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Nissan cuts CO2 emissions from global corporate activities by 2% in 2013; tracking to 20% by 2016 vs. 2005

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reported reducing CO2 emissions from global corporate activities in fiscal year 2013 while increasing vehicle production by 5.1%. Nissan is reducing the environmental impact of its corporate activities through widespread power conservation. Nissan Motor Co.,

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Novozymes acquiring industrial enzyme business from Canadian Iogen Corporation

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Novozymes is acquiring Iogen Bio-Products, the industrial enzyme business of Ottawa-based Iogen Corporation for C$67.5 Novozymes acquires all of Iogen Corporation’s industrial enzyme business. The acquisition is expected to have a positive impact on Novozymes’ sales growth in 2013 of around 0.5 million (US$67.4

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Mitsubishi Motors Corporation to supply global compact sedan to Chrysler de Mexico

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Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) and Chrysler de Mexico (CdM) announced a five-year agreement in which MMC will supply its global compact sedan to CdM, to be sold in Mexico starting November 2014. —Bruno Cattori, President and CEO of Chrysler de Mexico.

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Top 15 Nissan LEAF markets in US in 2013

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Top 15 LEAF market year-to-date in 2013. Nissan LEAF sales in the United States are up by 335% year-over-year since the launch of the enhanced 2013 model in March. Nissan has sold 11,703 LEAFs in the US during the first 7 months of 2013—an increase of 230% from the 3,543 units for the same period in 2012. Earlier post.)

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China Three Gorges Corporation to install 18 charging stations between São Paulo and Mato Grosso do Sul

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Brazil’s second-largest private energy producer, China Three Gorges Corporation, which currently invests heavily in hydropower and wind farms, will expand its business into charging piles and further into solar energy in the future. This is the first project of the Chinese giant in this field. million reais in electric vehicle projects.

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Nissan wins top award at CEATEC Japan 2013 for autonomous driving technology

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The award honors the best among the technologies, products and services exhibited at CEATEC JAPAN 2013. Toshiba Corporation: REGZA TimeOn service. Sharp Corporation: MEMS-IGZO Display. SONY Corporation / SONY Marketing Corporation: Info-Eye. Kyocera Corporation: Rugged LTE Smartphone. Electronic Components.

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Volvo Car Corporation introducing new entry-level diesel

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Volvo Car Corporation is extending its diesel offerings in Europe with a new entry-level 5-cylinder, 2.0-liter From model year 2013 the majority of all diesel-powered versions of the Volvo S60, V60, V70 and S80 will have CO 2 emissions below 120 g/km. liter turbo diesel for the Volvo S60, V60, XC60, V70 and S80 models.

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