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Volkswagen, Stellantis and Glencore backing ACG in $1B purchase of Brazilian nickel sulfide and copper mines

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Critical minerals mined at the Brazilian sites will be refined in Europe and North America and then supplied to car manufacturers, fortifying the EV supply chain in western countries. The mine possesses an attractive life of mine average C1 cash cost in the first quartile of the global nickel cost curve (c. lb nickel for open pit; c.

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Dyadic and CIMV to collaborate on 2nd generation biofuel and bio-based chemical technologies

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Dyadic utilizes an integrated technology platform based on its patented and proprietary C1 microorganism, which enables the development and large scale manufacture of low-cost enzymes and other proteins for diverse market opportunities. The C1 expression system can also be used to screen for the discovery of novel genes.

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The US Southeast is getting its first EV battery supply chain project

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The Tokyo-headquartered company has formed a new company called UBE C1 Chemicals America (UCCA) for its new US venture. (In July 2022, UBE said it was planning to establish a DMC and EMC joint venture and licensing business in China.)

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EU Parliament Approves 2012 Tire Efficiency Ratings

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Members of the European Parliament last week approved regulations that will require replacement tires for cars as well as light- and heavy-duty vehicles (C1, C2, and C3 tires) to carry energy efficiency labels as of 1 November 2012. Energy-efficient tires are more commonly referred to as low rolling resistance (LRR) tires in North America.

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ALABC lead-acid UltraBattery Civic hybrid surpasses 100,000 miles of fleet duty

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In a project co-funded by the US Department of Energy and managed by Ecotality North America, the Advanced Lead Acid Battery Consortium (ALABC) has demonstrated the durability of lead-carbon batteries in the high-rate, partial state-of-charge operation of a hybrid electric vehicle. Source: DOE. Click to enlarge. The battery capacity was 7.54

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GM provides technical details of the Gen 2 Voltec propulsion system used in the 2016 Volt

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A GM analysis of vehicle data collected from first generation found that Volt vehicles were driven more than half a billion miles in North America from October 2013 through September 2014, and that 74% of the miles were all-electric. (A Clutches are OWC1, C1 and B1. Click to enlarge.

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