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Nissan to launch 3 new EVs and 5 new e-POWER models in Japan by FY2022; 100K LEAFs sold in Japan

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e-POWER technology features a small gasoline engine that charges a high-output battery, eliminating the need for an external charging source. Nissan announced that it plans to launch three new electric vehicles and five e-POWER models in Japan by the end of fiscal 2022 (31 March 2023).

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Cooperation between Daimler and Renault-Nissan Alliance deepening in 2016

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The battery of the new smart electric drive is produced by the Daimler subsidiary, Deutsche ACCUmotive, in Kamenz, Germany. This means smart is the first brand to offer its entire portfolio with both a combustion engine and also battery-electric drive. The new motors are being built at the Renault plant in Cléon, France.

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Cooperation of Daimler and Renault-Nissan Alliance accelerates, strengthens in 2015

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Major milestones so far in 2015 include: Groundbreaking for a jointly-owned assembly plant in Aguascalientes, Mexico: Nissan and Daimler recently broke ground on the US$1-billion Aguascalientes plant, which will produce next-generation premium compact vehicles for Infiniti from 2017, and Mercedes-Benz starting in 2018.

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Oversold Lithium could be about to rally

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The report put the final nail in the coffin of the decade-long lithium rally—Fastmarkets reckons that prices for battery-grade lithium carbonate in China, by far the world’s largest consumer of high-grade lithium carbonate, tumbled 50.31 Source: Infinity Lithium company presentation.

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