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DECEMBER 5, 2019

Driven by rising natural gas and oil consumption, levels of CO 2 are expected to hit 37 billion metric tons this year, according to new estimates from the Global Carbon Project (GCP), an initiative led by Stanford University scientist Rob Jackson. growth in 2017. In China, which accounts for half of global coal use, growth slowed to 0.8%

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APRIL 10, 2019

Western Australia will host a national consortium to position Australia as a global leader in the manufacture and supply of batteries after a A$135-million (US$96.4-million) Future Battery Industries CRC Chair Tim Shanahan said the consortium had a six-year plan to address industry-identified gaps in the battery industries value chain.

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JUNE 26, 2018

Luxury, performance electric vehicle startup Faraday Future (FF) has confirmed the US$2 billion of first round equity funding following Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) approval. Yueting (YT) Jia, founder of FF, will also officially be taking the role of FF Global CEO.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Strong demand for ultra-low sulfur diesel (ULSD) in October, combined with reduced global production, has resulted in lower ULSD inventories in the United States, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). US days of supply between 2017 and 2021 averaged 34 days.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2018

Using only one side shaft allows for a lighter, more compact product, while offering a significant cost reduction. The agreement with Groupe PSA is a major step for Punch Powertrain and is in line with its strategic vision of becoming a global automotive supplier. In 2017, Punch Powertrain opened 3 new locations. were produced.

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JULY 9, 2023

We will enhance our global competitiveness in lithium and other mineral resources and contribute to the development of domestic industries, including the secondary battery sector, by leading the localization of materials. The subsequent production of lithium hydroxide will take place in South Korea. Earlier post.)

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MARCH 14, 2019

From 2017 to 2018, PEV sales doubled in North America, and sales in Europe and China increased 39% and 77%, respectively, according to a new report from Navigant Research.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2018

Numerous studies have tackled the future environmental impact of battery-electric vehicles; the resulting assessments are highly uncertain. The second is the impacts of changes to the electricity sector on the environmental burdens of producing and recharging future EVs. Credit: ACS, Cox et al. Click to enlarge.

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JANUARY 4, 2018

General Motors and its joint ventures sold more than 4 million vehicles in China for the first time in 2017. In 2017, GM added 18 new and refreshed models in China. The improved product mix contributed to robust performance across segments—especially SUVs and luxury vehicles. Its sales for 2017 as a whole were up 4.2%

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JULY 24, 2018

IHS Markit forecasts that global revenue for the automotive magnetic sensors market will expand to $2.3 Hall-effect sensors and switches in 2017 accounted for 90% of the global revenue of magnetic sensors in automotive. billion in 2030, more than double the $1.1 billion collected by the industry last year. In a 2001 paper, C.P.O

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NOVEMBER 25, 2018

ADEME, France’s Environment and Energy Management Agency, carried out a study with IFP Energies nouvelles (IFPEN) on the dynamics of lithium supply and demand, based on different scenarios for the electrification of the global car fleet by 2050. Source: USGS, 2017).

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JUNE 19, 2018

trillion being invested globally in new power generation capacity between 2018 and 2050, with $8.4 Beaten on cost by wind and PV for bulk electricity generation, and batteries and gas for flexibility, the future electricity system will reorganize around cheap renewables—coal gets squeezed out. NEO 2018 sees $11.5 BNEF sees $1.3

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FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Global electric vehicle production forecast for 2014. Driven by tighter emission standards in Europe, worldwide production of plug-in electric vehicles(PEVs)—including both battery-electric (BEV) and plug-in hybrid (PHEV) models—will increase by 67% this year, according to IHS Automotive, driven by Polk.

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MAY 24, 2018

Toyota projects that global sales of fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV) will increase significantly after 2020 to at least 30,000 per year from today’s 3,000. The production of high-pressure hydrogen tanks will be handled by a new, dedicated line to be added inside the nearby Shimoyama Plant (Nº 3) in Miyoshi City (Aichi Prefecture).

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AUGUST 29, 2019

Polestar, the electric performance brand jointly owned by Volvo Car Group and Zhejiang Geely Holding, opened its first production facility. The new Polestar Production Center in Chengdu, China will produce the Polestar 1—a carbon fiber-bodied Electric Performance Hybrid. Polestar Chengdu; the marriage point. Polestar 2 EV.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 22, 2024

One of those reasons, he explained, is that globally about 20% of tires are taken out of service prematurely due to sidewall damage or a puncture. Airless technology is completely new in terms of design, in terms of production, in terms of homologation, so we have to learn everything,” Roget summed. With around 1.6

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JULY 11, 2017

Anticipated closing of the transaction is in the second half of 2017. The combination will make Hydro the only global company in the aluminum industry that is fully integrated across the value chain and markets. Hydro’ rolled products business has a strong market presence throughout product segments in Europe.

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JULY 1, 2016

EV developer Faraday Future announced a long-term alliance with Dragon Racing, becoming the core technical partner and title sponsor of the team. The new team name will be Faraday Future Dragon Racing, and the partnership will officially initiate at the beginning of Season 3 (2016/2017) at the Formula E Hong Kong ePrix on 9 October 2016.

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APRIL 24, 2017

Global Bioenergies has succeeded in producing isobutene by fermentation at the scale of the Leuna Demo plant (a 5,000-liter fermenter), with run length and performances exceeding those performed on the pilot plant in Pomacle (a 500-liter fermenter). —Ales Bulc, Managing Director of the German subsidiary of Global Bioenergies.

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MAY 14, 2019

Global energy investment stabilized in 2018, ending three consecutive years of decline, as capital spending on oil, gas and coal supply bounced back while investment stalled for energy efficiency and renewables, according to the International Energy Agency’s latest annual review. Global energy investment totalled more than US$1.8

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DECEMBER 25, 2018

a leading developer and manufacturer of energy storage and power delivery technology, has simultaneously signed and closed a definitive agreement to sell its High Voltage (HV) product line to Renaissance Investment Foundation. Maxwell Technologies, Inc., million for Maxwell—approximately 21% of the total revenue reported.

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DECEMBER 11, 2013

The company will discontinue vehicle and engine manufacturing and significantly reduce its engineering operations in Australia by the end of 2017. Holden will continue to have a presence in Australia beyond 2017, consisting of a national sales company, a national parts distribution center and a global design studio.

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OCTOBER 6, 2017

Groupe Renault announced “Drive The Future,” a new six-year plan to deliver annual revenues of more than €70 billion and achieve a group operating margin of more than 7% by the end of the plan, with a floor at 5%, and positive free cash flow every year. Expanding the group’s already successful Global Access range.

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JUNE 28, 2020

The new center brings together production of prototype and series parts under one roof, along with research into new 3D printing technologies, and associate training for the global rollout of toolless production. BMW AG Board Member for Production. The BMW Group has officially opened its new Additive Manufacturing Campus.

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JULY 2, 2020

Interest in and adoption of battery electric vehicles (BEVs), plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), and fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) continues to grow globally, driven by declining costs from battery innovations and supportive government policies. The Guidehouse Insights Leaderboard Grid. These conditions are changing.

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AUGUST 1, 2019

Continental technologies such as ABS, radar and redundant brake system are being used in series production for robo-taxis for first time. This year, Continental’s technology for driverless vehicles will be in production for the first time in French company EasyMile’s EZ10 autonomous shuttle.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2020

This partnership, along with other collaborations with global industry partners, will help address technical barriers and enable progress in hydrogen and fuel cell technologies across applications and sectors. As part of this plan, Hyundai Motor Group will boost its annual fuel cell systems production capacity to 700,000 units by 2030.

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JANUARY 25, 2017

The Chinese government approved NEVS’ application to start production of electric vehicles in its manufacturing plant in Tianjin. The electric vehicle production license approved by the Chinese National Development Reform Commission (NDRC) is required in order to manufacture electric vehicles in China.

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APRIL 27, 2017

Global oil discoveries fell to a record low in 2016 as companies continued to cut spending and conventional oil projects sanctioned were at the lowest level in more than 70 years, according to the International Energy Agency, which warned that both trends could continue this year. With global demand expected to grow by 1.2

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AUGUST 3, 2021

Mass production is targeted for the end of 2023. The SUV will be the first joint product of the two enterprises. GAC Group embraces and encourages extensive technological innovation in its vehicles, and Huawei is a global leader in many types of technology. This SUV and multiple other future models will utilize GAC’s GEP.30

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2018

FCA will invest more than $1 billion to modernize the Warren Truck Assembly Plant (Michigan) to produce the next-generation Ram Heavy Duty truck, which will relocate from its current production location in Saltillo, Mexico, in 2020. manufacturing base, and align US capacity to extend the Jeep and Ram product lines.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

A number of factors are pushing Saudi Arabia to raise its crude-oil production capacity, but the wide range of potential outcomes suggests that such an increase is a risky strategy for the kingdom and the global environment, according to a new article by an expert from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.

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APRIL 30, 2020

Berkeley Law’s Center for Law, Energy and the Environment (CLEE) released a new report “ Legal Grounds: Law and Policy Options to Facilitate a Phase-Out of Fossil Fuel Production in California.”. The report analyzes steps California leaders could pursue on state- and privately-owned lands to achieve this reduction.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2018

The BMW Group is in advanced discussions to ramp up the global success of its MINI brand through a new joint venture in China. A key element of the brand’s continued strategic development will be local production of future battery-electric MINI vehicles in the world’s largest market for electromobility. Click to enlarge.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Toyota is expanding the production of its hybrid powertrains to the US. million in five US manufacturing plants to support production of its first US-made hybrid powertrain and to implement Toyota’s New Global Architecture (TNGA) at its Alabama plant. Toyota will invest $373.8 liter engine blocks. liter engine blocks.

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MAY 28, 2018

Toyota Motor Corporation and Suzuki Motor Corporation (Suzuki) agreed to start discussing new joint projects in the fields of technological development, vehicle production, and market development. Or, as I like to say, Suzuki is a company that puts into practice being “The Best in Town.” —Toyota President Akio Toyoda.

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OCTOBER 24, 2017

Vastly expanding sugarcane production in Brazil for conversion to ethanol could reduce current global CO 2 emissions by as much as 5.6%, according to a new study by an international team led by researchers from the University of Illinois. of net CO 2 emission globally relative to data for 2014. Gigatons yr −1.

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