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Honda Cancels Plan To Build Low-Cost EVs Using GM Ultium Technology

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The partnership between Honda and GM to build affordable electric cars has been cancelled for reasons that are not entirely clear.

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Nissan and Honda may team up to slash EV prices and take on Chinese automakers like BYD

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Nissan and Honda are considering teaming up to introduce more affordable EVs to compete with Chinese automakers like BYD. Sources at Nissan said the automaker may discuss joint battery and vehicle development with Honda. The aim is to reduce EV prices as the automakers look to Chinese automakers with low-cost models like BYD.

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Honda to build solar hydrogen station at Saitama Prefectural Office; FCX Clarity to serve as mobile electric generator

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Honda Motor Co., will build a Solar Hydrogen Station on the grounds of the Saitama Prefectural Office and introduce an electric-power-outlet-equipped FCX Clarity fuel cell vehicle within the fiscal year ending March 31, 2012. In March 2009, Honda and Saitama Prefecture concluded an agreement to collaborate on environmental issues.

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New Road Map to a US Hydrogen Economy

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The Road Map stresses the versatility of hydrogen as an enabler of the renewable energy system; an energy vector that can be transported and stored; and a fuel for the transportation sector, heating of buildings and providing heat and feedstock to industry. billion MMBTU per year. Inc; Audi; Chevron; Cummins Inc.; Toyota; and Xcel Energy.

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GM and Honda to establish industry-first $85M joint fuel cell system manufacturing operation in Michigan

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General Motors and Honda are establishing the auto industry’s first manufacturing joint venture—Fuel Cell System Manufacturing, LLC, FCSM)—to mass-produce an advanced hydrogen fuel cell system that will be used in future products from each company. Next-generation fuel cell stack co-developed by Honda and GM.

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Ford plans affordable small electric pickup and SUV, starting around $25,000

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Amid a flood of new competition, Ford is shifting plans to build more affordable electric vehicles. Ford is developing a new low-cost EV platform to power a small electric pickup and SUV, with starting prices around $25,000. The American automaker’s leader admitted larger EVs, like the F-150 Lightning , are expensive to build.

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University of Tennessee to head $250M advanced composites manufacturing institute; Ford, Honda and Volkswagen members

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IACMI is dedicated to overcoming these barriers by developing low-cost, high-production, energy-efficient manufacturing and recycling processes for composites applications. In the wind energy industry, advances in low-cost composite materials will help manufacturers build longer, lighter and stronger blades to create more energy.

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