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JANUARY 20, 2023

RecycLiCo Battery Materials (formerly American Manganese), has delivered samples of its battery-grade lithium carbonate and lithium hydroxide to battery manufacturers in Japan and South Korea.

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JUNE 21, 2021

Japan Airlines (JAL) has conducted the first flight with a mixture of two different types of SAF (Sustainable Aviation Fuel) produced domestically in Japan. mixing ratio) of SAF produced domestically in Japan added into existing jet fuel. One SAF was manufactured by Mitsubishi Power, Ltd./Toyo

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OCTOBER 8, 2021

Nissan and its affiliate Autech announced the start of sales of the Note Autech Crossover in Japan. Autech Japan, Inc. The brand's color, an original blue, is inspired by the sea and sky of Chigasaki in Japan’s Kanagawa prefecture, where the company was founded. Earlier post.). Premium sporty” is the brand concept.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Evonik is investing in a production plant expansion for fumed aluminum oxide at its site in Yokkaichi, Japan. The facility will be the company’s first alumina plant in Asia, focusing on the production of specialty solutions for lithium-ion battery technologies, used for electric vehicles.

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JUNE 23, 2023

Toyota Motor Corporation has started offering an upgrade service in Japan that allows customers to evolve their cars swiftly in line with technological innovation as part of the company’s efforts to enhance car value. The service is available for the Prius U Grade.

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JULY 20, 2022

It is crucial to provide diverse energy options to meet the needs of many different regions and customers in order to achieve carbon neutrality, the companies said.

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JUNE 13, 2021

—which intends to become a silicon anode materials supplier to the EV industry— entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with South Korean silicon powder manufacturer, Korea Metal Silicon Co., The company leverages a proprietary cost-effective process to produce a wide range of silicon powder materials.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2023

and Sumitomo Corporation announced an agreement to diversify and strengthen rare earth supplies in Japan. Further, the companies will collaborate on the supply of rare earth metals and other products. US-based MP Materials Corp. China is the world’s leading producer. SC has a long history in the rare earth industry.

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JUNE 22, 2023

Automotive cylindrical lithium-ion batteries manufactured by Panasonic Energy: 1865, 2170, 4680. Mazda had installed Panasonic batteries in its Demio EV, which the company had leased in Japan since 2012. The Panasonic Group and Mazda have built a good relationship over many years.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2020

Nissan launched the all-new Note compact car in Japan, with sales planned to begin 23 December. As the company’s best-selling model in its home market, the car continues to play a key role in the Nissan NEXT global business transformation plan. 2020 Nissan Note e-POWER (Japan Market). This is the power of e-POWER.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2020

Researchers at the US Geological Survey (USGS) and its partners have developed a new methodology to identify which mineral commodities important to US manufacturing are at greatest risk to supply disruption. For some commodities, indicator scores are rounded to avoid disclosing company proprietary data. Nassar et al.

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AUGUST 26, 2021

ENEOS Corporation and Origin Energy signed a memorandum of understanding to conduct a study on a potential business collaboration for the development of a CO 2 -free hydrogen supply chain between Japan and Australia. Conversion of manufactured hydrogen into MCH, a form of efficient hydrogen storage and transport.

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OCTOBER 11, 2022

The Chemours Company, a global chemistry company, plans to enter into a joint venture with BWT FUMATECH Mobility GmbH, an established player in multiple hydrogen markets, focused on fuel cell membrane manufacturing. Completion of the transaction is subject to customary regulatory approvals. Located in Germany, THE Mobility F.C.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2022

QuantumScape Corporation, a leading developer of next-generation solid-state lithium-metal batteries for use in electric vehicles ( earlier post ), is expanding into the Asia-Pacific region with an office in Kyoto, Japan. The new property will feature a laboratory for battery research and development.

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JULY 22, 2021

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. Suzuki Motor Corporation and Daihatsu Motor Co.,

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OCTOBER 10, 2023

However, since the announcement that Tesla would begin to promote its cars, several of the company’s ad campaigns have been spotted in public — including one recent sighting in a Japanese airport. Advertising in Japan. The post Tesla advertisements spotted in an airport in Japan appeared first on TESLARATI.

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JANUARY 19, 2018

Technology developed by Nissan for the battery-electric Nissan LEAF will be used in an electric bus project led by a team from Kumamoto University, that starts testing next month in Japan, with the goal of making zero-emission public transit more widespread and affordable. —Toshiro Matsuda, Kumamoto University project leader.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Although the company once decided to end its production, sales resumed in November 2022 in response to growing demand for such commercial EVs, particularly from logistics companies and local governments that are engaged in sustainable business activities.

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DECEMBER 12, 2022

An electric motorcycle manufacturer, Energica, will now expand to Japan and Australia thanks to a partnership with Ideanomics. Thanks to capital supplied to them via a recent investment from Ideanomics – an investment firm focused on growing EV adoption – the Italian company has been allowed to expand.

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JUNE 17, 2018

Maxell Corporation; Murata Manufacturing Co., NEDO set a target date of fiscal 2022 for the core technologies; prior NEDO work in solid-state battery research primarily engaged materials makers. Partners participating in this project include: Toyota Motor Corporation; Nissan Motor Co., Yamaha Mr. Motor Co., Dai Nippon Printing Co.,

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APRIL 29, 2024

Also, with India’s EV dream hinging on a robust domestic battery material supply chain, the government has yet to come up with an impetus like the Production-Linked Incentives Scheme for component manufacturers, even while they remain available for advanced chemistry cells.

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OCTOBER 15, 2021

After a week of media rumor, leaks and speculation, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. TSMC), the world's largest contract chip manufacturer, announced in an online earnings briefing Thursday that it would build a semiconductor plant in Japan. chip manufacturers to set up plants here."

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MARCH 17, 2024

TSMC is partnering with companies including Sony and Toyota with total investment in the Japan venture expected to run to more than USD 20 billion. TSMC, formally known as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co , declined to comment. TSMC Chief Executive C.C.

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MARCH 7, 2024

have started manufacturing ‘ flying cars ’ in Iwata City, Shizuoka Prefecture. On 6 March, a rivet driving ceremony was held to wish for safe operation of the plant, in the presence of all Sky Works employees, along with SkyDrive CEO Tomohiro Fukuzawa, Suzuki President Toshihiro Suzuki , and personnel of both the companies.

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AUGUST 12, 2020

APG), one of China’s leading manufacturers of vehicle braking systems, will deploy the Visconti 4 image-recognition processor in its next-generation advanced driver assistance system (ADAS). This marks the first time that a Visconti family processor will be mass-produced for a company outside Japan.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Honda plans to introduce two commuter EV models between 2024 and 2025 across Asia, Europe and Japan. With the expectation that demand for EMs / EBs will be expanding globally, Honda plans to introduce a total of five compact and affordable EM and EB models between now and 2024 across Asia, Europe and Japan, in addition to China.

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MAY 14, 2020

OXIS Energy and the Minas Gerais Development Company CODEMGE have signed a 15-year lease agreement with Mercedes Benz Brazil (MBB) to take possession of a plant located at the MBB manufacturing site in Juiz de Fora in southeast Brazil to build a Li-sulfur battery manufacturing operation. Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 25, 2019

The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) has launched the Battery Cell Research Production Center, a new R&D and large-scale industrial manufacturing plant for lithium-ion cells; the center will receive an investment of €500 million. In addition, the company maintains a research and development group in Itzehoe.

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MARCH 21, 2024

Honda Cars India has launched the Elevate in Japan which is their home market. The company will sell the Elevate under the ‘WR-V’ nameplate. In fact, the model that will go on sale in Japan is being made in India and will be exported to Japan from India. In the Indian market, the Elevate is being sold only with a 1.5-litre,

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AUGUST 9, 2019

Tier 1 Musashi invests in solid-state battery company KeraCel; long-term partnership. Japan-based Tier 1 Musashi Seimitsu Industry Co., Musashi’s strategic investment accelerates KeraCel’s development of its additive manufacturing solid state battery technology to high volume production. has invested in KeraCel Inc.,

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APRIL 9, 2018

Moody’s Japan K.K. says that the push toward alternative-fuel vehicles—battery electric vehicles, hybrids, plug-in hybrids and fuel-cell vehicles—poses a credit challenge for multiple sectors in Japan, with the large auto sector and sectors such as steel and refining most affected.

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APRIL 8, 2021

Tesla is starting to gain some serious momentum in Japan, thanks to a wave of Model 3 orders. In March alone, the number of Teslas sold in Japan increased by 1,300% year-over-year, thanks in part to the car-buying public’s warm reception to the Model 3. . “Sales are extremely strong.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Toyocolor, the colorants and functional materials arm of the specialty chemicals company Toyo Ink Group of Japan, announced that the company’s Lioaccum conductive carbon nanotube (CNT) dispersions ( earlier post ) have been selected by the world’s largest battery manufacturer CATL (Contemporary Amperex Technology Co.,

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JULY 29, 2020

will expand and improve its operations into a holding company and two operating companies. The holding company will be Woven Planet Holdings, Inc. and the two operating companies under it will be Woven CORE, Inc., Effective January 2021, Toyota Research Institute - Advanced Development, Inc.

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OCTOBER 27, 2021

Tesla, LG Energy, and Samsung are among a group of large battery manufacturers that have been invited to a recruitment summit by India, which wants to encourage cell production efforts to enter its market to develop a domestic supply chain for clean transportation and electric vehicles. There has not been much interest from other companies.

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AUGUST 7, 2018

Automakers and their suppliers, like manufacturers in many other industries, have been exploring the potential of digital manufacturing strategies to increase productivity, profitability and decision-making. McKinsey’s 2018 Manufacturing Global Expert Survey comprised 700 companies in seven nations. Japan was an outlier.

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JULY 9, 2021

the colorants and functional materials division of Japan’s Toyo Ink Group, will supply the North American and European operations of SK Innovation, a South Korean lithium-ion (li-ion) battery manufacturer, with Toyocolor’s Lioaccum series of conductive carbon nanotube (CNT) dispersions. Toyocolor Co.,

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