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GM Creates New South America Regional Organization

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GM South America includes GM’s existing sales and manufacturing operations in Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela as well as sales activities in those countries and Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay. In the first five months of the year, GM sold 394,000 vehicles in South America and its market share was 20.2%.

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Street network patterns reveal global trend towards increasing urban sprawl

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Gridded street networks, on the other hand, promote efficient, dense urban form in Bolivia, Argentina and Peru. Barrington-Leigh said urban planners thus need to think about connectivity at the most local scale when designing and planning new streets in order to make cities more sustainable.

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GM leads $50M funding round in EnergyX; advanced lithium extraction and refining technology

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—Teague Egan, CEO, EnergyX In 2022, EnergyX became the first firm to design, build and commission an in-field pilot plant in the Lithium Triangle (Chile, Argentina, and Bolivia), which encompasses more than 65% of the known global lithium reserves.

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BASF and Embrapa’s Cultivance Soybeans Receive Approval for Commercial Cultivation in Brazil

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Both companies are now seeking the approval for this technology in key export markets, such as China and the US. Designed for post emergence application, Cultivance herbicides provide farmers with convenience and flexibility to apply the herbicide as needed to control weeds during the first few weeks of crop growth.

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