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Benchmark: Saudi Arabia is building an EV battery supply chain

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Saudi Arabia’s ambitions for an EV supply chain are part of the diversification of the national economy away from oil, a project guided by the government’s Vision 2030 reform plan announced in 2016. Rabigh Refining & Petrochemical Company will supply feedstock in the form of decant oil. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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Haldor Topsoe and Yanchang form joint venture and build methanol catalyst facility in China

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Together, the two companies will build a production facility in Shaanxi Fupin in China to produce methanol synthesis catalysts. Forming of the joint venture and building of the catalysts facility will be the first step of a long-term strategic cooperation between Topsoe and Yanchang.

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BASF investing €16M into tire pyrolysis oil company Pyrum as part of ChemCycling project

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BASF SE is investing €16 million into Pyrum Innovations AG, a technology company specialized in the pyrolysis of waste tires, headquartered in Dillingen/Saar, Germany. Furthermore, Pyrum intends to build additional tire pyrolysis plants together with interested partners.

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Lion Electric to build US plant in Illinois; largest all-electric medium- and heavy-duty vehicles plant in US

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Canada-based Lion Electric Company, a leading manufacturer of all-electric medium- and heavy-duty urban vehicles, has selected Joliet, Ill., The Will County region in Illinois has a history of manufacturing, and Lion plans to build a robust local supply chain within the area. for the construction of its US manufacturing facility.

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Porsche and UP.Labs to build startups tailored for Porsche’s business

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The Stuttgart-based sports car manufacturer has agreed with the US company on a three-year cooperation aimed at establishing six companies from 2023 to 2025 with new business models in various areas of mobility. Porsche is expanding its venturing network by collaborating with UP.Labs, a new model for fostering innovative startups.

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DiDi enters JV to build out own EV charging network

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DiDi Chuxing has entered a joint venture to build its own charging networks for electric vehicles (EVs). The company is also working to introduce AI technology into integrated urban traffic management systems across China. We have started new joint venture projects to build our own EV charging systems.

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True Zero H2 network fuels more than 3.7M miles in California in 2016

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Fuel from True Zero ’s hydrogen-fueling stations during 2016 powered more than 3.7 million pounds of greenhouse gas emissions, according to the company. The company has set target to source all of its hydrogen from 100% renewables by 2023. million zero emission fuel-cell-car miles in California, eliminating more than 2.3

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