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Malaysia Airlines flies first flight in Malaysia using sustainable aviation fuel

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Malaysia Airlines, the national carrier of Malaysia, operated its inaugural flight using sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in partnership with PETRONAS Dagangan Berhad (PDB) and Neste. The flight marks Malaysia Airlines’ commitment to make SAF the cleaner and more viable energy option for regular flights by 2025.

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AirAsia and Skyports partner to explore air taxi vertiport development in Malaysia

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Skyports Infrastructure, an Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) infrastructure developer, and AirAsia’s Advanced Air Mobility, a dedicated unit of AirAsia Aviation Group Limited (the aviation arm of Capital A), have signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) to explore the development of air taxi infrastructure in Malaysia.

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Tesla’s refreshed Model 3 has arrived at a delivery center in Malaysia

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Tesla’s refreshed Model 3 units have arrived at a delivery center in Malaysia after the U.S. Lee posted photos of the vehicles at the delivery center and loaded up for delivery on semi-trucks, as found in a Malaysian Whatsapp group. automaker launched sales of its electric vehicles (EVs) in the country earlier this year.

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Airbus forms a sustainable fuel Center of Excellence in Malaysia

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Airbus and key Malaysian partners recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to assess local solutions for sustainable bio-mass production in Malaysia. —Prof Emeritus Dato’ Sri Dr. Zakri bin Abdul Hamid, science advisor to the Prime Minister of Malaysia, chairman of MIGHT, BioTech Corp and AMIC.

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Cool Planet and Acritaz Greentech to build $60M commercial biorefinery in Malaysia

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Acritaz and Cool Planet will then work to build multiple facilities across Malaysia, with Acritaz purchasing proprietary equipment and consumables from Cool Planet in the construction and operation of the facilities. The plan is to begin construction on the first plant in 2014.

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GE and Naza exploring EV collaboration in Malaysia

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General Electric (GE) and the Naza Group of Companies signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore potential collaboration in electrical vehicles, sustainable property development and healthcare services in Malaysia. “Locally, we will tap into Naza’s experience and penetration of the local auto industry.

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Lotte Chemical to invest $2.3B through 2028 to boost production of copper foil for EV batteries

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It operates a production base in Korea and Malaysia, and possesses South Korea’s top production capacity of 60,000 tons (as of the end of 2022) among domestic copper film companies. In the future, it plans to expand the plant to 230,000 tons by 2027 through its bases in Malaysia, Spain and the US.

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