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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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Elon Musk discusses SpaceX Starlink in Malaysia with Prime Minister

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The pair also discussed Tesla’s interest and investment decisions in Malaysia. Thus far, SpaceX’s Starlink internet services are offered in Japan and the Philippines in Southeast Asia. Elon Musk’s recent virtual meeting with Prime Minister Anwar suggests that Malaysia also wants Starlink internet services in the country.

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Honda to begin Jazz hybrid production in Malaysia; adding second production line

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Honda Malaysia Sdn. HMSB), a Honda automobile production and sales joint venture in Malaysia, has begun construction of a second automobile production line at the existing auto plant in Malacca, Malaysia. At the end of this year, HMSB will begin local production of hybrid vehicles using the existing production line.

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Faraday Future receives manufacturing equipment from Guangzhou MINO at Hanford plant

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In China, MINO provides BIW intelligent manufacturing lines for Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Audi, Ford, Volkswagen, General Motors, Great Wall, Geely, GAC, SAIC, BAIC as well as other Chinese domestic and foreign automotive manufacturers, and exports products to the United States, Germany, Japan, Mexico, South Africa, Malaysia and other countries.

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Minerals used in electric cars: How much does the US import and from where?

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Norway, Canada, Japan, Finland. China, Estonia, Japan, Malaysia. Canada, Norway, Finland, Russia. Gabon, South Africa, Australia, Georgia. Argentina, Chile, China, Russia. Rare earths. Canada, Mexico, Peru, Spain. The table also lists the major import sources (in descending order of import share) for all minerals.

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EIA: As of 2021, China imports more LNG than any other country

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Prior to 2021, Japan had been the world’s largest LNG importer for decades, according to data from Cedigaz. The largest six suppliers—Australia, United States, Qatar, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Russia—provided 8.9 By the end of 2022, China’s regasification capacity could increase by 2.8 Bcf/d to 16.7

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Stellantis makes India its EV export hub for SE Asia

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The CEO of Stellantis India shared that Stellantis has already exported the C3 to Africa and the C3 Aircross to Malaysia and Indonesia. It also exported some Jeep vehicles from India to Japan. It specifically wants to explore exporting the Citroen eC3 to other Southeast Asian countries.

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