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Industrial material prices fall sharply on concerns about Chinese slowdown – ET Auto

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Hot-rolled thin steel plate is essential for the production of building components and industrial machinery, serving as the benchmark for steel prices in China. Hot rolled coils listed on the Shanghai Commodity Futures Exchange hit a five-month low of 3,928 yuan (USD 568) per tonne on Wednesday.

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Beijing Wont Restrict Auto Purchases to Deal With Growing Congestion

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To deal with increasingly serious traffic congestion, Beijing will take steps such as raising parking fees in urban districts and striving to build more rail transit lines to address the issue, so ordinary residents may rationally select the travel option they prefer. A total 16.7 Around 41% of the vehicles were cars and 51% were motorcycles.

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How and When the Chip Shortage Will End, in 4 Charts

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Meanwhile, the mid-2022 passage of the CHIPS Act in the United States yielded a multi-billion-dollar investment pool, some of which dedicated to ramping up American manufacturing of the mature-generation chips upon which many industries—auto and otherwise—are so dependent. considered getting into the chip-stimulus game as well.

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Li-ion battery maker Boston-Power announces $125M in new financing; focus on and support from China

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Additionally, through its stimulus programs and local industrial policies, the Chinese government is providing a range of grants, low-interest loans and related financial and tax incentives. CEO, Protean Electric and a 32-year auto industry veteran responsible for the development and production of the GM EV-1. Purcell, Jr.,

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How NI plans to innovate in the EV test and measurement industry and unlock the power of data

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The Austin-based company has been launching new products and making strategic acquisitions to build complete solution-level capabilities for EV battery testing and validation, led by its automotive customers who don’t have time to build up the technology themselves. There is also a growing sense that a few EV winners could take all.

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ZAP, Zhejiang Jonway Partner to Target China and Export EV Markets

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US-based electric vehicle provider ZAP and China auto manufacturer Zhejiang Jonway Automobile Co. The Taizhou-based automaker markets and sells vehicles in China through a network of more than 600 auto dealerships. ZAP hopes to leverage a stimulus from the government for plug-in forms of transportation. The Jonway A380.

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Deutsche Bank Forecast sees slower transportation electrification and greater gasoline demand near-term; increased confidence in the pace and breadth of long-term shift to efficient transportation systems

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Deutsche Bank’s China Auto analyst, Vincent Ha, continues to see robust light vehicle sales over the next few years, with a slow to about 11% YoY growth in 2011 (due to a high base from the 2010 surge, and reductions in government stimulus), followed by sustainable low double digit growth in 2012. He also believes that sub-1.6L