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Southeast Asia market will become a competitive place for Chinese and Japanese car companies

Setec Powerr

The Philippines, for its part, is making a significant effort to procure electric buses and has introduced a policy requiring domestic public transport companies to increase the proportion of their pure trams to more than 5 percent. Indonesia plans to subsidize electric vehicles starting next year and hopes to reach 2.5

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DOE fuel cell market report shows continued growth, with sales surpassing $1.3B worldwide in 2013

Green Car Congress

Several automakers announced partnerships to advance fuel cell electric vehicles, including Daimler, Ford, and Nissan ( earlier post ); Honda and General Motors ( earlier post ); Toyota and BMW ( earlier post ); and Volkswagen and Ballard Power Systems ( earlier post ). Earlier post.). Many automakers anticipate commercialization by 2017.

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