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BYD’s home city in China now has more supercharging plugs than gas pumps

Baua Electric

In June 2023, Shenzhen unveiled its first fully liquid-cooled supercharging prototype station as part of its “City of Supercharging” plan, in which it set a goal to build as many supercharging stations as gas stations by 2025. So all those cheap EVs need to be fast-charged, and what better place to expand than BYD’s home city? The city of 12.5

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Better Place, China Southern Grid sign strategic agreement on battery switching; Guangzhou accord to encourage production of EVs with switchable batteries

Green Car Congress

Better Place and China Southern Power Grid Co. It also calls for the city to promote electric-car adoption in fleet segments including public-sector vehicles and private-sector fleets such as taxis. CSG is the world’s eighth-largest utility, according to the Fortune Global 500.

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Geely invests in Carbon Recycling Intl.; vehicles fueled by methanol from CO2, water and renewable energy

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This investment will build on our existing methanol technology, facilitating even more valuable solutions and helping to propel this part of our business in China. In late April 2015, Geely Auto deployed a first-of-its-kind fleet of 150 methanol-fueled taxis in the southern Chinese city of Guiyang in cooperation with the municipal government.

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World Bank/PRTM study finds global value chain shift resulting from vehicle electrification could favor China from technology and supply chain perspectives

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Since the early vehicle applications have been with fleet vehicles such as bus/ truck or taxi, charging infrastructure technology development in China has focused on fleet needs. The full set of such standards should not only govern the physical interface, but also take into consideration safety and power grid standards.

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Calif. Energy Commission to award more than $44M for hydrogen refueling and alternative fuel vehicle projects

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will receive $3 million to build a 100% renewable hydrogen fueling station in Chino (San Bernardino County). million to build a hydrogen fueling station in Anaheim (Orange County). This effort builds on a productive partnership of public agencies to make progress in attaining a clean, sustainable transportation sector.