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Czech government, ?EZ sign MOU on $2.4B, 40GWh gigafactory; ?EZ lithium mine project progressing

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The automotive industry is the cornerstone of the Czech economy and its share in our GDP is almost 10 percent. Electromobility is a reality and it is very important that one or more battery cell factories are established in our country in the Czech Republic. Geomet s.r.o. Geomet s.r.o.

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Euro Manganese produces HPEMM from Chvaletice demonstration plant

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Euro Manganese has produced high-purity electrolytic manganese metal (HPEMM) from its demonstration plant at the Chvaletice Project in the Czech Republic. Earlier post.) An external laboratory has confirmed the first HPEMM sent for testing has met the target specifications and was at 99.9% Mn metal purity.

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A123 Systems opens Czech plant to produce 12V and 48V Li-ion systems

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A123 Systems LLC, a developer and manufacturer of advanced lithium-ion batteries and systems, recently celebrated the opening of its new manufacturing facility in Ostrava, Czech Republic at which A123 will produce more than 600,000 units of its low voltage automotive systems annually for European customers.

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Bosch to begin developing electrolyzer components; €500M investment by end of decade

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Bosch is also working on service concepts that will include the recycling of components in order to promote a circular economy. As such, the manufacturing operation will generate economies of scale, Bosch says. jovice (Czech Republic). Two key factors are involved in ramping up hydrogen production: speed and cost.

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Ford Focus 1.0L EcoBoost model accounts for 23.3% of Focus orders in April in Europe

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The Euro 19 markets are: Austria, Belgium, Britain, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. liter EcoBoost is class-leading in fuel economy and CO 2 emissions in the C-segment for gasoline-engine vehicles, Ford says.

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Trial begins of new intelligent multimodal travel management service in European cities

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The novel system will be piloted in six European cities: Brno (Czech Republic), Bucharest (Romania), Florence (Italy), Munich (Germany), Oslo (Norway) and Vienna. In this context, IN-TIME is a very important next step and can be called an outstanding best practice example for innovative traffic services and transnational cooperation.

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Kia introducing bi-fuel gasoline-LPG Picanto in Europe

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The new variant, introduced at the Frankfurt show, will record fuel economy in LPG mode of 5.8 Initially, the bi-fuel model will be available in Germany, Italy, Poland, Czech Republic, Greece, Portugal and the Netherlands, where it expected to account for up to 7% of Picanto sales. l/100 km (40.6

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