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Daimler to invest around $457M in the commercial vehicle plants in Brazil over next two years

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Daimler Trucks plans to invest around one billion Brazilian real ($US457 million) in the commercial vehicle plants of Mercedes-Benz do Brasil in the next two years. This financing is part of an extensive investment project of Mercedes-Benz do Brasil, equipped with a total budget of around 2.5 billion Brazilian real (US$1.14

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Pike Research forecasts global biofuels market to double by 2012 to $185.3B

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despite huge demand for biofuels from transportation end-markets, access to inexpensive feedstocks and financing hurdles remain challenging obstacles for biofuels production trying to keep pace with emerging mandates. Ultimately, widespread commercialization will depend on whether these ventures can reach price. commercialization.

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Pike Research forecasts global biofuels market value to double to $185B by 2021

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Given the scale of development, to date, and the crystallization of interests among a diverse range of stakeholders, widespread biofuels commercialization is no longer a question of “if’’, but “when”. Ultimately, widespread commercialization will depend on whether these ventures can reach price. The potential markets are huge.

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Volkswagen again reaffirms 20 new PEV models coming across the Group; MEB development

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In his remarks at the Annual Media Conference, where the Group presented 2015 results, Matthias Müller, Chairman of the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG, said that 2016 will be a year of transition for Volkswagen, and will also see the accelerated transformation of the company. Prospects for 2016. billion in 2015, an increase of 6.5%

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BNEF: global investment in energy transition hit $500B in 2020; $139B on EVs and infrastructure

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In 2020, the size of the market increased four times compared to 2016, reaching an estimated $118 billion. Electric bus (e-bus) sales are the second-largest category, although annual investment in the segment has decreased from $21 billion in 2016 to $11 billion in 2020. Spain was up 16% at $10 billion, Brazil up 23% at $8.7

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PwC analysis finds meeting 2 C warming target would require “unprecedented and sustained” reductions over four decades

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The new reality is a much more challenging future in terms of planning, financing and predictability. E7 economies—the BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India and China), and Indonesia, Mexico and Turkey. More radical and disruptive policy reactions in the medium term could lead to high carbon assets being stranded. —PwC report.