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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. It will supply EV and energy storage systems (ESS) markets in the Middle East and North Africa region. 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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Haldor Topsoe and Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum have formed a joint venture with the aim of delivering locally produced MK-151+ methanol synthesis catalysts to the Chinese market. Together, the two companies will build a production facility in Shaanxi Fupin in China to produce methanol synthesis catalysts.

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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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The 900,000 sq-ft facility, for which building ramp up is anticipated in the second half of 2021, is expected to add a minimum of 745 direct jobs to the region over the next three years, with an annual production capacity of up to 20,000 all-electric buses and trucks. for the construction of its US manufacturing facility.

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GM plans to bring plugin hybrids to North American market

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But in the interim, deploying plug-in technology in strategic segments will deliver some of the environmental benefits of EVs as the nation continues to build its charging infrastructure.” “And we plan to deliver the program in a capital- and cost-efficient way because the technology is already in production in other markets.”

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Audi to build production plant in Mexico; new SUV begins production in 2016

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AUDI AG Board of Management and Supervisory Board of AUDI AG approved plans to build a North American plant in Mexico. The exact location for the new plant, which will manufacture an SUV model starting in 2016, will be chosen by AUDI AG later this year. TFSI in the RS Q3 concept combines gasoline direct injection and turbocharging.

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

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Porsche has been active since 2016 in identifying and taking stakes in around 40 startups with new business models and new technologies. Above all, we strive for new sources of innovation. —Lutz Meschke, Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board of Porsche AG and Member of the Executive Board for Finance and IT. —Lutz Meschke.

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ICCT paper assesses leading regional EV markets in US and policies behind them

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A new white paper from the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) assesses which policy actions are behind the regional leading markets in the US for electric vehicles. parking and lane access incentives, building codes), utility actions (e.g., The assessment includes promotion actions by state policy (e.g.,

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