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DECEMBER 27, 2018

Toshiba Corporation is taking its SCiB rechargeable battery business from Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation (TISS) to make it an independent business unit within Toshiba. Positioning the business as an independent operation will remove layers of management and allow for more rapid decision making.

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OCTOBER 8, 2016

Renesas Electronics Corporation and Cohda Wireless are collaborating in the fields of automotive vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) communications. The Renesas-Cohda Wireless V2X reference solution is scheduled to be available in April 2017. Both were deeply validated and proven for reliable operation.

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JANUARY 22, 2019

Toyota Motor Corporation and Panasonic Corporation have concluded a business-integration contract and a joint-venture contract toward the establishment of a new joint venture related to the automotive prismatic battery business by the end of 2020 (pending approval from the competition-law authorities in the countries and regions concerned).

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JULY 30, 2021

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) will launch a plug-in hybrid (PHEV) model of the all-new Outlander crossover SUV with a new-generation PHEV system. The vehicle will roll out in Japan in the second half of this fiscal year (fiscal 2021 runs from April 2021 to March 2022) and in the US in the second half of calendar-year 2022.

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APRIL 21, 2018

Nidec Corporation, a Japan-based leading global manufacturer of electric motors, has developed a new fully integrated traction motor system (e-axle) comprising an electric motor, reduction gear box and inverter. The 2017 version of the e-axle. Latest version of the e-axle.

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JULY 1, 2015

Toyota Motor Corporation, Nissan Motor Co., have agreed on key details of their joint support project for the development of hydrogen station infrastructure in Japan. and Honda Motor Co., Earlier post.) There are currently 19 member companies/organizations, including energy infrastructure companies as well as automakers.

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OCTOBER 18, 2016

and Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation have agreed to a tie-up for their electrolyte businesses in China under a 50-50 joint venture to supply highly competitive electrolyte to the market. Upon securing the necessary approvals, the two companies will shift their electrolyte businesses in China to a joint operation in April 2017.

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JULY 3, 2017

have established the a joint venture company for the development, manufacture and sales of motors for electric vehicles on the premises of Hitachi Automotive Systems in Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki Prefecture. Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. and Honda Motor Co., Earlier post.) Hitachi Automotive hods 51%; Honda holds 49%.

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AUGUST 8, 2017

The sale and purchase agreement covers Nissan’s battery subsidiary, Automotive Energy Supply Corporation ( AESC ), as well as battery manufacturing operations in Smyrna, Tennessee, owned by Nissan North America Inc. NNA), and in Sunderland, England, owned by Nissan Motor Manufacturing (UK) Ltd.

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MAY 9, 2016

Japan-based Kobe Steel, Ltd. will manufacture and sell aluminum extrusions for the automotive sector in the United States. Fabrication will start in the latter half of 2017, and the melting to extrusion processes will begin in the latter half of 2018. KPEX) in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Total investment is expected to reach $46.7

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DECEMBER 25, 2014

Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) has selected IHI Corporation and Toshiba Corporation as co-researchers in a project to develop and to demonstrate an underwater floating-type turbine system for ocean energy power generation. The project is slated to continue until FY 2017.

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OCTOBER 20, 2016

Toyota Motor Europe will start production of a hybrid transaxle in 2018 at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Poland (TMMP) in Walbrzych, and add two gasoline engines—a 1.5L in 2017 and a 2.0L The hybrid transaxle for Auris is currently being produced at Toyota Motor Corporation in Japan and imported to Europe.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) and Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) have commenced joint research with the aim of promoting the use of partner robots that can help and coexist harmoniously with humans. In addition, NTT expects to release the usage environments of corevo to external parties.

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JULY 28, 2016

Sony Corporation, the company that in 1991 commercialized the world’s first lithium-ion battery, and Murata Manufacturing have entered into a non-binding memorandum of understanding that confirms their intent to negotiate the transfer of the Sony Group’s battery business to the Murata Group.

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MARCH 6, 2014

In absolute terms, the new regulations would put China third behind the EU and Japan for fuel consumption and GHG regulations. In absolute terms, the proposed standard would put China third, behind the EU and Japan, with respect to passenger car fuel consumption and equivalent GHG emissions requirements during the 2016–2020 period.

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OCTOBER 14, 2015

Addressing key global environmental issues such as climate change, water shortages, resource depletion, and degradation of biodiversity, the Toyota Environmental Challenge 2050 aims to reduce the negative impact of manufacturing and driving vehicles as much as possible. that can improve the fuel efficiency of hybrids by 10 percent.

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JULY 14, 2014

The expansion of production capacity in Vienna to 50 units a year dovetails with the introduction of the first series-produced fuel-cell cars by leading manufacturers such as Hyundai, Toyota, Honda and Daimler between 2014 and 2017. The first of these units went on stream today in Amagasaki near Osaka, Japan.

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JANUARY 23, 2014

AGC will manufacture HFO-1234yf in Japan, and Honeywell will market the product to customers in the U.S, We continue to work with our customers to anticipate long-term demand, which will be met by a new high-volume manufacturing plant we will build in Geismar, Louisiana. This GWP is 99.9% Europe and Asia.

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JULY 28, 2017

Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC) has started production of the all‑electric light-duty truck Fuso eCanter in Tramagal, Portugal. Production of the eCanter in Japan started on 7 July. With today’s start of production of the eCanter, we become the first global manufacturer to produce an all-electric truck in series.

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DECEMBER 10, 2013

Among these investments, Honeywell will construct a high-volume manufacturing plant using new process technology at the company’s existing Geismar, Louisiana, refrigerants manufacturing site, which is expected to be fully operational in 2016. All cars sold in Europe after 2017 must meet the new GWP requirement of less than 150.

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AUGUST 4, 2017

Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) and Mazda Motor Corporation (Mazda) signed an agreement to enter a business and capital alliance, with the aim of further strengthening their partnership. In addition, Toyota is to supply a compact commercial “two-box” van to Mazda in Japan. billion, and will create up to 4,000 jobs.

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OCTOBER 11, 2013

ITOCHU Corporation announced today that California-based Simbol, Inc., The Global annual demand, which is currently situated at approximately 150,000 tons (lithium carbonate equivalent) is expected to exceed 250,000 tons in 2017.

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OCTOBER 31, 2016

Toyota Motor Corporation will establish a Mobility Services Platform (MSPF) to collaborate with various service providers, as well as telematics insurance. The pilot program will start in January 2017 in San Francisco, Calif. These traditional methods present room for improvement, Toyota observed. Toyota Connected Inc.,

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MARCH 29, 2013

With a proposed start in 2017, the Tier 3 program is also harmonized with the California Air Resources Board (CARB) Low Emission Vehicle (LEV III) program—enabling automakers to sell the same vehicles in all 50 states. Vehicle emissions. The standards differ by vehicle class and test cycle. Model Year. LDT2,3,4 and MDPV. Model Year.

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APRIL 10, 2017

Renesas Electronics Corporation announced its new 100kW-class inverter solution that achieves industry-leading small volume of 3.9 This allows system manufacturers immediately to evaluate a prototyped inverter system in an actual car. This simplifies construction of motor control systems that are highly efficient at the system level.

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DECEMBER 20, 2013

The number of fuel cell units manufactured in Asia continued to grow steadily, rising from about 13,500 units in 2011 to roughly 22,000 units in 2012. The majority of these units were stationary, due primarily to Japan’s residential fuel cell program. Light duty vehicles. Several other automakers say they will not be far behind.

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APRIL 27, 2016

Honda’s current state-of-the-art vehicle is the Clarity Fuel Cell, currently available in Japan, and to be available in the US and Europe by the end of the year. The only way to solve this chicken-and-the-egg problem was to create our own hydrogen for FCV use, which was realized by joint-development with Iwatani Corporation.

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MAY 13, 2021

Harley-Davidson, the legendary and revered American manufacturer of motorcycles, announced that it is establishing LiveWire as a separate electric motorcycle brand on July 8,2021, just in time for the first of nine outdoor International Motorcycle Shows. Each manufacturer has to decide which way works for them. Not an H or D in sight.

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Carbon neutrality for all Honda products and corporate activities by 2050. For perspective, China, which is far larger than California, has 250 stations and Japan, which is roughly the same size as California but populated by three times as many people, has 160 stations.

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APRIL 11, 2017

Renesas Electronics Corporation launched Renesas “autonomy”, a new advanced driving assistance systems (ADAS) and automated driving platform. Renesas is exhibiting its first Renesas autonomy demonstrator, developed based on the new R-Car V3M SoC, at DevCon Japan in Tokyo. Renesas autonomy.

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Electric Vehicles India

JUNE 23, 2021

The electric vehicle (EV) supply chain is reaching an inflexion point as consumers, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and governments accelerate the shift away from internal combustion engines (ICEs) and towards battery-powered vehicles. Less battery manufacturing capacity leads to supply chain risks. Lithium-ion batteries .

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Baua Electric

JULY 20, 2023

The corporate delivered its 100,000th automobile on April nineteenth, and as of June, their cumulative deliveries in China reached 120,581 EVs, in keeping with CarNewsChina knowledge. Ultimate date, the corporate opened retail outlets in Europe, Sweden, and the Netherlands and introduced EU variations of 001 and X. and many others.

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JUNE 7, 2018

The Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC) has already delivered the first models of its fully-electric FUSO eCanter to selected customers in the USA, Europe and Japan. Daimler Trucks is also working to ensure that e-mobility is economical for the customer as well as the manufacturer.

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Asked when there might be one million electric vehicles on the road that could also feed their battery capacity back into the grid in a two-way exchange, the panelists generally said between 2017 and 2020. “It would help stabilize the energy flows, so you don’t come up against the limits of the grid.

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