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Ford Sustainability Report details pilot program in South Africa to deliver health care, education

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A new Ford Motor Company pilot program aims to enhance mobility health services in rural areas of South Africa and Nigeria. Two modified Ford Rangers will work as mobile clinics to deliver health services, dispense medication for chronic conditions, and monitor the growth of children in South Africa.

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Cooperation between Daimler and Renault-Nissan Alliance deepening in 2016

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At the Paris Motor Show, Carlos Ghosn and Dieter Zetsche said that the strategic partnership between the Renault-Nissan Alliance and Daimler AG is maturing as it enters its seventh year in 2016. The staffing and equipping of the plant started in May 2016 according to plan. kWh/100 km; CO2 emissions, combined: 0 g/km). Earlier post.)

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LanzaTech collaborating with Swayana to convert waste gases from ferroalloy production to ethanol

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during steel manufacturing. South Africa has the potential to produce more than 400,000 tonnes of ethanol per year from existing ferroalloy and titania producers. This would prevent the release of more than 700,000 tonnes of CO 2 per annum—the equivalent to removing 250,000 cars from South Africa’s roads.

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Tesla Q3 revenue up 10% year-on-year, losses widen; robust production outlook

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Tesla exceeded its production plan by producing 13,091 vehicles, including the first Model X vehicles, despite a one-week shut down to expand manufacturing capacity. Faced with growing demand for Powerpacks and Powerwalls, the company accelerated plans to expand manufacturing capacity. R&D spending remained above Q3 2014.

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Daimler & Renault-Nissan Alliance expand cooperation to 1-ton pickup trucks

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The primary target markets for the truck are Europe, Australia, South Africa and Latin America. Production of Renault’s 1-ton truck will begin in 2016 at Nissan’s plant in Cuernavaca, Mexico. A high parts localization rate is expected to expand the supply bases in Spain and Argentina significantly.

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Renault-Nissan Alliance posts record €2.9B in synergies in 2013 ahead of launch of first common module family vehicles; targeting €4.3B in 2016

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Big Modules must satisfy the pre-requisites of the Alliance Integrated Manufacturing System (AIMS) process. When a plant starts manufacturing a new product, AIMS limits the additional investment for the first volume production of a new model. billion) in annualized synergies by 2016, up from €1.5 billion (US$5.87 billion (US$2.05

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China’s battery supply chain tops BNEF ranking for third consecutive time; Canada close 2nd, US drops to 3rd

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China continues to dominate BloombergNEF’s (BNEF) global lithium-ion battery supply chain ranking, for the third time in a row, for both 2022 and its projection for 2027, due to continued support for the electric vehicle demand and raw materials investments. —Allan Ray Restauro, metals and mining analyst at BNEF and lead author.

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