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Volvo Group launches Quester heavy-duty truck range for growth markets

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UD Trucks, part of the Volvo Group, launched Quester, a new heavy-duty truck range developed specifically for growth markets. UD Trucks has served the Japanese market, and exported trucks to markets across Asia, Africa, South America and the Middle-East for many decades.

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UC Davis report urges policy actions to accelerate equitable transition to ZEVs in Global South

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In the report, the Global South is an economic term that refers to low- and middle-income countries in Africa, Eastern Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean and Asia.

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Stellantis-Leapmotor announces global expansion, to enter India by Q4 of 2024 | Autocar Professional

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Carlos Tavares, Stellantis’ global CEO, has announced that Leapmotor will enter the Indian market in Q4 of 2024 as part of Leapmotor International’s global expansion strategy. Autocar Professional broke the story in February and reported this week that Leapmotor will bring in the T03 and C10 into the Indian market.

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Report suggests low-speed electric vehicles could affect Chinese demand for gasoline and disrupt oil prices worldwide

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Disruptive innovation is typically a Silicon Valley buzzword and not one commonly associated with discussions of gasoline markets. If a million low-speed electric vehicles displaced a million gasoline-powered midsize sedans from the market, about 15,000 barrels per day of gasoline demand could effectively be lost, Collins said.

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LCA finds EMN high-purity manganese products have lower carbon footprint than incumbent industry

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HPMSM produced in China using ore from South Africa has higher levels of trace elements of fluorine and silicon compared to Chvaletice’s HPMSM. This further supports the move to high-manganese cathode chemistries, with manganese being the most affordable and green battery metal.

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Made-in-India two-wheeler exports finally on the upswing | Autocar Professional

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While domestic market wholesales are posting strong double-digit growth on the back of a much-awaited rural India recovery, export demand for made-in-India two-wheelers is finally beginning to see the green shoots of recovery. Exports comprised 22% of its combined domestic market and export sales of 40,44,824 or 4 million units in FY2024.

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EC presents action plan for critical raw materials

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We cannot afford to rely entirely on third countries—for some rare earths even on just one country. —Thierry Breton, Commissioner for Internal Market. Pilot partnerships with Canada, interested countries in Africa and the EU’s neighbourhood will start as of 2021.

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