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Tesla moves key auto executive amidst layoffs and departures

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It also comes as Tesla prepares to enter the Chinese market with its Full Self-Driving (FSD) software, and as such, many have been speculating that the move could be related to the system’s rollout in the first country outside of North America. billion in yearly earnings by 2030. What are your thoughts?

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SK On, Westwater Resources to develop anode materials; boosting raw battery material supply chain in N America

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SK On, a leading electric vehicle (EV) battery manufacturer, signed a joint development agreement (JDA) with US graphite company Westwater Resources (WWR) as part of efforts to strengthen its battery raw material supply chain in North America following the enactment of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).

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Frost & Sullivan forecasts rapid growth in tire pressure monitoring systems market; $386.6M by 2018

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The consultancy estimates that the market earned revenues of more than $111.7 million by 2018. By 2014, nearly 38% of vehicles in North America will feature TPMS—a 13% increase from 2011—thus, increasing the addressable market size. million by 2018. new analysis from Frost & Sullivan.

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Stellantis-LG Energy Solution battery joint venture named NextStar Energy; 45 GWh plant in Windsor

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The manufacturing facility is targeted to have an annual production capacity in excess of 45 gigawatt hours (GWh) and will create an estimated 2,500 new jobs in Windsor and the surrounding areas. Lee has held a series of global and regional sales and marketing roles for the promotion of lithium-ion batteries at LG Chem since 2001.

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Penske Truck Leasing and NFI Industries starting to test the first fully electric Freightliner trucks from end of 2018 onwards

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Penske Truck Leasing Corporation is a leading global transportation services provider operating more than 270.000 vehicles and serving customers from more than 1.000 locations in North America, South America, Europe, Australia and Asia. gross combined weight rating (GCWR) in the North American market.

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Leclanché to provide battery technology for Canadian Pacific’s hydrogen-powered locomotive project

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The CP hydrogen-powered locomotive pioneering project, first announced in December 2020, will retrofit a line-haul diesel freight locomotive with hydrogen fuel cells and Leclanché's European-manufactured lithium-ion batteries to power the locomotive's electric traction motors. The market for freight rail is large and growing across the world.

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BYD produces 300th electric bus in Lancaster; AVTA nears 1M emission-free miles

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manufacturing plant. When BYD opened its Lancaster manufacturing plant in 2013, it had a handful of employees working on 10 buses in a 106,000-square-foot building that once housed a motorhome manufacturing facility. BYD has produced its 300 th bus at its Lancaster, Calif. AVTA expects to make that breakthrough in early May.

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