Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2010

General Motors is creating a new regional organization to meet rising customer demand in South America. GM South America will be headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil and will be led by Jaime Ardila, currently president and general manager GM Mercosur. GM South America currently has 29,000 employees.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2021

Arbios Biotech was formed to commercialize Licella’s Cat-HTR platform, a globally leading hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) technology, for various forms of wood and post-consumer biomass around the world, particularly in North America, South America and Europe.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2023

Ford is boosting production in the US of its popular EVs—Mustang Mach-E®, F-150 Lightning and E-Transit—along with other customer favorites such as Bronco Sport and Maverick. Ford F-Series is America’s best-selling truck for 46 consecutive years DEARBORN, Mich., March 3, 2023 – Through February, Ford was America’s No.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2012

Citing a lack of acceptance for plant technology in many parts of Europe, BASF announced that it is concentrating its plant biotechnology activities on the main markets in North and South America. Development and commercialization of all products targeted solely at cultivation in the European market will be halted.

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Innovation News Network

JULY 27, 2022

Livent’s battery-grade lithium hydroxide, made primarily from lithium extracted at its brine-based operations in South America, is to be utilised in the production of General Motors’ electric vehicles. The post General Motors and Livent: Using lithium hydroxide in EV production appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

BASF broke ground for its new production plant for sodium methylate in Guaratinguetá, Brazil, its largest site in South America. Sodium methylate is an efficient and reliable catalyst for the production of biodiesel. It is the second BASF plant for this product, in addition to a plant in Ludwigshafen.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2023

—POSCO Group CEO Jeong-woo Choi The new lithium factory is anticipated to have an annual production capacity of 25,000 tons of lithium hydroxide—sufficient for manufacturing approximately 600,000 electric vehicles. The subsequent production of lithium hydroxide will take place in South Korea. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2015

Leaded gasoline was a larger emission source of the toxic heavy metal lead than mining in South America, even though the extraction of metals from the region’s mines historically released huge quantities of lead into the environment, according to a study by researchers from the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI and the University of Bern.

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Electric Cars Report

APRIL 13, 2024

Following a record sales for electrified vehicles in Brazil last year, the BMW Group announced local production of the BMW X5, the very first premium plug-in hybrid model built in South America. The BMW Group is strengthening its involvement in Brazil by electrifying the Araquari plant.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2022

Penske Truck Leasing operates more than 372,000 vehicles and serves customers from more than 1,300 locations in North America, South America, Europe, Australia and Asia. Penske Truck Leasing is a Penske Transportation Solutions company headquartered in Reading, Pennsylvania.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Tesla jobs posted in South America All of the positions were situated in Santiago and the city’s Metropolitan Region. Because Tesla has two Gigafactories in the Eastern Hemisphere and two in the Western Hemisphere, there is the possibility that it could expand operations to South America to round out its presence further.

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Teslarati

JULY 6, 2023

Volkswagen aims to grow by 40% in South America through electric vehicle (EV) subscriptions and launches. The German automaker plans to target Brazil, which it claims is South America’s largest market. “As As a fast-growing car market, South America is of strategic importance to Volkswagen.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2013

Chevron’s Brazilian subsidiary and Petrobras have started crude oil production from Papa-Terra’s floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) offshore Brazil. Papa-Terra has installed capacity to produce 140,000 barrels of heavy crude per day; the project is estimated to recover 380 million barrels of oil.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2009

GM’s SAIC-GM-Wuling joint venture signed a framework agreement with GM’s former Latin America, Africa and Middle East operations and distribution agreements with individual countries to export and distribute two of its most popular mini-commercial vehicles from China to markets in South America, the Middle East and North Africa.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

The Pole to Pole expedition team and Nissan unveiled an adventure-ready version of the new Ariya electric SUV ( earlier post ), which will undertake a 10-month, 27,000km trip from the magnetic North Pole to the South Pole. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The two new vehicles, the Logistar 260 (LS260) and the Logistar 100 (LS100), join the LS product line now available globally in Class 1 to Class 4. The first deliveries of the all-electric commercial vehicle are planned for the first quarter of 2023 in Europe, followed by market launches in Asia, the Caribbean and South America.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2022

gigawatts of solar and wind projects installed in South America, Europe and Asia, the Baden-Württemberg-based company has extensive experience in developing financeable turnkey renewable energy projects, from concept to implementation, including investor sourcing. With more than 4.2 With more than 4.2

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Teslarati

MARCH 20, 2024

In order to keep up with that demand, production figures better be high. This is all made possible by the Model Y’s strong sales figures in various regions, including North America, Europe, and Asia. The Tesla Model Y was the best-selling vehicle in the world last year.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2022

In addition to leveraging synergies in the development of innovative products and solutions, the collaboration is also expected to provide career entry opportunities for promising mining talent. —Jorge Davo, Regional Manager of the BASF mining solutions business in South America.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

GKN Driveline’s Chinese Joint Venture partner SDS has commenced production of its complete all-wheel drive (AWD) Disconnect system for small- to medium-sized vehicles in China. GKN’s Chinese joint venture, Shanghai GKN HUAYU Driveline Systems (SDS), will supply GAC FCA from its production facility in Shanghai.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Volkswagen is investing some €560 million (US$652 million) over the next five years in the production of a new MQB-based SUV in Pacheco, Argentina. From 2020, the plant will deliver the new model built in Argentina to the entire South American continent. The new vehicle project will create some 2,500 jobs.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2022

However, Bolivia is production-poor; Chile and Argentina are top global producers, but Bolivia has yet to produce the mineral in commercial quantities. The company plans on being active throughout South America and identified EnergyX as a strategic partner capable of helping it enact its vision.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2021

By turning the vehicle into a software-based product, Volkswagen is setting the scene for new, data-based business models aimed at lowering entry barriers to individual mobility while offering very attractive service packages for the customers. This will significantly reduce production complexity. Business model 2.0:

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Nuseed and BP Products North America Inc., have entered into a long-term strategic offtake and market development agreement that will see bp, or its affiliates, purchase Nuseed Carinata oil to process or sell into growing markets for the production of sustainable biofuels. million barrels a year in 2022.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2023

Rice husk is an agricultural by-product that was not used for tire production until very recently. This will make the Livorno site Europe’s best-in-class silica production site in terms of CO 2 footprint. Production is expected to start by the end of 2024. Continental is a key partner in this.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2023

The newbuildings will be delivered to HMM from 2025 and will operate on routes to North and South America as well as India. In addition to the growing number of projects, MI reports clear evidence that bio-methanol and e-methanol facilities are ramping up production.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Following an initial product launch in April 2022, the companies will partner to manufacture 50,000 electric auto-rickshaws over the next five years, advancing both companies’ roadmaps for “made in India” manufacturing. Rap Eco Motors delivers premier e-rickshaws nationwide and abroad to countries in Asia, Africa, Europe and South America.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

Audi is now investing €150 million (US$200 million) in its new production facilities there. To achieve that target, the company is making large investments at its large production sites in Germany and Hungary and is significantly expanding its production network outside Europe.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2013

V (MMMdM), a joint venture production company owned by Mazda Motor Corporation and Sumitomo Corporation, will increase the production capacity at its plant currently under construction in Salamanca, Mexico in the fiscal year ending March 2016. Mazda Motor Manufacturing de Mexico S.A.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Battery maker Octillion Power Systems will supply advanced lithium-ion batteries to Brazilian manufacturer FNM (Fábrica Nacional de Mobilidades) for the production of 1,000 electric trucks for beverage maker Ambev. Ambev will use the electric trucks to deliver beverages throughout South America. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2012

million investment from the Recovery Act to expand its North Carolina lithium production facility as well as its production operations in Silver Peak, Nevada. After holding world leadership in lithium production in the early 1990s, the US now imports the majority of its lithium materials and compounds from South America.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2014

Production is planned to start in 2019. The Americas are among the most important growth markets for the BMW Group. We are continuing our strategy of “production follows the market.” —Harald Krueger, member of the BMW AG Board of Management, responsible for Production. billion locally last year.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2022

First prototypes are to be delivered as early as 2023, series production is slated to start in 2024. We are relying on our long-standing partnerships and are working intensively with our global network of bodybuilders so that we can also serve markets in Asia, Africa, South America, Australia and New Zealand in the best possible way.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2020

Based on company announcements to date related to operation scale-downs and closures, as well as national, provincial and local governmental measures, Roskill estimates that approximately 110Kt of mined LCE production could be lost over the course of 2020, due directly to actions taken to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2010

In response to reports from its dealers, Audi is increasing the production capacity of the new A1, which goes on sale tomorrow in Germany, Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg and Switzerland, followed by most other European markets from mid-September, by 20%. The Audi A1 is initially launching with three engine options: the 1.2 TFSI, the 1.4

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Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2022

Through the long-term supply arrangement, LG Chem plans to supply more than 950,000 tons of CAM to GM beginning the second half of 2022 through 2030, enough for approximately 5 million units of EV production.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2020

Experts from the development team joined Nuseed and, by working closely with Nuseed’s South America and European teams, have accelerated commercialization, by building the Nuseed Value Chain with R&D, contract growers, industry partners, and RSB certified delivery to the end-use customer in just five months.

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