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SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) released a first look at the redesigned Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross, the next step in the company’s commitment to delivering a showroom full of new and extensively redesigned vehicles in the United States by the second quarter of 2021.

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MARCH 2, 2021

Hyzon Motors Inc., a supplier of hydrogen fuel cell powered heavy vehicles ( earlier post ), plans to build the largest fuel cell membrane electrode assembly (MEA) production line for commercial vehicles in the United States at its new Hyzon Innovation Center located in Bolingbrook, Illinois, just outside of Chicago.

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MAY 1, 2017

The US International Trade Commission (USITC) is instituting an investigation of certain thermoplastic encapsulated electric motors, their components, and products and vehicles containing them. This includes motors (e.g., pumps in power steering units) used in various parts of automobiles (e.g., pumps in power steering units).

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MARCH 10, 2022

Hino USA has been awarded a grant provided by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), a Japanese governmental agency, to promote new technology for energy and environmental sector, along with Hino Motors, Ltd. Mitsui E&S Machinery Co.

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JUNE 23, 2010

Ford Motor Company has awarded Toshiba a major contract to supply electric drive motors for hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicles. Toshiba Corporation will expand manufacturing capacity at its plant in Houston, Texas for production of the high-performance drive motors for HEV, PHEV and EV applications.

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MAY 11, 2023

DENSO and United Semiconductor Japan Co., USJC), a subsidiary of global semiconductor foundry United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), announced a joint collaboration to produce insulated gate bipolar transistors (IGBT), which have entered mass production at the 300mm fab of USJC. Earlier post.)

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JANUARY 14, 2023

The conditional commitment comes on the heels of two critical materials loans closed by LPO—Syrah Technologies ( earlier post ), which will process active anode material, and Ultium Cells ( earlier post ), which will manufacture battery cells. Earlier post.)

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OCTOBER 21, 2021

Allison Transmission will participate in the initial public offering (IPO) of Jing-Jin Electric (JJE), a leader in electric motor, inverter, and integrated electrified propulsion systems within China—the largest electric vehicle market in the world. US$42 million). Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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MAY 15, 2009

The State of Indiana is offering $4.6 million in tax credits and up to $200,000 in training grants to Electric Motors Corporation (EMC), based on the company’s plans to establish an electric vehicle industrial development park the state. a Colorado holding company, which changed its named to Electric Motors Corporation.

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JUNE 16, 2021

General Motors has increased its electric vehicle investment by 75%, from $20 billion to $35 billion through 2025, the company announced on Wednesday. which is developing hydrogen-powered heavy trucks to launch in 2024, and Liebherr-Aerospace, which is developing hydrogen-powered auxiliary power units for aircraft. Commercializing U.S.-made

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JUNE 19, 2015

Nissan Motor Co., made progress in reducing CO 2 emissions and improving sustainability in its global corporate activities in fiscal year 2014 while simultaneously increasing vehicle production and plant energy efficiency. The company achieved a 22.6% The company achieved a 22.6%

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AUGUST 1, 2022

Australia-based ioneer, an emerging lithium–boron supplier, signed a binding offtake supply agreement with the Prime Planet Energy & Solutions (PPES) joint venture between Toyota Motor Corporation and Panasonic Corporation, in which ioneer will supply PPES with lithium carbonate from its Rhyolite Ridge Lithium-Boron Project in Nevada.

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JANUARY 20, 2021

Thee goal is to design a new level of active safety technology and share it broadly so that Toyota and other auto manufacturers can deploy it on the road. —Gill Pratt, TRI CEO and Chief Scientist at Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC). Every year, car crashes result in nearly 40,000 fatalities in the United States, and about 1.25

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JULY 27, 2015

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) officially announced , after several days of press reports, that Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc., MMNA said it will be making efforts to identify a buyer with the help from United Auto Workers (UAW). In 2009, the production volume bottomed as low as 18,500 units.

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MARCH 12, 2024

The automaker’s plans are a little perplexing considering the United States’ recent goal of distancing itself from China. Dongfeng Motors Corporation Ltd. is a state-owned automobile manufacturer based in Wuhan, Hubei. Dongfeng Motors Corporation Ltd.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) showcased the utility’s first extended-range electric truck with manufacturer VIA Motors at three Bay Area National Plug-In Day events—in San Francisco, San Rafael and Cupertino—on Sunday. PG&E joined with VIA Motors in 2008 to develop the extended-range electric vehicle, or eREV.

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APRIL 12, 2024

Those who are dealing with Chinese carmakers to invite them to come to Italy are on the same path as those who sold Volvo to Geely and MG to [SAIC Motor Corporation.] The Stellantis CEO predicts that he will have to make some “unpopular decisions” if a Chinese EV manufacturer establishes a production plan in Italy.

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MARCH 2, 2009

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) and PSA Peugeot Citroen have signed a Memorandum of Understanding regarding collaboration on electric vehicles based on the i MiEV electric vehicle currently under development by MMC in Japan.

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APRIL 12, 2023

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing a significant revision in its procedures for calculating a value for the petroleum-equivalent fuel economy of EVs for use in the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) program administered by the Department of Transportation (DOT). Background.

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MARCH 28, 2024

It appears that South Korean automaker Kia is taking some steps to ensure that its EV9 all-electric SUV will qualify for the full $7,500 federal tax credit in the United States next year. As noted in a Nikkei Asia report, Kia is poised to start the production of the EV9 in the United States by May 2024.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Under the proposed settlement, lodged with the US District Court for the District of Columbia, Daimler will recall and repair the emissions systems in Mercedes-Benz diesel vehicles sold in the United States between 2009 and 2016 and pay $875 million in civil penalties and roughly $70.3 million in other penalties.

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DECEMBER 7, 2022

FREYR Battery and Nidec Corporation, a globally leading producer of high-efficiency electric motors and a leader in the energy storage systems (ESS) space, have established a downstream joint venture, now called Nidec Energy AS. FREYR first announced a broad partnership with Nidec in August 2022. Earlier post.).

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JUNE 3, 2020

The number of available and announced models of zero-emission trucks, buses and off-road equipment in the United States and Canada is on track to rise nearly 78% by the end of 2020 compared to year-end 2019, according to the Zero-Emission Technology Inventory ( ZETI ), a product of CALSTART’s Global Commercial Vehicle Drive to Zero program.

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AUGUST 19, 2010

Japan’s Nidec Corporation, the world’s leading manufacturer of motors for hard-disk drives, has entered into an asset and stock purchase agreement with Emerson Electric Co. EMC) to acquire EMC’s Motors & Controls business in an all cash deal. Tags: Motors. Terms of the arrangement were not disclosed.

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DECEMBER 7, 2012

American Suzuki Motor Corporation (ASMC) has received court approval for Debtor-In-Possession (DIP) financing. As a result, the Company will be able to borrow up to $50 million for operations and up to $50 million for purchases of inventory from Suzuki Motor Corporation (SMC). Earlier post.)

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DECEMBER 12, 2013

Cutaway of the Protean Electric in-wheel motor. FAW-VW will create a new rear-wheel drivetrain for an electric vehicle (EV) based on the new Bora compact sedan, utilizing two Protean in-wheel motors. Our technology will return the space to the new Bora vehicle platform that was formerly occupied by an in-board motor and powertrain.

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OCTOBER 7, 2019

Hyundai CRADLE, Hyundai Motor Company’s corporate venturing and open innovation business, is investing in Netradyne, a US-based intelligent technology company specializing in fleet safety management software. million total miles of paved roads in the United States. —John Suh, Vice President of Hyundai CRADLE.

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JUNE 17, 2021

General Motors will increase its EV and AV investments from 2020 through 2025 to $35 billion, representing a 75% increase from its initial commitment announced prior to the pandemic. GM manufactures its fuel cells in Brownstown Charter Township, Michigan, in a joint venture with Honda. —GM Chair and CEO Mary Barra.

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OCTOBER 18, 2021

billion (¥380 billion) in automotive batteries in the United States through 2030. trillion) set aside for investment in battery development and production announced last month by Toyota Motor Corporation. Toyota will invest approximately $3.4 billion (¥1.5 billion (¥1.5

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OCTOBER 21, 2014

General Motors’ new 2.2 That array is the largest rooftop array in the state, producing enough energy to power 149 homes in the United States for a year. megawatt ground-mounted solar array will be complete by the end of 2014 at its Lordstown Complex, home of the Chevrolet Cruze. of the plant.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2013

USAMP, a collaborative organization of Chrysler Group LLC, Ford Motor Company and General Motors, will work in cooperation with the A/SP on the project to demonstrate the applicability of ICME for the development and deployment of 3GAHSS for passenger vehicle weight reduction. and General Motors Co. and General Motors Co.

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AUGUST 1, 2023

which is scheduled to start out manufacturing in 2025. The joint building and manufacturing technique provides Subaru a bigger EV occasion permitting it to proceed to run at supremacy pace its U.S. A spokesman for Subaru of The united states declined to remark. Mum or dad corporate Subaru Corp.

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AUGUST 4, 2010

Hyundai Motor America, currently the leading fuel economy auto manufacturer in the US according to EPA ratings, plans to achieve a corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) rating of at least 50 (mpg) by 2025 for its lineup of passenger cars and light duty trucks. Tags: Fuel Efficiency Vehicle Manufacturers. mpg by 2016.

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JANUARY 18, 2021

The United States has filed and simultaneously settled a civil lawsuit against Toyota Motor Corporation, Toyota Motor North America Inc., The United States has filed and simultaneously settled a civil lawsuit against Toyota Motor Corporation, Toyota Motor North America Inc.,

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NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Foxconn put its money where its mouth is by fully committing to Lordstown Motors with a new $170 million investment package that secures a future collaboration for a joint electric vehicle project. Foxconn made additional equity investments in Lordstown Motors totaling $170 million, the company announced last night. The sale of 12.9

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JUNE 22, 2017

The LightningHybrids hydraulic system for the Ford E-450 is now available for public or private fleets in California and throughout the United States that operate shuttle and paratransit buses, logistics and delivery trucks, and food and beverage vehicles. In doing so, fuel is saved, and all-round vehicle efficiencies are increased.

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JUNE 2, 2023

Basic Motors and South Korea’s Posco Day M mentioned they are going to make investments extra to extend the manufacturing capability at their chemical battery fabrics facility in Canada, taking their estimated overall funding within the plant to over US$1 billion.

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