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BYD and UzAuto to form NEV production JV in Uzbekistan

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The new joint venture company, which will manufacture best-selling NEVs including the DM-i super hybrid models and related parts, is anticipated to be based in Uzbekistan. Strong cooperations with other international enterprises on the development of vehicle electrification is part of the core business strategy.

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EIA forecasts growing liquid fuels production in Brazil, Canada, and China through 2023

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The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) forecasts that liquid fuels production in Brazil, Canada, and China will increase this year and next, contributing to growth in overall non-OPEC petroleum production. The United States will account for about 60% of the growth in combined liquid fuels production in all non-OPEC countries.

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Skoda Kushaq and Slavia CKD kits to be exported from India. Check details

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Vietnam is part of the ASEAN region where Škoda Auto strategically leads the Brand Group Core and aims to maximise growth for the Volkswagen Group, the company added. In line with this, Skoda Auto opened a new Parts Expedition Centre in Pune in October 2023. The PEC will ship made-in-India kits to Vietnam for final production.

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Russia’s KAMAZ to create artificial city as autonomous driving testing ground

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According to Sergey Nazarenko, chief designer of innovative products for KAMAZ’s R&D Center, similar artificial cities as testing grounds can be found at Volvo in Switzerland, with another under construction for Daimler in Germany. It has assemblers in Vietnam, Iran, India, Kazakhstan, and Pakistan.

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Opinion: Oil Megaprojects Won’t Stay On The Shelf For Long

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For years, as conventional oil reserves depleted and became increasingly hard to find, oil companies ventured into far-flung locales to find new sources of production. Production from an average shale well is a fraction of a deepwater well, for example, and output also suffers from dramatically steeper decline rates compared to offshore.

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EIA Estimates 2.1% Growth in Fossil Fuel CO2 Emissions in US in 2010; Still Below 1999-2008 Levels

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This growth is the result of an expected recovery in the global economy, with world gross domestic product (GDP, on an oil-weighted basis) assumed to rise by more than 3 percent per year. Non-OPEC supplies are then expected to fall slightly in 2011, as declining production in mature areas more than offsets any new production growth.

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Opinion: Uranium Prices Set To Double By 2018

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Determining when the break-out will come, exactly, is part and parcel of playing this rally with an eye to massive returns (for which you can thank the negative sentiment if you’re already onto uranium). NexGen is slated to start production in the 2020s. Considering that nearly half of the U.S.’

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