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OCTOBER 5, 2016

In the wake of the news that five alternative energy vehicle (AEV) makers defrauded the Chinese government of about US$150 million in subsidies, the Chinese government adjusted its subsidy policies for alternative energy vehicles. Subsidy fraud from five Chinese AEV makers in China. Subsidies totaled RMB33.44 million (RMB1.0

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2013

Honda’s automobile production and sales joint venture companies in China, Honda Motor (China) Investment Co., Among the outlined directions was a statement that Honda “ is striving to begin local production of hybrid models within the next three years ”—i.e., Jointly with Guangqi Honda Automobile Co., Safety Technologies.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2018

The Chinese EV battery manufacturer Contemporary Amperex Technology Ltd. The focus of the 14 GWh plant is on the automated production and intelligent production of batteries. With the opening of the production facility in Germany, the company underlines the importance of the German market.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2022

F) Arctic conditions in the frigid northern Chinese province of Heilongjiang. The new model is the latest product from Geely’s decade-long 3 billion RMB (US$470-million) investment into methanol vehicle development. With methanol fuel price at Chinese pumps around 3RMB/L (€0.42/L From 0-100km/s takes 8.8

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JULY 5, 2023

China’s marketplace for what it screams “new energy vehicles” (NEVs), together with plug-in hybrids and natural electrics, has benefited from the an identical of $57 billion in subsidies from the federal government all over 2016 to 2022, the consultancy mentioned. That will give Chinese language manufacturers 30 p.c

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2018

Xinhua reports that China’s State Administration of Grain (SAG) said that China will expand production and consumption of bioethanol fuel this year as the country seeks more channels to use corn and grain stockpiles. From 2004 to 2016, the average annual production growth rate was 16.8%, according to CARD. billion gallons US.

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DECEMBER 22, 2014

The company’s Liyang facility will receive a total investment of $160 million, increasing its manufacturing capacity fivefold by 2016. The expansion of these facilities will allow Boston Power to meet the growing demand by leading Chinese automakers in the Yangtze River Delta and throughout the Bohai Gulf in Northern China.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2022

China’s rising production of top-cited papers is “remarkable,” NISTEP says; two decades ago it only ranked 13 th in the fractional counting metric. In 2016, China passed the United States to become the world leader in the number of published papers, according to the report in Science.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2020

As far back as 2016, Volkswagen unveiled a Tiguan PHEV concept, based on the second-generation Tiguan. In spring 2020, the Volkswagen Tiguan broke the production barrier of six million units, with 910,926 units manufactured in 2019 alone. The second-generation Tiguan arrived on the market in April 2016. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 5, 2017

Daimler and BAIC are deepening their cooperation on battery-electric vehicles at their Sino-German production joint venture Beijing Benz Automotive Co., This commitment includes a three-digit million investment (Euro) in battery production by the joint venture. —Xu Heyi, Chairman of the BAIC Group. Earlier post.)

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MARCH 30, 2022

Danish Minister for Transport Trine Bramsen, Aalborg municipal government representatives, and European media were invited to witness the first test runs of Geely methanol vehicles on Danish roads and visit the e-methanol production facility at Aalborg University.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2016

Showa Denko will expand its production capacity for SCMG carbon-based anode material used in lithium-ion rechargeable batteries (LIBs) in response to growing demand from customers. Commercial operation of the expanded production facility is scheduled to start at the end of 2016. Showa Denko K.K.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2017

Japan’s Asahi Shimbun reports that Toyota will begin mass production of EVs in China in 2019, using the C-HR crossover ( earlier post ) as the base. The report says that production volume will be determined by regulations and available subsidies, but that initial volumes will likely be more than 1,000 units per year.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2019

Saft, a subsidiary of Total, has signed an agreement with Tianneng Energy Technology (TET), a subsidiary of the Chinese privately-owned Tianneng Group, to create a joint venture (JV) to expand their lithium-ion battery activity. The Tianneng Group is the leading privately-owned Chinese battery manufacturer founded in 1986.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Commissioning of Shanghai Edrive’s facility is an important step in our strategy to localize production in China, as the market for fuel cell-powered heavy duty applications—including buses and commercial trucks—heats up in China. On 18 August 2016, Broad-Ocean became Ballard’s largest shareholder following an investment of $28.3

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JULY 29, 2021

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. The joint venture will secure fast delivery to local customers, who demand high-performance catalysts for energy-efficient methanol production.

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MARCH 25, 2016

A team from the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a novel, environmentally friendly low-cost battery. Compared with conventional LIBs, this battery (AGDIB) shows an advantage in production cost (~ 50% lower), specific density (~1.3-2.0 times), and energy density (~1.6-2.8

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MAY 9, 2017

This will provide GAC Motor with a production capacity of 200,000 units per year. The planning and construction of this industrial park is a concrete step to implement the Chinese government’s green development goals for Guangdong and the national ‘Made in China 2025’ strategy. billion yuan (US$679 million). Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2020

China is the world’s largest user of lithium, accounting for 57% of global demand in 2019, and is also the biggest supplier of lithium converted products. Chinese EV sales through to July totalled 696,000 this year. However, the combined conversion capacities of these two market leaders is below 30% of total Chinese capacity.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

CAGR between 2010 and 2019, accelerating since 2016, according to Roskill Information Services. Consumption has benefited from the restructuring of the Chinese steel industry and from the new regulations prescribing stricter standards for construction. Moreover, Roskill forecasts that China’s steel production is close to its peak.

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OCTOBER 24, 2017

The new plant is the first battery factory of any premium automotive manufacturer in China and the third in the Group’s production network, after Germany and the US, said Oliver Zipse, member of the Board of Management of BMW AG, responsible for Production. Production of high-voltage battery packs is divided into two production stages.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

However, Roskill also projects that, driven by rapidly increasing demand for neodymium-iron-boron (NdFeB) magnets (used in traction motors among other applications), neodymium will fall into deficit in 2016, although demand will initially be met by the drawdown of stocks. Global NEV production could rise by 3.5-4.0

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DECEMBER 4, 2019

Chinese vehicles are improving significantly and becoming safer and more efficient. Due to new Chinese laws and regulations, charging technologies that enable faster charging with direct current (DC) are increasingly being installed in Chinese vehicles. —Wolfgang Bernhart, Partner at Roland Berger.

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JULY 24, 2012

Daimler has signed an agreement with the Finnish Supplier Valmet Automotive for the production of more than 100,000 units of the new A-Class ( earlier post ) for Daimler from 2013 through 2016. We thus signed Valmet as an experienced production specialist who will provide us with additional A-Class capacities as of 2013.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Carlos Ghosn, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Renault, and Xu Ping, Chairman of Dongfeng Motor (DFM) signed the contract for the creation of a new joint venture company for localized production in China: Dongfeng Renault Automotive Company (DRAC). Sales of locally produced vehicles will start in 2016. Dongfeng has sold 2.82

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JANUARY 8, 2019

The integration of the intelligent cloud-based voice control service in the Chinese market opens up a variety of in-car entertainment and shopping options for BMW drivers while on the road. This latest move by the BMW Group follows integration of BMW Connected into Alibaba’s Chinese ecosystem. million customers.

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APRIL 11, 2017

1 st production wireless charger available for purchase by EV owners. 1 st wireless EV charger installed on a production fleet of driverless shuttlebuses. In 2016 Plugless was installed on a fleet of a leading fully autonomous shuttlebus company based in Europe. 1 st 7.2kW wireless EV charger available for purchase.

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AUGUST 8, 2019

The extension of regenerative and thus high-fluctuation energy production is rapidly increasing worldwide. The tendency towards increasing distances between the site of energy production and the site of energy consumption also means huge challenges for today's energy grids. —Ye Xiaohua, Deputy General Manager of BJEV.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2018

Growth in the consumption of lithium accelerated in 2017 by more than 10% on 2016 levels to reach 211,000t lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE), according to a new report by Roskill. Automotive applications were the largest market for Li-ion batteries in 2017, with Chinese sales of plug-in electric vehicles (PEV) increasing by around 20% y-o-y.

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The Truth About Cars

JULY 24, 2023

After the company went defunct in 2016, its assets were eventually picked up by a company called New Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS). A Chinese company purchased the new entity and faced bankruptcy before a group of investors stepped in to save it, which& could revive plans & for a new 600-mile EV.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2016

Synergy) for the establishment of an FCvelocity-9SSL fuel cell stack production operation in the City of Yunfu, in Guangdong Province. In addition, Ballard is not exposed to any compromise of our core intellectual property since we will maintain production of all MEAs at our headquarter facility.

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MARCH 26, 2023

Shanghai-based LiDAR maker Hesai Group (NASDAQ: HSAI) signed an investment agreement with Chongqing Economic Development Zone on March 26 to build a software global R&D headquarters in the southwestern Chinese city, according to a report in Chongqing Daily today. Hesai shipped 47,515 LiDAR units in the fourth quarter, up 739.2

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2017

In the presence of German Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, Daimler AG and its Chinese partner BAIC Group signed a framework agreement on further strengthening their strategic collaboration through investments for New Energy Vehicles in China. Beijing Electric Vehicle Co.,

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JUNE 4, 2013

billion, 8-year loan agreement with China Development Bank (CDB) for boosting production at the Sinovensa heavy oil joint venture in the Orinoco belt from 140,000 barrels per day to 330,000 barrels per day by 2016. Venezuela’s PDVSA signed a $4.0-billion, Venezuela will also receive two other loans from China: one for $1.5

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2018

The Territory is a breakthrough for Ford in China in terms of our ability to successfully compete with Chinese automakers for millions of customers that we do not currently serve. The number of registered passenger vehicles in Chinese cities with no license plate restrictions is expected to soar to about 23.7

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2017

(eGT), will focus on the core competencies of each partner and will harness the full potential of the Renault-Nissan Alliance electric vehicle leadership, as well as the resources of Dongfeng in the new energy industry, to meet the expectations of the Chinese market. Start of production of the new EV is forecast in the year 2019.

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JUNE 2, 2017

In the presence of Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in Berlin, Volkswagen signed a joint venture agreement with the Chinese automaker Anhui Jianghuai Automobile (JAC). The objective is to deliver 400,000 electric vehicles to the Chinese market in 2020 and 1.5 million electric vehicles in 2025.

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