Green Car Congress

AUGUST 28, 2012

The Volkswagen Group is expanding its capacities in Russia with the construction of a new engine plant in Kaluga, Russia. Russia is the primary strategic growth market in Europe for the Volkswagen Group. By 2018 we intend to sell a half a million vehicles here annually.

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JANUARY 20, 2022

Moscow, Russia, currently runs 1000 electric public electric buses on 66 bus routes, giving it the distinction of operating the largest e-bus fleet in Europe and America. Moscow has entered the green bond market to implement the principles of sustainable development and environmental initiatives necessary for the capital.

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MARCH 17, 2022

Tesla has stopped the offering of more than $1 billion in bonds backed by vehicle leases on its cars as market conditions continue a trend of unpredictability, a report from Bloomberg said. Some issuers are pausing financing plans until market conditions have stabilized. Affirm Holdings Inc.

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MARCH 22, 2012

Refinery catalyst markets will reach $4.3 2018, up from $3.2 Market growth comes in large part from demand for cleaner diesel fuel and the availability of newer technology and nanotechnology. Hydrotreating catalysts will continue to achieve the best growth in the petroleum refining market, aided by the increasingly sour (i.e.,

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Data source: International Group of Liquefied Natural Gas Importers (2018–2021) and CEDIGAZ (2022–1H23) Note:1H23=first half of 2023. Includes annual liquefied natural gas exports by country for 2018–2022 and 1H23 average exports for 2023. Australia exported the world’s second-largest volume of LNG in 1H23, averaging 10.6 Chart: EIA.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2019

In 2018, global oil reserves rose slightly (+0.4%), mainly due to growth in the US. 2018 recorded an overall growth in oil production of 2.5 The year ended in sharp decline, due to increases of Saudi Arabia and Russia production in excess of geopolitical losses and due to growing fears of a slowdown in economic growth.

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Saudi Arabia Oil 2018 Global 170

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MAY 18, 2018

Despite some fallback during the winter months, prices remained above US$15,600/t through February and March 2018. Outokumpu reported in its interim report for Q1 2018 that high graphite electrode costs were still having a negative impact on steelmaking profits in Europe. Batteries underpin growth in natural graphite.

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JUNE 25, 2010

to negotiate licensing its advanced Euro VI emissions technology to ZAO Cummins KAMA, the joint venture the Company operates with KAMAZ in Russia. Under terms of the agreement, Cummins will provide emissions technology that will allow the joint venture to produce cleaner engines for its market in Russia. Cummins Inc.

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Russia Emissions Cleaner 2006 170

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MAY 27, 2015

Lamborghini, a Volkswagen Group company, confirmed that a luxury SUV will join its product range as its third series model, with market introduction planned for 2018. Target markets will be primarily the US, China, the Middle East, United Kingdom, Germany and Russia.

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DECEMBER 23, 2022

Russia-based Nornickel, the world’s largest producer of palladium and high-grade nickel producer, as well as one of the leading platinum and copper producers, announced the successful placement of CNY (Chinese Yuan) 5 billion (~US$716 million ) exchange-traded bonds (series БО-001Р-06-CNY) on 22 December.

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DECEMBER 5, 2018

To cut and push up prices or not to cut and preserve market share, this is the question that Saudi Arabia is facing ahead of this year’s December OPEC meeting. million barrels daily, including from Russia, to reverse the free fall of oil prices. by Irina Slav for Oilprice.com. At the time, it worked because everyone was desperate.

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APRIL 1, 2020

IHS Markit Crude Oil Markets service expects up to 10 MMb/d of world oil production will be cut or shut-in from April to June 2020 as oil storage fills up and output from financially strapped companies begins to fall. —Jim Burkhard, vice president and head of oil markets, IHS Markit. bbl on the physical market.

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Saudi Arabia Oil Production Russia 186

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FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Additional risk linked to Russia-Ukraine tensions. The current tensions between Russia and Ukraine are already taken into account in the price of European gas. In addition, US and European sanctions would be expected against Russia, which is a commodity powerhouse and the second-largest aluminum producer in the world after China.

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JANUARY 6, 2022

The world’s two largest economies—the United States and China—are poised to be the world’s top export and import markets for liquefied natural gas (LNG), respectively, in 2022, according to a new report by IHS Markit. This marks the first time since the early 1970s that Japan has not been the world’s largest LNG importer.

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MARCH 18, 2020

Especially in Europe, where trucks are still ubiquitous in transporting new cars to distribution depots and dealerships in individual markets, the company is in the process of reducing emissions by replacing more and more transports by trucks with rail transport.

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Volvo Emissions South Carolina Belgium 307

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MAY 27, 2019

The combination would create a brand portfolio that would provide full market coverage with a presence in all key segments from luxury/premium brands, such as Maserati and Alfa Romeo, to the strong access brands of Dacia and Lada, and would include the well-known Fiat, Renault, Jeep and Ram brands as well as commercial vehicles.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

In its International Energy Outlook 2019 (IEO2019), the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) projects that world energy consumption will grow by nearly 50% between 2018 and 2050. million vehicles in 2018 to 169 million in 2050, and electric vehicle stocks in the non-OECD countries are projected to increase from 2.2

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Asia Energy 2018 India 220

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MARCH 24, 2023

—Maksim Liksutov Electric buses were launched in Moscow in 2018; the growing electric bus fleet has run more than 115 million kilometers since then. Such contracts support Russian engineering, provide the industry with orders and jobs. New innovative electric buses will increase the comfort of passengers and improve the environment.

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AUGUST 7, 2020

LNG imports reached 482 billion cubic meters in 2019, up 13% from 2018, and while this figure is expected to fall by around 4.2% We have already seen unprecedented coal-to-gas switching in Europe, and clean air policies in major growth markets such as India and China will drive more gas adoption in the next few years. Low-carbon gas.

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JULY 6, 2020

Sales compiled from 1996–2003 by producers in Europe, Japan, USA, and South Africa (not including China and Russia) showed that, on an annual average basis, 80% of the SF 6 produced during this period was consumed by electric utilities and equipment manufacturers for electric power systems. —Simmonds et al. —Simmonds et al.

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OCTOBER 25, 2016

Daimler AG will make investments in the high nine figures (euro) in the new model series by the time of the market launch. The key markets will be Argentina, Brazil, South Africa, Australia with New Zealand, and Europe. Mid-size pickups currently have the largest share of the total vehicle market in Australia with 14.1%.

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Mercedes South Africa 2017 Market 150

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AUGUST 20, 2018

per annum, global output is expected to triple between 2018 and 2022 to reach 154kt (metal content), as 86kt of new metal capacity comes on stream to meet the increasing demand for the metal for use in batteries in electric vehicles and smartphones. After moderate growth in lithium supply between 2010 and 2017 of 6.4%

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Chile Argentina Global Mali 240

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MAY 30, 2013

and GAZ Group, the leader of the Russian commercial vehicles market, signed a multi-year development and supply agreement for a new range of GAZ Group medium-duty compressed natural gas (CNG) commercial vehicles. A 2012 Global Strategic Business Report projects that the number of natural gas vehicles in Russia will almost double by 2018.

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Russia Range Vehicles 2014 199

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FEBRUARY 9, 2017

The Nissan LEAF, the first mainstream, mass-marketed electric vehicle, remains the world’s best-selling EV with more than 250,000 vehicles sold since its launch in December 2010—including Venucia E30 sales in China. Renault was at the top of the European EV market last year, with sales up by 11% at 25,648 units (excluding Twizy).

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2016 Nissan Sale Mitsubishi 150

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NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Additional payments of up to $550 million could be payable by Total in case of an improvement in the oil markets in the coming years. With the equity stake in the Cameron LNG project, Total will also become an integrated player in the US LNG market, where the Group is already a gas producer.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2019

2018 marked a record year for the sale of battery-powered electric vehicles, according to data from JATO Dynamics. It was one of the highest increases among all car categories on the global market, which can be explained by several factors, JATO said. Passenger electric cars recorded 1.26 of total global sales). million units.

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DECEMBER 11, 2018

Next-Battery is well advanced in demonstrating a state-of-the-art prototype battery that will aim to show a minimum 50% increase in specific energy from the best commercial lithium-ion batteries on the market today.

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Automobile Lithium Ion Li-ion China 247

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APRIL 20, 2018

As our domestic market, we are proud that Japan is leading the way forward when it comes to Nissan Intelligent Mobility. —Daniele Schillaci, Nissan’s executive vice president for global marketing and sales, zero-emission vehicles and the battery business and chairman of the Management Committee for Japan/Asia & Oceania.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2017

As part of the planning round for 2018 to 2022, the Group has also optimized its plant and workforce assignment. From the end of 2018, the entire Passat family will be concentrated at the Emden site. The Volkswagen Group expects Brazil, China, Russia and North America to be the main growth drivers in the coming years.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

The combined entity will offer a significantly increased range of diversified product and solution offerings to meet multi-facetted, customer-specific needs, from cost-efficient mass-market platforms to high-end technologies. The global market-place has changed significantly over the last few years. billion (US$72.6 billion (US$18.2

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AUGUST 9, 2011

At GM’s 2 nd Annual Global Business Conference for investors and financial analysts today in Detroit, the company said that it planned to cut vehicle architectures and engine platforms by 50%—from 30 in 2010 to 14 by 2018. Opel (regional mainstream, Europe/Russia). Click to enlarge. GMC (regional premium, North America).

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GM Engine North America Cadillac 199

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NOVEMBER 19, 2017

At Emden, the total investment with a view to concentrating production of the Passat family at the plant from the end of 2018 will be about €1.1 Ground-breaking, market-oriented SUV projects are planned for plants in Mexico, the USA, South America and Russia. billion (US$1.8

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APRIL 18, 2020

Looking across the full year, IHS Markit is expecting a 21% decline over 2019 production volumes due to a combination of factors including COVID-19, but also the natural weakening in truck demand following unusually strong sales in 2018-19. This downturn in production reflects weaker demand throughout the region as well as in export markets.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 18, 2024

The Kodiaq RS, introduced in autumn 2018, marked the first SUV in Skoda’s sporty RS family. To date, the combined efforts of Škoda’s manufacturing facilities in the Czech Republic, Ukraine, China, and – until early 2022 – Russia, have resulted in over 870,000 units of the first-generation Kodiaq being sold across 60 markets around the world.

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Czech Republic Production Slovakia SUV 52

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

The parties plan to explore jointly coal deposits in Siberia and the Far East of Russia; to develop industrial and transport infrastructure;and to build generating capacities and high-voltage transmission lines for exporting electricity to China. Rostec expects the port will become operational in 2018-2019. billion tons.

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Coal Power Powered Asia 210

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MARCH 23, 2018

Volkswagen held the world premiere of its new, third-generation Touareg SUV in China—its largest market. Worldwide sales of the previous two generations amount to nearly one million units; the largest markets for the new Touareg—which serves as a technology flagship for the automaker—are China, Europe and Russia.

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Plug-in SUV China Plug 236

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MAY 21, 2020

The market for all recyclables, from mixed plastics to cardboard and paper, collapsed in 2018, when China banned the import of recycled waste materials. SGH2 is in negotiations to launch similar projects in France, Saudi Arabia, Ukraine, Greece, Japan, South Korea, Poland, Turkey, Russia, China, Brazil, Malaysia and Australia.

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