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The War in Ukraine Disrupts Trade in Both Food and Fuel

Cars That Think

Russia ranks second in the extraction of both crude oil (behind the United States and ahead of Saudi Arabia) and natural gas (behind the United States and ahead of Iran), and it is the sixth-largest producer of coal (behind Australia and ahead of South Africa). Here are the basic facts. share in 2020, by contrast, was about 9 percent.

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Renault-Nissan jointly developing new vehicle program for growth markets; CMF-A for affordability

Green Car Congress

The program, internally named CMF-A, covers the most affordable category of cars in the Common Module Family (CMF, earlier post ), Renault-Nissan’s modular system of vehicle architecture. When the Renault-Nissan Alliance formed in 1999, about 1% of total group sales came from the so-called BRIC countries of Brazil, Russia, India and China.

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KPMG survey finds global auto execs ranking fuel efficiency the top consumer priority

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Fuel efficiency, safety innovation, and vehicle styling will be the three most important product issues influencing automotive consumer purchase decisions over the next five years, indicating a perceived shift in buying priorities, according to the 12 th annual global automotive survey conducted by KPMG LLP.

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Hyundai Motor Strategy 2025 lays out transition into smart mobility solution provider

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Hyundai will address vehicle electrification by first targeting younger demographics and enterprise customers with affordable battery electric vehicles (BEVs) to achieve economies of scale. In Europe and Russia, where the service industry is mature, the company will first focus on businesses that combine products and services.

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How EV adoption is soaring in unlikely circumstances, and what could make it better

Teslarati

Tesla, for example, axed the $35,000 Standard Range+ Model 3 , and its most affordable vehicle now starts at well over $40,000. Rivian was forced to push prices upward due to materials costs soaring after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and these examples are just two of many. ” Consumers want affordable and they want it now.

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BNEF: steel industry set to pivot to hydrogen in green push; additional $278B for clean capacity and retrofits

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The steel industry cannot afford to wait for the 2040s to start its transition. Russia and Brazil both have access to high-quality iron ore reserves and to abundant clean power. The global steel industry is poised to begin a titanic pivot from coal to hydrogen. Today’s new plants are tomorrow’s retrofits.

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EVs “unaffordable and unavailable” due to “Australian policy failures”

EV Central

While criticising the previous Government’s feet-dragging EV policies, he stated: “Policy settings are denying Australians real choice of good, affordable, no emissions cars.” Australia has yet to implement strict ‘Euro 6’ vehicle emissions standards, already adopted by 80 per cent of the global car market.