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Boston-Power to supply Li-ion battery systems to Beijing Electric Vehicle Company for EVs, starting with Saab 9-5 based C70

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10-year reliable calendar life: 1000+ cycles at 100% DOD; 2000+ cycles at 90% DOD; 3500+ cycles at 75% DOD. As the automotive market took off, we were invited into China at a time when it is incredibly exciting to be in China; the players are working very hard. China is taking off in electric transport. Earlier post.).

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How and When the Chip Shortage Will End, in 4 Charts

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considered getting into the chip-stimulus game as well. To reduce cost, the industry began moving to 300-mm wafers in 2000, but much of the old 200-mm infrastructure continued and even expanded. In March of 2023, the U.S. began disbursing Chips Act funding , while the E.U. The return on investment just isn’t there,” says Morales.

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Worldwatch Institute report finds global energy intensity increased in 2010 for second year in a row

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Particularly during the surge of what was called the “knowledge-based economy” from 1991 to 2000, global economic productivity increased without parallel increases in energy use. Overall, China may have made the most progress worldwide with a 65% decline in energy intensity in the past 30 years.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

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GE: The global stimulus bellwether FORTUNE 500 Current Issue Subscribe to Fortune (Fortune Magazine) -- Warren Buffett is famous for his rules of investing: When a management with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation for bad economics, it is usually the reputation of the business that remains intact.

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