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Renault and Nissan investing $600M in new models for India, including two EVs

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Renault and Nissan announced a new long-term vision for India, increasing production and R&D activities, introducing electric vehicles, and transitioning to carbon-neutral manufacturing. Complementing the additional production will be an increase in R&D and associated activities at the Renault Nissan Technology & Business Center India.

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EVR Motors partners with EKA Mobility to provide advanced lightweight electric motors for e-buses and Light Commercial Vehicles in India

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Israeli startup EVR Motors has partnered with India’s EKA Mobility, an electric vehicles and technology company, a subsidiary of Pinnacle Industries Limited, to design small, lightweight electric motors for their e-buses and Light Commercial Vehicles (LCVs) in India. EVR will support the setup of EKA’s assembly line.

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India on mission to become world’s leading producer of critical minerals: Hindustan Zinc Chairperson – ET Auto

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India is on a mission to become the world’s leading and the most sustainable producer of critical minerals , Vedanta group firm Hindustan Zinc ‘s Chairperson Priya Agarwal Hebbar has said. Critical minerals are particularly in demand for the production of batteries for electric cars.

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The Short List Of Climate Actions That Will Work — India Edition Transcript

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Today I presented again to a large Indian audience, hosted by the India Smart Grid Forum. This was within the frame of the presentation I gave at the India Smart Utility Week on March 14th. continued] The post The Short List Of Climate Actions That Will Work — India Edition Transcript appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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TotalEnergies takes 25% stake in Adani New Industries Limited for green hydrogen in India

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ANIL will be the exclusive platform of AEL and TotalEnergies for the production and commercialization of green hydrogen in India. TotalEnergies has entered into an agreement with Adani Enterprises Limited (AEL) to acquire a 25% interest in Adani New Industries Limited (ANIL). To start with, ANIL intends to develop a project to produce 1.3

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NOAA study finds reducing particulate air pollution in N America & Europe increases hurricanes in N Atlantic

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In contrast, increased air pollution from China and India in the same 40-year period from 1980 to 2020 has contributed to a decline in tropical cyclones in the western North Pacific. Weaker winds, in turn, mean that there is less difference between the speed of winds in the lower and upper troposphere or less wind shear.

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bp Statistical Review shows 4.5% drop in primary energy consumption in 2020; mainly driven by oil

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Both primary energy consumption and carbon emissions from energy use fell at their fastest rate seen since the Second World War, while renewable energy continued its trajectory of strong growth, with wind and solar power recording their largest ever annual increase. million b/d) and India (-480,000 b/d) reported the largest declines.

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