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Amprius will use the funds to commercialize its batteries and further develop the next generations of its advanced batteries. Amprius maintains an R&D lab and corporate headquarters in Sunnyvale, California and operates an R&D lab and pilot production line for advanced battery development in Nanjing, China.

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DECEMBER 20, 2011

Kureha Corporation and Kuraray have been developing a new hard carbon material—“Biocarbotron”—derived from plants for anodes in lithium-ion batteries (LiBs). Kureha commercialized Carbotron P , a hard carbon material derived from petroleum pitch.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2021

Boston Metal, an MIT spin-off working to commercialize molten oxide electrolysis (MOE) for emissions-free metals and alloys production, announced that Vale and Energy Impact Partners have joined its Series B fundraising, closely following a $50M close announced in January. Sadoway founded Boston Electrometallurgical Corporation in 2012.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2012

OBC), to BASF Corporation for the gross purchase price of $58 million in cash before transaction fees, minority participations, and working capital and other adjustments. million in outstanding 3% Convertible Senior Notes due 2013. We firmly believe there is a strong and sustainable commercial market for UNI-SOLAR products.

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JANUARY 5, 2013

Visteon Corporation will showcase the e-Bee vehicle concept at the 2013 International CES show in Las Vegas next week. The technologies featured in the e-Bee concept range from advanced development to application- and commercialization-ready.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Ford China posted record January sales of 94,466 wholesale vehicles, up 53% compared to 61,567 in January 2013. Ford China passenger car sales—which include imported car—accounted for 72,598 vehicles, a year-on-year sales increase of 63% compared to 44,439 sold in January 2013.

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DECEMBER 9, 2011

Longyear LLC, signed a non-binding letter of intent to support the construction of a commercial-scale wood-based cellulosic ethanol biorefinery in Kinross; at the time, construction was projected to begin this year. —George Stutzmann, Vice President of Alternative Energy of Valero.

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JULY 27, 2011

Azure Dynamics Corporation has entered an agreement with Ford Motor Company whereby Azure will integrate its proprietary plug-in hybrid (PHEV) technology into the Ford F-Series Super Duty product line. The Super Duty program will allow Azure to further expand its product line-up in its targeted medium duty commercial truck segment.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2014

Sumitomo Corporation has developed and installed the first large-scale power storage system which utilizes used batteries collected from electric vehicles. This commercial scale storage system, built on Yume-shima Island, Osaka, will begin operating in February 2014. Earlier post.)

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have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) jointly to evaluate opportunities to develop and commercialize electric and fuel cell powertrains. The initial development will be focused on the North American commercial vehicle market, including working with North American OEMs on the integration of these systems into their vehicles.

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APRIL 8, 2014

Ford China posted record monthly sales of 103,815 vehicles in March, a 28% increase over March 2013, crossing the 100,000 monthly sales mark for the first time. Ford’s passenger car joint venture Changan Ford Automobile (CAF) saw sales rise 52% in the first quarter, with 195,198 vehicles sold compared to 128,006 in the first quarter of 2013.

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DECEMBER 11, 2018

Hyundai Motor Group (HMG), which includes automotive brands Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Motors Corporation, announced its long-term roadmap for hydrogen fuel cell vehicle technology: FCEV Vision 2030. Hyundai Motor earlier this year launched NEXO, its second-generation commercialized FCEV, improving upon the Tucson FCEV introduced in 2013.

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JANUARY 10, 2014

Green Automotive Company has (GAC) acquired 21.63% of Viridian Motor Corporation (VMC), a US-based electric truck manufacturer. Viridian Motor Corporation (VMC) is building fully electric, light-duty trucks using its own electric drive train and battery packs.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2013

Toyota Motor Corporation will carry out verification tests in Aichi Prefecture, Japan from November 15, 2013 to March 15, 2014 to assess the practicality of the widespread deployment of chargers for plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHVs) and electric vehicles (EVs). Additional coin-operated chargers (¥100 / US$1.02

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This technology, which was first demonstrated in 2013 in a laboratory unit, has now been demonstrated at pilot scale achieving commercial productivity and stability targets. —Satoshi Uenoyama, Sekisui Senior Managing Executive Officer, Responsible for Corporate Research and Development. Garbage is an important resource.

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MAY 30, 2014

Toyota Motor Corporation, Nissan Motor Co., and Mitsubishi Motors Corporation have jointly established a new company, Nippon Charge Service, LLC, to promote the installation of chargers for plug-in electric vehicles (PHVs, PHEVs, EVs). Honda Motor Co., Development Bank of Japan Inc.

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AUGUST 21, 2012

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) will carry out a series of verification tests in Aichi Prefecture, Japan from November 2012 to March 2013 to assess various practicalities of the widespread deployment of standard chargers for plug-in vehicles. The tests will be conducted together with two local governments and 10 businesses.

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JULY 7, 2014

Changan Ford (CAF), Ford’s passenger car joint venture, saw a record first half, selling 397,958 vehicles, up 39% from the 286,433 vehicles sold in the first half of 2013. CAF’s June sales reached 67,187 vehicles, up 23% compared to 54,774 sold in June 2013. Sales for Ford’s Kuga and EcoSport SUVs were also up in the first half.

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OCTOBER 7, 2014

The time is not yet ripe for a commercial-scale microbial oil plant, however. However, in 2012, Neste Oil said that commercial-scale production was expected by 2015 at the earliest. Technical corn oil was used in production for the first time during 2013. 14 kg technical corn oil. Earlier post.).

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DECEMBER 23, 2012

American Commercial Lines (ACL) will begin transporting crude oil by barge on the US inland waterways for MEG Energy (US) Inc. It included a redesigned stainless steel piping system and a new radial rake design that will also be found on the tankers the company plans to build through the end of 2013. American Commercial Lines Inc.

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JANUARY 19, 2013

A123 Systems expects that the agreements for the purchases of its assets by Wanxiang America Corporation and Navitas Systems LLC to close, pursuant to the terms set forth in the agreements, by 1 February 2013. Earlier post.). A123’s joint venture with Shanghai Automotive. million by Navitas Systems, a Woodridge, Ill.-based

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DECEMBER 20, 2013

Daimler, Ford, and Nissan joined forces to develop a common fuel cell system and launch commercial FCEVs as early as 2017. FuelCell Energy’s chief executive officer stated that the company was approaching profitability, perhaps as early as 2013. 2012 Fuel Cell Technologies Market Report. 2012 Fuel Cell Technologies Market Report.

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MAY 28, 2014

NuScale was selected as the sole awardee of the DOE round two funding in December of 2013. This will allow NuScale to meet a commercial operation date of 2023 for its first planned project, in Idaho, with partners Energy NorthWest and Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems.

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AUGUST 8, 2012

Ford Motor Company’s commercial vehicle investment in China will expand into the heavy truck business through a major acquisition: Jiangling Motors Corporation (JMC)—in which Ford holds a 30% stake—will buy a 100% stake in Taiyuan Changan Heavy Truck Company. billion Yuan (approximately US$2.7

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Chevrolet will be debuting a new corporate slogan during the first game of Major League Baseball's World Series. The decade-old "Find New Roads" will be supplanted with “Together Let’s Drive” during a commercial for the Chevy Trax that’s focused on promoting the vehicle’s affordability. It was right for the times.

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DECEMBER 12, 2014

The expansion supports Alcoa’s strategy of profitably growing its aerospace business, which achieved revenues totaling $4 billion in 2013 and is in line with company strategy to build its value-add businesses to capture profitable growth in high-growth industries.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2013

Valence common stock (which traded over the counter with the symbol VLNCQ) was cancelled effective 13 November 2013. Applications range from commercial electric vehicles to industrial and marine equipment. Valence Technology develops and manufactures safe, long-life modular lithium iron magnesium phosphate energy storage solutions.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2013

The Juniper GTL project, with a design production of 1,100 barrels per day of clean chemicals and transportation fuels, will be a forerunner of smaller commercial GTL plants. This moveable skid is being relocated to provide future operator training for the commercial unit to be built in Louisiana. In January, G2X Energy announced a $1.3-billion

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FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) will begin verification testing of its newly developed wireless battery charging system for plug-in electric vehicles—such as plug-in hybrids and battery-electric vehicles—in late February in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Electric (Battery) Infrastructure Plug-ins'

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Mazda Motor Corporation, PSA Group, Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. FHI) and Suzuki Motor Corporation are the first automaker members of the consortium. SmartDeviceLink technology is based on Ford’s contribution of its AppLink software to the open source community in 2013. Harman and QNX have signed Letters of Intent to join.

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DECEMBER 4, 2014

Toyota Tsusho Corporation announced today that Sales de Jujuy S.A., In August 2013, Sales de Jujuy started construction of a lithium carbonate plant to draw brine from Salar de Olaroz and refine the brine into lithium carbonate. This plant has now starts commercial production. Earlier post.).

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In the commercial area, the company also concentrates on the electrification of fleet vehicles, including heavy-duty trucks and vans. BARTA is the first major transportation authority in Pennsylvania to deploy fully electric vehicles, and the first in the US to deploy electric paratransit vehicles.

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Among the milestones: In 2010, LanzaTech signed a deal with Baosteel, China’s largest steel and iron conglomerate, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) to commercialize its technologies for producing ethanol from steel mill off gases. Gases from steelmaking have been a major focus. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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MAY 21, 2014

The technology has been developed in collaboration with the Suzuki Motor Corporation. A ready-to-scale production line capable of manufacturing Gen4 fuel cells was commissioned in 2013 at SMILE FC System Corporation, the joint venture company established by Intelligent Energy and Suzuki in Yokohama, Japan. Fuel Cells Hydrogen'

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Celanese Corporation, developer of a hydrocarbons-to-ethanol production process derived from its acetyl technology ( earlier post ) announced plans in June to enter the industrial ethanol market in China by revamping the market entry strategy to allow the company to enter 6-12 months sooner than originally planned. Earlier post.).

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JUNE 18, 2013

Hydrogenics Corporation has been awarded a contract for three HySTAT-60 electrolyzers by The Linde Group for installation as part of a hydrogen fueling station in Bolzano , Italy. Terms of the award were not disclosed. The rollout of the Bolzano installation will be managed by the.

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Furthermore, BAIC will increase its stake in the production joint venture Beijing Benz Automotive Corporation (BBAC) by 1% to 51%. At the same time, Daimler will increase its stake in the integrated sales joint venture Beijing Mercedes-Benz Sales Service Corporation (BMBS) by 1% to 51%. million vehicles in 2012.

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