line by 2025. The round was co-led by AP Ventures and Mitsubishi Corporation.

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Commercial Companies Norway Hydrogen 259

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APRIL 16, 2020

Groupe Renault is setting a new strategy for China, based on Electric Vehicles (EV) and Light Commercial Vehicles (LCV). Regarding combustion-engined passenger cars, Groupe Renault has entered into a preliminary agreement with Dongfeng Motor Corporation under which Renault transfers its shares to Dongfeng.

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Light China Commercial Vehicles 378

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MAY 2, 2020

signed a strategic business alliance agreement with a focus on collaborating in the development of commercial battery-electric vehicles (BEVs). The two companies will accelerate the development of commercial BEVs to provide the best-fit product for customers in a timely manner. BYD Company Ltd. and Hino Motors, Ltd. Earlier post.).

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BYD Commercial Electric Vehicles Vehicles 268

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NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Nikola Corporation said that it has developed a new battery that has a record energy density of 1,100 Wh kg -1 on the material level and 500 Wh kg -1 on the production cell level—including casing, terminals and separator—more than double current lithium-ion battery cells.

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Corporation Lithium Ion Batteries Battery 351

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MAY 30, 2021

This will be the world’s first demonstration project in which a large amount of ammonia will be co-fired in a large-scale commercial coal-fired power plant. Ammonia enables efficient, low-cost transport and storage of hydrogen. In addition to this role as an energy carrier, it can also be used directly as a fuel in thermal power generation.

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Coal Commercial Power Powered 348

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FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Chiyoda Corporation, together with Mitsubishi Corporation, Mitsui & Co. By transporting and storing more than 100 tons of hydrogen over ten (10) months, the demonstration verified that the system is technically ready for commercial use and confirmed SPERA Hydrogen’s potential contribution to global carbon neutrality in 2050.

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Hydrogen Supplies Commercial Store 273

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JULY 22, 2021

Suzuki Motor Corporation and Daihatsu Motor Co., have joined the Commercial Japan Partnership (CJP) commercial vehicle project ( earlier post ) to accelerate their carbon neutrality initiatives in minivehicles through the dissemination of CASE technologies (connected, autonomous, shared and electric) and services.

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Suzuki Japan Commercial Isuzu 186

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APRIL 22, 2015

Taiwan’s largest integrated steel maker, China Steel Corporation (CSC), has announced formal Board approval of a 1400-million TWD (US$46 million) capital investment in a LanzaTech commercial ethanol facility. China Steel Corporation (CSC), located at Kaohsiung, Taiwan, was founded in December 1971.

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Corporation Waste Commercial China 150

Clean Fleet Report

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

How Corporations Can Help the U.S. Meanwhile, the electrification of city- and corporate-owned vehicles has been dominating recent headlines. And large corporations like Amazon aren’t the only ones currently converting their fleets from gas to electric. Reach its EV Goals A Look at the Pathway & Companies’ Role U.S.

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Corporation Fleet Gas-Electric Purchase 77

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JULY 19, 2022

Suzuki Motor Corporation, Daihatsu Motor, Toyota Motor Corporation, and Commercial Japan Partnership Technologies Corporation (CJPT) announced that they have agreed to work towards the market introduction of mini-commercial van electric vehicles in FY2023 to achieve carbon neutrality.

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Suzuki Commercial Toyota Corporation 98

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AUGUST 27, 2020

Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, a global leader in formulated electrolyte for lithium-ion batteries, and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), a leading research institution accelerating energy-efficient solutions, have agreed to support Enovix with the project.

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Corporation Lithium Ion Batteries Battery 199