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Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB), a leader in the global specialty chemicals industry, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the lithium hydroxide and lithium carbonate conversion assets and supporting business functions currently operated by Jiangxi Jiangli New Materials Science and Technology Co.

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According to a recent report examining batteries for electric vehicles from Pike Research, as manufacturing efficiencies improve and access to lithium expands, the installed cost of Li-ion batteries will fall by more than one-third by the end of 2017. billion by 2017, the market intelligence firm forecasts. Earlier post.).

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MD/HD HEV Truck Sales as percentage of ICE trucks, World Markets: 2011 and, 2017. The global truck market is about 3.7 million by 2017. The global truck market is about 3.7 million by 2017. between 2011 and 2017 to reach 100,746 trucks, or about 2.1% of global sales. of global sales.

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This makes the BMW Group the world’s third-largest BEV/PHEV manufacturer. Despite continuing headwinds in the USA, as well as the model changeover of the BMW X3 and the BMW 5 Series in China, we were still able to achieve last year’s high sales levels, due to our policy of balanced global sales growth. on the same period last year.

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AUGUST 22, 2011

Annual light-duty electric vehicle sales, world markets: 2011-2017. million units worldwide by 2017, up from just under 114,000 vehicles in 2011. between 2011 and 2017 (this compares to a CAGR of 3.7% Pike anticipates that the market for PEVs is expected to grow to 1,342,067 vehicles annually by 2017—about 1.4%

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Global automotive industry sales rose 5.6% Declines in Japan, Russia and Brazil were offset by strong results in China and Europe, said Felipe Munoz, JATO’s Global Analyst. Global demand for SUVs continued, with significant sales increases in the segment across South East Asia, Europe and China. in 2016 to 84.24

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JULY 27, 2018

the leading producer of flat-rolled aluminum products and the world’s largest recycler of aluminum, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Aleris Corporation, a global supplier of aerospace and automotive rolled aluminum products, for approximately $2.6 Novelis Inc., billion including the assumption of debt.

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MARCH 18, 2017

Global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions were flat for a third straight year in 2016 even as the global economy grew, according to the International Energy Agency. Global emissions from the energy sector stood at 32.1 IEA will explore US and natural gas prospects in details in the next World Energy Outlook 2017.

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MAY 22, 2019

Low-speed electric vehicles (LSEVs) could reduce China’s demand for gasoline and, in turn, impact global oil prices, according to a new issue brief by an expert in the Center for Energy Studies at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. “ million of them—roughly 30% more units than conventional electric vehicle makers did.

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Most of this is from electric two- and three-wheelers in Asia, but rising passenger EV sales push this to 2.5 Sales of internal combustion engine vehicles already peaked in 2017 and BNEF expects the global fleet of ICE passenger vehicles to start to decline in 2024. million barrels per day by 2025. Last ICE in 2038.

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a gas-to-liquids (GTL) technology and commercial solutions company that transforms methane and other hydrocarbon gases into methanol and gasoline, plans to develop and deliver its 160MT/day methanol plant to a manufacturing site in the Marcellus shale region. Primus Green Energy Inc.,

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Global electric vehicle production forecast for 2014. rise in global manufacturing of all motor vehicles expected in 2014. In December 2013, IHS projected total global automotive sales in 2014 of 85 million, roughly resulting in an expected approximate 0.5% share for PEVs in the global market this year.

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JULY 13, 2019

Swedish EV manufacturer NEVS and the autonomous vehicle start-up AutoX have entered into an exclusive strategic partnership to integrate AutoX’s autonomous drive technology in NEVS’ next-generation vehicle architecture. AutoX enables companies like NEVS to become autonomous by creating an A.I.

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MAY 9, 2017

China-based automobile manufacturer Guangzhou Automobile Group (GAC Group), the parent company of GAC Motor, has begun construction of a large industrial park for electric and intelligent vehicles as part of its efforts to boost its electric vehicle business. The company ranked 5 th among all brands in J.D.

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OCTOBER 13, 2018

Novelis, the global leader in aluminum rolling and recycling, broke ground on the expansion of its automotive aluminum manufacturing facility in Changzhou, China. Novelis’ Changzhou plant is the company’s first aluminum automotive sheet manufacturing facility in China. The expansion is expected to create approximately 160 jobs.

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However, according to a new report from Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, planned investments in lithium-ion manufacturing will result in significant overcapacity between 2014 and 2017 relative to the demand generated by that growth, especially in the US and in Japan. million vehicles by 2015.

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In the future, the two parties will, “at an appropriate time”, develop new electric vehicles with intelligent interconnectivity system and, as appropriate, enter the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Central and South America, and Africa markets. The European market is an important sector for the global development of Foton Motor.

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Ltd) will adopt Microsoft’s advanced Cloud technology to power NEVS’ mobility solutions globally. Microsoft, with their very rich knowledge and experience in the digital services will play an important role in NEVS transformation from an electric vehicle manufacturer to a mobility service provider.

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In conjunction with the start of Auto China 2014 in Beijing, GM China President Matt Tsien announced that GM’s China joint ventures will make capital expenditures of about $12 billion between 2014 and 2017. China has been GM’s largest market since 2010, last year accounting for about one-third of its global sales. Earlier post.).

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Along with the release of the study, Nissan announced that the new LEAF will go on sale in seven markets in Asia and Oceania during the next fiscal year: Australia, Hong Kong, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea and Thailand. Electric car ownership in Southeast Asia is still relatively low. Source: Nissan. Click to enlarge.

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Over the next five years INFINITI is planning to localize five new vehicles in China, tripling our sales here in our fastest growth market, globally. As part of our roadmap to electrify our portfolio, we anticipate that by 2025, more than 50% of new INFINITI vehicles sold globally and in China will be electrified. Earlier post.)

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MAY 20, 2013

Consumption of lithium in rechargeable batteries by end use, 2012-2017, kt LCE. Batteries accounted for 27% of global lithium consumption in 2012, up from 15% in 2007 and 8% in 2002. In 2012, East Asia accounted for 60% of total global consumption with Europe accounting for a further 24% and North America 9%.

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Arkema is moving forward with the construction of a R-1234yf low global warming potential refrigerant gas production plant with an anticipated start-up in 2016. R-1234yf refrigerant gas will serve the future needs and satisfy regulations in the global automotive mobile air conditioning (MAC) industry.

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The joint venture will begin testing fully driverless systems in 2020 and have a production-ready autonomous driving platform available for robotaxi providers, fleet operators, and automotive manufacturers in 2022. The new joint venture marks the start of a journey with Aptiv toward our common goal of commercializing autonomous driving.

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Honeywell’s Transportation Systems Forecast projects that turbocharged vehicles will acount for 48% of annual global sales by 2021, up 9 percentage points from 2016. The global turbo business is expected to reach almost $12 billion in industry sales in 2021. Methodology.

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Golden Dragon has played a key role in evolving clean transportation in China and the Asia-Pacific regions. The company has established a visible presence to its commitment to electrification of its vehicles, with more than 15,000 new energy buses deployed globally.

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The company has two manufacturing locations in Portugal serving a variety of European OEM customers including Jaguar, Land Rover, BMW, Mercedes, Volkswagen and Bentley. The acquisition of Continental Structural Plastics positioned us as a Tier One supplier of high-performance composites to the global automotive market.

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JANUARY 23, 2014

(AGC) to increase production for HFO-1234yf, a new refrigerant for automobiles with a global warming potential (GWP) of less than 1. AGC will manufacture HFO-1234yf in Japan, and Honeywell will market the product to customers in the U.S, Europe and Asia. 2013, have a global-warming potential (GWP) below 150.

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The acquisition was first announced in May 2017. ExxonMobil has operated in Singapore for more than 120 years and is one of the country’s largest international manufacturing investors. Nearly three-quarters of the increased demand is expected to be in Asia Pacific as a result of its rising prosperity and a growing middle class.

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MAY 22, 2017

The company said that Hackett, together with Chairman Bill Ford, will focus on three priorities: Sharpening operational execution across the global business to further enhance quality and go-to-market strategy; product launch, while decisively addressing underperforming parts of the business. Ford also shuffled its executive suite.

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One of the pillars of BMW Group’s global strategy is electrification, and BMW Group Manufacturing Thailand is underlining its commitment to this mission by taking another big step forward in our electro-mobility strategy. —Uwe Quaas, Managing Director of BMW Group Manufacturing Thailand.

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The Vietnamese car company has only been around since 2017. Originally founded in Ukraine as the Technocom food processing firm in 1993, Vingroup has branched out into just about every industry relevant in Southeast Asia. But it has been building momentum quickly thanks to being a subsidiary of the multinational concomorate Vingroup.

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Fuso is a brand of Daimler Trucks Asia. With today’s start of production of the eCanter, we become the first global manufacturer to produce an all-electric truck in series. —Marc Llistosella, President and CEO of MFTBC and Head of Daimler Trucks Asia. Earlier post.)

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The Group therefore reached not only its targets for 2016 but also a new record, helped in particular by increases in Western and Central European markets and in the Asia-Pacific region. The Volkswagen Group expects the global economy to record slightly higher growth in 2017 than in the previous year. in 2017.

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Its plan was to manufacture electric vehicles based on Saab’s 9-3 platform by 2017 and had acquired the necessary assets to accomplish this. Despite technically being a Swedish automotive brand tied to Volvo Cars, both companies are presently subsidiaries of China’s Geely and Polestar production takes place in Asia.

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Honeywell and key suppliers will invest approximately $300 million to increase production capacity for HFO-1234yf, its low global warming potential (GWP) refrigerant for mobile air conditioning (MAC) systems in automobiles. All cars sold in Europe after 2017 must meet the new GWP requirement of less than 150. Earlier post.)

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through its wholly owned subsidiary, Sinotruk (BVI) Limited (collectively, CNHTC”, the parent company of Sinotruk, a leading Chinese commercial vehicle manufacturer. UQM and CNHTC plan to create a joint venture to manufacture and sell electric propulsion systems for commercial vehicles and other vehicles in China.

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