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Fisker completes $50M financing; Huhnke named CTO

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recently completed a $50-million Series C financing round funded by Moore Strategic Ventures, LLC, the private investment vehicle of Louis M. Cowen acted as the company’s sole advisor and placement agent on the financing. Fisker Inc. Fisker also named Burkhard Huhnke as chief technology officer (CTO) of Fisker Inc.

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Roskill: Rising prices could be new norm for lithium industry

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Although on paper, capacity in the pipeline appears sufficient to meet this demand growth, Roskill expects challenges and set-backs in developing, financing and commissioning lithium mining and refining operations. In 2019, rechargeable batteries accounted for 54% of total lithium demand, almost entirely from Li-ion battery technologies.

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NFI Industries orders 60 Volvo VNR Electric trucks

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NFI Industries—a leading third-party supply chain solutions provider—is increasing its investment in electromobility solutions with its latest order of 60 Volvo VNR Electric trucks. Earlier post.). Twenty of the trucks will be deployed as part of the Joint Electric Truck Scaling Initiative, or JETSI project. emission heavy?

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ON Semiconductor to acquire Quantenna Communications; connectivity applications for industrial and automotive markets

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The acquisition of Quantenna is another step towards strengthening our presence in industrial and automotive markets. The transaction is not subject to a financing condition. The transaction has been approved by ON Semiconductor’s and Quantenna’s boards of directors and is expected to close in the second half of 2019.

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Attis Industries to acquire corn ethanol plant, grain malting operation from Sunoco; partnership with Novozymes

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Attis Industries Inc., The transaction is subject to regulatory clearances and customary closing conditions and is expected to close in the first quarter of 2019. The transaction is subject to regulatory clearances and customary closing conditions and is expected to close in the first quarter of 2019.

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Daimler to split into two pure-play companies: cars & vans, trucks & buses

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Daimler Truck supplies industry leading transportation solutions and services to customers. Both companies operate in industries that are facing major technological and structural changes. In 2019, a total of around half a million trucks and buses were delivered to customers. billion for Daimler Trucks and €4.7

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Euro Parliament Environment Committee votes to include shipping CO2 in EU ETS; shipping industry to contribute to climate neutrality

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The European Commission had put forward a proposal to revise the EU system for monitoring, reporting and verifying CO 2 emissions from maritime transport (the “EU MRV Regulation”) and to bring it in line with new obligations under International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to monitor emissions from 2019 and report in 2020.