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JATO: Global car sales up by 2.8% in Q1 2016 due to SUV boost in China and Europe

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million LCVs and passenger car units were sold across all segments globally in Q1 2016—a 2.8% increase (558,700 more units) on the same period in 2015—largely driven by growth in the Chinese and European markets. Sales of SUVs in Europe (including Russia and Turkey) gave the overall market a boost with 20% growth and 1.11

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WNA: global nuclear generation nears record high in 2019

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GWe started supplying electricity, compared to an average annual objective for 2016-2020 of 10 GWe. Thirteen reactors shut down in 2019, four in Japan had not generated since 2011 and three were shut down due to phase-out policies in South Korea, Germany and Taiwan. Six reactors, with a combined capacity of 5.2

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Tencent buys 5% stake in Tesla for $1.8 billion

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Tencent acquired the shares through Tesla’s latest registered offering of common stock (17 March 2017, earlier post ) and through open market purchases. In 2015, Taiwan-based Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd., China-based Tencent Holdings Ltd. Tencent reported net profit of $5.97 billion last year, up 43% on a 48% increase in revenue.

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Four China OEMs select Efficient Drivetrains for PHEV systems for buses

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As the year progresses, EDI will continue to work to expand commercial bus deployments to territories across China and Taiwan. As part of its China bus initiative, EDI has worked to qualify its drivetrain technology with a wide range of cities, allowing the company to compete on a broad scale.

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Saft lands contracts for 45M primary Li-ion batteries for smart meters in China

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Deliveries are scheduled for completion by the end of 2016. The size and fast growth of China’s smart meter market means that it is of crucial strategic importance for Saft and winning these latest major orders are further confirmation of our leadership position. V and a nominal capacity of 1.2

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The U.S.-China Chip Ban, Explained

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along with several other countries, including South Korea and Taiwan) placed Russia under a chip embargo. hopes to stop Beijing from using chips to enhance its military—and potentially preempt an invasion of Taiwan, where the vast majority of the world’s semiconductors and microprocessors are produced. Previously, the U.S

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Toyota to explore integration of SmartDeviceLink Technology with Ford subsidiary; open source version of Ford AppLink

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The in-car app market is quickly evolving. Globally accessible, limited only by app availability in each market. Facilitates scale and speed to market for developers since apps only need to be integrated once to work across multiple automotive platforms. The announcement builds on that earlier collaboration. Ford SYNC 3.

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