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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. Twenty of the trucks will be deployed as part of the Joint Electric Truck Scaling Initiative, or JETSI project.

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European electrolyzer manufacturers commit to boosting capacity tenfold by 2025

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European Commissioner for Internal Market Thierry Breton and European electrolyzer manufacturers last week met in Brussels to discuss how to increase industry’s capacity to produce electrolyzers used to produce clean hydrogen. Today, industry agreed to a tenfold increase in electrolyzer manufacturing capacities in Europe. Background.

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Budget 2024: ‘Critical Mineral Mission’ to boost EV battery production – ET Auto

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In the interim budget, the Finance Minister had hinted about the GoI’s strategy to promote energy security in terms of availability, accessibility and affordability. This policy also includes technology development, skilled workforce, extended producer responsibility framework, and a suitable financing mechanism.

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How the financing arm helped Mercedes Benz crack the Indian luxury market | Autocar Professional

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While it gives prestige and exclusivity to the brand, it can also keep potential buyers away as they may feel that they cannot really afford such a high-end product. Today, it finances nearly half of all the Mercedes-Benz vehicles sold in India. In our financing, we advocate for flexibility.

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Renault signs two major battery deals for production in France; Envision AESC and Verkor

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The Renault Group has entered two major partnerships for the production of Li-ion batteries in France. Investing to build a new gigafactory in northern France, we aim to support the net zero carbon transition by making high performance, longer range batteries and EVs affordable and accessible for millions more motorists.

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GM invests in AI and battery materials company Mitra Chem; advanced iron-based CAMs

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General Motors is leading a $60-million Series B financing round in Mitra Chem , a Silicon Valley-based, AI-enabled battery materials innovator. The company’s AI-powered platform and advanced research and development facility in Mountain View, California, will help accelerate GM’s commercialization of affordable electric vehicle batteries.

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AM Batteries (AMB) secures $25M Series A to scale manufacturing of novel lithium-ion dry-electrode technology

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AM Batteries (AMB), a developer of lithium-ion dry-electrode technology, closed its Series A financing. With the additional customizability afforded by the dry process, AMB’s electrodes also offer a path to other benefits, such as faster-charging, higher energy density, and even safer batteries.