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Nissan investing $600M in Argentina; domestic production of new pick-up

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Nissan Motor will invest $600 million in Argentina and will become an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) with the domestic production there of an all-new NP300 Frontier pick-up. The global Renault-Nissan Alliance will serve as a tool to kick-off Nissan’s manufacturing operations in the country.

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Ford, Rio Tinto sign MOU for battery and low-carbon materials supply to support net-zero future

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Ford Motor Company and Rio Tinto have signed a non-binding global memorandum of understanding (MOU) jointly to develop more sustainable and secure supply chains for battery and low-carbon materials to be used in Ford vehicles. Rio Tinto completed its acquisition of Rincon earlier this year. Earlier post.)

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Ford CEO Fields elected to IBM Board of Directors

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The IBM board of directors elected Mark Fields, president and chief executive officer, Ford Motor Company, to the board effective 1 March 1, 2016. Mark led the highly successful transformation of his company in a competitive industry where technology has driven innovation. —Ginni Rometty, IBM chairman, president and CEO.

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Ford joins voluntary greenhouse gas reporting program in India; first automaker

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Ford Motor Company became the first automaker to join a voluntary greenhouse gas reporting program recently established in India. The company already participates in similar programs in the United States, China, Canada, Mexico, Brazil and Argentina. Total CO 2 emissions at Ford’s global facilities have dropped 47%, or by 4.65

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Scotia Economics report sees double-digit increase in global vehicle production in first half of 2011; China to surpass European vehicle output this year

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Rising global vehicle sales and profitability have encouraged automakers to continue to increase vehicle production, providing the global economy with some positive offset to the dampening impact of the recent surge in energy prices, according to the latest Global Auto Report released on Friday by Canada-based Scotia Economics.

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It’s too late to China-proof the lithium supply chain – ET Auto

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If rich democracies wanted to build a clean-energy industry free of Beijing’s influence, they should have had their checkbooks out when miners and processors were starved of cash during the 2010s. The global lithium industry is so interwoven with Chinese capital now that it’s going to be impossible to unpick. and Tesla Inc.

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Westport Acquires OMVL of Italy and 100% of Juniper Engines for 19M; Launching a Light-Duty Automotive Strategy for Alternative Fuel Engines

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The integration of OMVL will complete Juniper’s light-duty strategy to enter the mobile industrial, non-mobile industrial, and automotive segments. Those engines were based on the Hyundai Motor Company’s 2.0-liter liter industrial engine platforms, and OMVL’s LPG multipoint injection technology. liter and 2.4-liter