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APRIL 15, 2020

USA Rare Earth, LLC, the funding and development partner of the Round Top Heavy Rare Earth and Critical Minerals Project in West Texas, has purchased the neodymium iron boron (NdFeB) permanent magnet manufacturing equipment formerly owned and operated in North Carolina by Hitachi Metals America, Ltd.

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MARCH 16, 2021

All data in this report for model years 1975 through 2019 are final and based on official data submitted to EPA and NHTSA as part of the regulatory process. Other major highlights from the Trends Report include: MY 2019 new vehicle estimated real-world CO 2 emissions increased slightly from the record low for MY 2018.

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Fuel Economy MPG Economy EPA 243

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

According to the terms of the Cooperation Agreement, Guangzhou GET Investment agrees to provide RMB 4 billion (US$586 million) in financing to help fuel XPeng’s growth as well as support the construction of a new smart EV manufacturing base for XPeng in the Guangzhou Economic and Technological Development Zone.

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Financing Manufacturer China Chinese 170

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APRIL 2, 2020

The BMW Group is using Blockchain technology in purchasing to ensure the traceability of components and raw materials in multi-stage international supply chains. In 2019, we conducted a successful pilot project for purchasing front lights. 2019 the pilot project focused solely on part tracking.

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BMW Supplies Purchase 2019 386

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JULY 15, 2021

According to the Union Science Ministry, Indian imports of such batteries decreased to $450 million in 2019-2020 after gradually growing in recent years to $712 million. customs charge on inputs, components, and sub-parts used in the manufacture of lithium-ion batteries and battery packs in the most recent budget.

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Lithium Ion India Manufacturer Li-ion 98

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APRIL 16, 2021

Second Closet has submitted a purchase order to Lion Electric (Lion), a manufacturer of all-electric medium and heavy-duty urban vehicles, for 15 Lion6 heavy-duty zero-emission trucks. The impacts of the global pandemic are moving consumer purchases online and thereby increasing the demand for home deliveries.

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Canada Miles Electrical Electric 300

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OCTOBER 8, 2020

Ipsos’ new 2020 Global Mobility Navigator Study, focusing on Electrification, found global interest remained on par with the numbers from 2019. Globally, vehicle owners and those considering purchasing BEV agree the top benefits of going electric are improving the environment, adding convenience and reducing ownership costs.

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Global Electric Vehicles Auto Vehicles 429

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

XDP manufactured and/or sold more than 27,000 aftermarket defeat devices between January 2015 and May 2017. XDP suspended sales of the defeat devices in September 2019 in an effort to resolve this matter.

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Diesel Las Vegas New Jersey EPA 304

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JANUARY 11, 2017

As part of this commitment, Metro will purchase up to 73 battery buses from Burlingame, Calif.-based The first 20 are scheduled to go into service this year and 2019. Eight of the buses are slated to go into service this year; 12 more in 2019. Federal funding often helps pay for Metro’s new bus purchases. based Proterra.

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DECEMBER 21, 2022

Porsche, one of the partners, contributed with research and an offtake agreement to purchase Haru Oni eGasoline for lighthouse projects such the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup and the Porsche Experience Centers. As a manufacturer of high-performance and efficient engines, Porsche has extensive know-how in the field of fuels.

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Chile Fuel Porsche Wind 426

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JULY 3, 2014

Production is planned to start in 2019. The BMW Group has maintained good relations with Mexican suppliers for many years and purchased products worth $1.6 This will triple local production capacity over the long term, making the Moses Lake plant the world’s largest carbon fiber manufacturing facility. billion locally last year.

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Mexico BMW 2019 Building 210

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JULY 6, 2012

between 2012 and 2019, reaching 3.2 million vehicles sold in 2019, according to a new forecast by Pike Research. million LD NGVs on the road by 2019. market largely consists of fleet purchasers rather than individual consumers. manufacturers running on CNG and with a refueling infrastructure largely in place to support a.

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2019 Light Gas Global 311

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JULY 4, 2020

million purchase order for membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs) for use in manufacturing FCvelocity-9SSL fuel cell stacks from Guangdong Synergy Ballard Hydrogen Power Co., Ballard Power Systems has received a $7.7-million Synergy-Ballard JVCo), a joint venture in which Ballard holds a 10% ownership interest.

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China Hydrogen Extended Range Asia 243

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DECEMBER 17, 2019

Ballard Power Systems announced receipt of a purchase order from Weichai Ballard Hy-Energy Technologies Co., Once operational, the Weichai-Ballard JV production facility will begin the manufacture of next-generation LCS fuel-cell stacks and LCS-based modules to power Fuel-Cell-Electric Vehicles (FCEVs) for the China market.

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China Fuel Electric Vehicles Power 195

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FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Porsche is further expanding its involvement in the rapidly growing market for e-bikes by acquiring a stake in Fazua , an innovative manufacturer of e-bike drive systems, and establishing a strategic partnership with Ponooc Investment B.V. The parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price. Ponooc is part of Pon Holdings B.V.—a

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Porsche Market Purchase Fully Electric 186

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JULY 12, 2019

LiveWire motorcycle customers who purchase models manufactured between August 2019 and July 2021 can enroll and manage their charging plan through the newly launched Electrify America mobile app, available for both Android and iPhone.

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America District of Columbia Charging Motorcycles 253

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JULY 30, 2019

Through this program, California school districts purchasing the Saf-T-Liner C2 Jouley electric school bus are eligible for reimbursement of disposed older school buses approved under California Energy Commission GFO-17-607 grant program. Proterra’s battery systems are designed and manufactured in Burlingame, California.

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North Carolina Power Powered California 299

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APRIL 9, 2022

—Joachim Post, member of the Board of Management of BMW AG responsible for Purchasing and Supplier Network. The combination of 100% green power for production and 70% secondary raw material content can reduce CO 2 emissions by up to 80%, compared to conventional manufacturing processes.

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BMW United Arab Emirates Light Green 195

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JUNE 28, 2023

The BMW Group Plant Woodruff will produce sixth-generation batteries to supply fully electric vehicles at nearby BMW Manufacturing in Spartanburg. The BMW Group has set itself the goal of reducing CO 2 emissions in its global production network by 80% by 2030 compared to 2019. Earlier post.) billion investment in its U.S.

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South Carolina BMW Batteries Battery 195

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JUNE 16, 2020

The newly introduced FC generator is based on the FC generator with a rated output of 100 kW that has undergone verification tests since September 2019 at Toyota’s Honsha Plant grounds in Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture.

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Hydrogen Toyota Japan Fuel 362

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APRIL 25, 2022

Global automotive and industrial supplier Schaeffler has signed a five-year contract with Norwegian company REEtec AS for the purchase of rare earth oxides. Permanent magnets manufactured using rare earth metals such as neodymium produce optimum magnetic flux in electric motors.

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Supplies Norway Motors Motoring 259

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JUNE 17, 2020

Tesla’s Model S Long Range Plus now carries an official EPA-rated range of 402 miles—a 20% increase compared to a 2019 Model S 100D with the same battery pack design. Several lessons from the engineering design and manufacturing of Model 3 and Model Y have now been carried over to Model S and Model X.

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EPA Miles Range Tesla 357

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Early in 2019, the Hamburg Senate decided that from 2020, only emission-free buses will be procured for Hamburg. On 29 August 2019, Hochbahn issued a Europe-wide framework tender for battery-electric buses, with plans to purchase up to 530 buses between 2021 and 2025. An important criterion for the vehicles is range.

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Buy Recharge Mercedes Purchase 218

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

The contract also includes the supply of 20 interoperable chargers, developed and manufactured by the Irizar Group. In 2019, EMT purchased a further 20 units of the 12-meter Irizar ie bus which were commissioned at the start of this year. These buses were put into operation in the capital at the beginning of 2018.

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Fleet Supplies Electrical Electric 243

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APRIL 30, 2020

million units in March 2020, down by 39% from March 2019. And unlike previous recessions, we’re not just dealing with people’s fears or purchase delays. Overall, the total for the first quarter of 2020 already highlights a reduction of 26% Q1 2019 with sales decreasing to 17.42 percentage points higher than seen in March 2019.

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Europe Market Sale Global 261

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FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Andreas Wendt, member of the Board of Management of BMW AG responsible for Purchasing and Supplier Network. The aluminum produced using solar power is processed in the light metal foundry at BMW Group Plant Landshut to manufacture body and drive train components, including those needed for electric drive trains. In 2019, EGA sold 2.6

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BMW Solar Energy United Arab Emirates 395

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JUNE 19, 2017

GAC has already established its first North America R&D Center in Silicon Valley, and plans to to enter the US market no later than 2019. I can still recall when some car manufacturer predicted the world would enter the age of hydrogen fuel. year-on-year increase. But how large are the sales of FCVs even in 2017?

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2019 Market 2020 Motor 150

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AUGUST 12, 2021

Kia EV6 ( earlier post )has achieved product carbon footprint certification and ‘ Carbon Measured ’ label from the global climate change and sustainability consultancy the Carbon Trust, becoming the first Korean vehicle manufacturer to achieve the certificate. —Sangdae Kim, Head of Strategic Business Planning Division at Kia.

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Carbon Kia Production Climate Change 435

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OCTOBER 28, 2020

In March 2019, Daimler Trucks purchased a majority stake in Torc Robotics, another company developing Level 4 self-driving technology, to commercialize SAE L4 trucks on US roads. market leader in commercial vehicle manufacturing, provides its experience in developing state-of-the art Class 8 vehicles. Earlier post.).

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North America Miles 2019 Commercial 221

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UPS plans to purchase more than 6,000 natural gas-powered trucks beginning in 2020 and running through 2022. That is why we intend for 25% of our vehicles purchased in 2020 to run on alternative fuels. —Juan Perez, chief information and engineering officer, UPS. UPS CNG Fueling Station. Houston, Texas, and Cleveland, Ohio.

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Gas 2020 Alternative Fuels United Kingdom 223

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JUNE 9, 2023

SCALEUP 2023 applicants are not required to have participated within the original ARPA-E award; applicants may have licensed or purchased the relevant intellectual property rights to such subject inventions, and thereby become eligible under the SCALEUP 2023 FOA.

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Washington Grid 2019 Building 170

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JUNE 3, 2020

The number of available and announced models of zero-emission trucks, buses and off-road equipment in the United States and Canada is on track to rise nearly 78% by the end of 2020 compared to year-end 2019, according to the Zero-Emission Technology Inventory ( ZETI ), a product of CALSTART’s Global Commercial Vehicle Drive to Zero program.

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2020 Los Angeles Emissions New York 269

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JUNE 18, 2021

The secondary tungsten obtained in this way will then be used to manufacture new milling and drilling tools. —Dr Andreas Wendt, member of the Board of Management of BMW AG responsible for Purchasing and Supplier Network. This reduces the amount of tungsten required by seven tonnes per year.

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BMW Austria Production Germany 284

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DECEMBER 15, 2020

California’s Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project (HVIP) provides incentives to purchase the cleanest medium- and heavy-duty trucks, and Clean Cars 4 All incentivizes lower-income California drivers to scrap their older, high-polluting cars and replace them with zero-emission, plug-in hybrid or hybrid vehicles.

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Clean Cleaning Cars California 345

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—Doug Parks, GM executive vice president, Global Product Development, Purchasing and Supply Chain The companies established the Ultium CAM joint venture, which is majority owned by POSCO Future M, in July 2022. sourced and manufactured rare earth materials, alloy and finished magnets. Cell Manufacturing and R&D Dec.

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GM America North America Future 170

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MAY 5, 2020

ANGP is working with Ingevity as its adsorbent manufacturer because of Ingevity’s global leadership in activated carbons for more than 100 years. Ozinga Energy has purchased an ANG-equipped Ford F-150 and installed a dedicated, low-pressure fueling appliance at its headquarters in Mokena, Illinois.

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Gas F-150 Fuel Energy 415

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JANUARY 14, 2021

Blue World Technologies, developer and manufacturer of methanol fuel cells, is acquiring Danish Power Systems, a 25-year-old High Temperature Polymer Electrolyte Membrane (HTPEM) membrane electrode assembly (MEA) research and development company. Earlier post.)

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Fuel Companies Power Powered 259