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JULY 24, 2018

Kia Motors’ upgraded 2018 Kia Sportage ( earlier post ), the brand’s global best-selling vehicle, offers a 2.0-liter The 48V diesel mild-hybrid unit is the first to be launched as part of Kia’s global powertrain electrification strategy. The 2018 Sportage is available in Europe and Korea with Kia’s new 1.6-liter,

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JULY 12, 2023

Rio Tinto and Sumitomo Corporation will build a first-of-a-kind hydrogen plant in Gladstone, Australia as part of a A$111.1-million Sumitomo Corporation will own and operate the electrolyzer at Yarwun site and supply the hydrogen to Rio Tinto directly. million (US$74.3-million) million (US$21.5-million) Earlier post.)

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JUNE 25, 2020

In 2018, Link Transit commissioned the US’ first 200-kilowatt wireless charging system for a battery-electric transit bus from Momentum Dynamics. As part of the agreement, Momentum will provide 3 new on-route charging stations, each capable of delivering 300kW. Earlier post.)

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APRIL 2, 2020

Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC), part of the Daimler Trucks family, plans to start the series production of fuel-cell trucks by the late 2020s. As part of Daimler AG, MFTBC is committed to the Paris Climate Agreement. The eCanter, which has a GVW of 7.5

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MAY 5, 2024

One of Tesla’s largest individual shareholders has spoken out against CEO Elon Musk and his stake in the company, as investors vote on the CEO’s recently rejected 2018 pay package. After a Delaware judge ruled in favor of a shareholder in a lawsuit in January, officially voiding Musk’s 2018 compensation package worth $55.8

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2012

AT&T has placed 5,000 alternative-fuel vehicles (AFVs) on US roads since the company embarked on a 10-year commitment of up to $565 million to deploy approximately 15,000 alternative fuel vehicles through 2018, including one of the largest US corporate commitments to compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicles to date. Earlier post.)

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DECEMBER 22, 2022

Based on this clear decision made as part of its Vorsprung 2030 corporate strategy, Audi is now taking steps to prepare its global facilities for the production of all-electric cars. In 2018, Audi México became the world’s first premium manufacturer to produce cars completely wastewater-free.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2020

Hyundai Motor Company is partnering with Incheon International Airport Corporation (IIAC), Air Liquide Korea and Hydrogen Energy Network (HyNet) to establish a hydrogen refueling station for fuel cell electric buses at Incheon Airport’s Terminal 2 by March 2021.

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JUNE 12, 2020

The first of three new GreenPower EV Star shuttles will be put into service beginning Monday, 15 Jun 2020 as part of Electrify America’s more than $40 million Green Cities investments in Sacramento. —Richard Steinberg, Senior Director Marketing, Communications and Green Cities at Electrify America.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2022

Olin Corporation, a leading vertically integrated chlor alkali producer and marketer, and Plug Power Inc., A 2018 study by a team from Argonne National Laboratory (Lee et al. Hydrogen produced as a byproduct from chlor-alkali plants is typically combusted for process heat on site, vented to the atmosphere (i.e., 2018.02.132.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Rio Tinto and Japanese trader and business conglomerate Marubeni Corporation have agreed a first sale under a new strategic collaboration agreement to secure a sustainable and reliable supply of Rio Tinto’s Responsible aluminum products to Japanese downstream manufacturers.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2019

Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) concluded an agreement with Didi Chuxing (DiDi) to expand collaboration in Mobility as a Service (MaaS) in China. As part of this agreement, Toyota will invest US$600 million in DiDi and a joint venture, which the two companies will establish with GAC Toyota Motor Co.,

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JANUARY 17, 2017

Rheinmetall Automotive is more known as a supplier of hard parts (e.g., Added to these are the electrically powered auxiliary units, extremely lightweight structural parts, heat-pump components and range extenders. Start of production for this order worth a total €65 million is mid-2018. Sales amounted to around €2.6

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2019

As part of the financing, Tim Woodward, managing director at Prelude Ventures, will join LevelTen Energy’s board of directors. LevelTen Energy, a Techstars accelerator alum, was founded in 2016 to expand the market for renewable energy by facilitating frictionless clean energy procurement for corporate and other large energy buyers.

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OCTOBER 8, 2020

In the city center of Freiburg, Germany, Dachser has designated the post code 79098—which encompasses parts of the city’s Altstadt, Neuburg, and Oberau districts—as an emission-free delivery area. Taking transportation as a whole, this new service reduces CO 2 emissions per shipment by 26%.

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JULY 19, 2018

Researchers from the United States Steel Corporation (USS) recently used neutrons at Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Spallation Neutron Source ( earlier post ) to better understand the properties of hydroformed AHSS and how it responds to residual stress introduced during manufacturing. —Lu Huang. —Lu Huang.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Carnival Cruise Line, a unit of Carnival Corporation & plc, signed an agreement with Shell NA LNG, LLC (Shell) to be its supplier of marine liquefied natural gas (LNG) to power North America’s first fully LNG-powered cruise ships.

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JUNE 24, 2020

NPROXX was formed in 2018 in a split from EMS, a leading supplier of high-quality carbon fiber products and specialist manufacturing services. The acquisition of Hydrogenics Corporation in September 2019 provided Cummins with both proton exchange membrane (PEM) and alkaline fuel cells electrolyzers to generate hydrogen. Cummins Inc.

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OCTOBER 28, 2019

Toshiba Digital & Consulting Corporation (TDX) and Spain’s Gestamp, a multinational specialized in the design, development and manufacture of highly engineered metal components for top vehicle manufacturers, are cooperating in a project to bring advanced monitoring and analysis to the welding of vehicle chassis parts. Mitsui & Co.,

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JULY 18, 2019

Groupe Renault and Jiangling Motors Corporation Group (JMCG) announced the official establishment of their joint venture to further promote the development of the EV industry in China, following a first agreement on 20 December 2018. This cooperation is part of the overall strategy of JMCG and Groupe Renault.

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MARCH 5, 2020

The CX test fleet complements the innovation fleet of 30 Freightliner eTrucks which, since 2018, have been in operation and recently surpassed more than 160,000 cumulative kilometers. These customers are some of the largest fleet owners in the USA representing more than 150,000 heavy- and medium-duty trucks (Class 6-8) on US roads.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 8, 2024

After completing the corporate insolvency resolution process (CIRP), BSL was taken over by Tata Steel Limited in 2018. After completing the corporate insolvency resolution process (CIRP), BSL was taken over by Tata Steel Limited in 2018.

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JUNE 13, 2019

Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Motors Corporation have invested in Aurora to accelerate development of autonomous vehicle technologies. Hyundai and Kia’s partnership with Aurora is part of the Group’s ongoing efforts to lead the autonomous driving domain.

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JANUARY 27, 2014

Thriev , a company offering zero-emission, chauffeured cars to corporate and private users in London, is adding 20. Part of the deal with BYD is that Thriev will equip its facility at Edgware Road, west London, with BYD’s purpose-designed charging equipment, which allows fast charging of the e6 in just two hours. Earlier post.).

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APRIL 15, 2022

The 3rd-generation Honda Insight is one of America’s top-selling compact hybrids, with more than 70,000 sold since it was introduced in 2018. —Mamadou Diallo, vice president of Auto Sales at American Honda Motor. It was the fifth straight year of increased sales for Honda electrified vehicles. Honda Electrified Future.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

The new plant, with an annual production capacity of 50,000 tons, will be built in the southwestern part of Romania. To further focus on the commercialization of bio-ethanol, licenses and enzymes, Clariant has set-up a new Business Line Biofuels & Derivatives, as part of the Business Area Catalysis. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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JULY 15, 2021

a subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation, has acquired CARMERA, Inc., Lane-level object detection in downtown Detroit, part of an earlier CARMERA and TRI-AD mapping initiative. Woven Planet Holdings, Inc., a US-based spatial AI company, which specializes in bringing next-generation road intelligence to automated mobility at scale.

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Baua Electric

JUNE 3, 2023

A jet corporate government and two pilots, who had been detained for a number of months, had been sentenced to 4 years and two months in prison in 2021 for migrant smuggling. Ghosn, as soon as an influential chief within the international auto business, used to be arrested in Japan in overdue 2018 and charged with monetary misconduct.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

General Motors has made its largest renewable energy procurement to date, purchasing enough wind power to equal the electricity needs of 16 of its US facilities, including business offices in Fort Worth and Austin, Texas, a major assembly and stamping complex in Arlington, Texas, and 13 parts warehouses east of the Mississippi River.

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AUGUST 14, 2020

Subsequent construction and implementation would be part of future phases of the project, to be determined following the initial 24-month period. Ford’s chairman Bill Ford envisioned a connected corridor linking Detroit to Ann Arbor as part of the company’s Michigan Central development.

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APRIL 2, 2018

Administrator Pruitt also announced the start of a joint process with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to develop a notice and comment rulemaking to set revised GHG emissions standards and Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards. The Obama Administration’s determination was wrong. —Administrator Pruitt.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2019

The demonstration was part of a project initiated by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT). Since 2018, MOLIT has been working to support pioneering efforts for autonomous technology. Along with Hyundai Motor Company, this national project involved government, corporations, and academia.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2010

AT&T announced the deployment of the 2,000 th alternative fuel vehicle and 1,500 th compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicle in its corporate vehicle fleet, giving it one of the largest CNG vehicle fleets in the US. Currently, the AT&T corporate fleet includes more than 75,900 vehicles. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2021

Following several years of research and development, Central & East European (CEE) oil and gas corporation MOL has stepped up the value chain and has become a biofuel producer through the realization of an investment in the Danube Refinery. Vegetable oils, used cooking oils and animal fats can also be used for this purpose.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 4, 2020

In view of the growing global economy and increasing demands for international shipping, IMO aims as part of its GHG reduction strategy to reduce CO 2 emission by at least 40% by 2030; cut GHG emissions by at least half by 2050, and to achieve zero emissions as soon as possible this century.

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JANUARY 22, 2024

KSRTC looks to lease out the under performing Basaveshwara bus terminus in Peenya , presenting opportunities for private development and revenue generation amidst financial challenges The Basaveshwara bus terminus in Peenya has proven to be a financial burden for the cash-strapped Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC).

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MARCH 30, 2018

The project team includes ITM Power, Chiyoda Corporation, Mitsui & Co., The project is due to commence in Q2 2018 and has a duration of 12 months. Once fully financed, the contract value of the pilot plant will be added to ITM Power’s opportunity pipeline. and G&S Budd Consulting Ltd.

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