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APRIL 23, 2022

The agreement, which builds on MHI’s 2021 investment in Infinium ( earlier post ), will focus on exploring the deployment of Infinium’s proprietary electrofuels technology in the Japanese market. MHI Group is working to realize a carbon-neutral society and building a CO 2 ecosystem is one of the pillars of this effort.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 15, 2021

(TSMC), the world's largest contract chip manufacturer, announced in an online earnings briefing Thursday that it would build a semiconductor plant in Japan. The announcement comes just a few months after the chip giant announced its intention to build a $12 billion fab in Arizona. Last December, 22 members of the E.U.

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AUGUST 12, 2022

FREYR Battery, a developer of clean, next-generation battery cell production capacity, has established a technology resources campus and business unit in Japan. Japan is a global center for battery development, and consequently home to some of the most experienced and capable lithium-ion battery cell experts in the world.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

and Sumitomo Corporation announced an agreement to diversify and strengthen rare earth supplies in Japan. With this knowledge, SC will continue to build value added trade by utilizing the company’s enhanced management resources. US-based MP Materials Corp.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 27, 2022

In a recent blog post, Tesla Japan shared some insights about its virtual power plant (VPP) in Miyakojima, located in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. As noted by Tesla, the system is the first commercial use of Powerwall home batteries for a virtual power plant in Japan. Watch a video of Tesla Japan’s Miyakojima VPP below.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 24, 2023

In a recent set of press releases, Honda and General motors announced a partnership to bring autonomous vehicles to Japan. This builds on both an existing partnership and some controversies GM’s Cruise autonomous vehicles division has faced recently.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2022

is evaluating Geismar, LA as the site to build the world’s largest clean ammonia facility. Building on the company’s expertise in low-carbon ammonia production, clean ammonia will be manufactured using innovative technology to achieve at least a 90% reduction in CO 2 emissions. Canada-based Nutrien Ltd. Source: Nutrien.

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OCTOBER 13, 2022

NTT DATA Corporation and DENSO Corporation have started to build an industry-wide ecosystem for electric vehicle (EV) batteries to create a global trusted dataspaces where only necessary data can be shared, while also protecting private data. This may raise concerns for Japanese companies from the viewpoint of information management.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2018

Eleven companies, including automakers Toyota Motor, Nissan Motor, and Honda Motor, have jointly formed Japan H2 Mobility, LLC (JHyM), aimed at the full-fledged development of hydrogen stations for fuel cell vehicles (FCV) in Japan. Air Liquide Japan Ltd.; Toyota Tsusho Corporation; and Development Bank of Japan Inc.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2019

At the 10th Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM10) meeting, a new international hydrogen partnership was announced under the leadership of the United States, Canada, Japan, the Netherlands and the European Commission with participation of several other CEM member countries.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2018

Nissan announced that it plans to launch three new electric vehicles and five e-POWER models in Japan by the end of fiscal 2022 (31 March 2023). Nissan expects electric vehicles and e-POWER models to make up 40% of sales in Japan by the end of the company’s 2022 fiscal year. 100,000 LEAFs sold in Japan.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

QuantumScape Corporation, a leading developer of next-generation solid-state lithium-metal batteries for use in electric vehicles ( earlier post ), is expanding into the Asia-Pacific region with an office in Kyoto, Japan. The new property will feature a laboratory for battery research and development.

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JUNE 5, 2021

Fukushima Prefecture and Toyota Motor Corporation have commenced discussions with various partners over building a city for a new future that makes use of hydrogen and technologies produced in Fukushima Prefecture. Seven-Eleven Japan Co., Participating partners, as of June 4, 2021 (in alphabetical order): Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 1, 2021

BYD Japan, Keihan Bus and Kansai Electric Power announced a tripartite deal in Kyoto, Japan, which will see the three parties work together to help the city achieve Japan’s 2050 carbon neutrality target and build a carbon-free society. K8 in Japan. The J6 is BYD’s first vehicle developed for the Japanese market.

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JULY 22, 2021

have joined the Commercial Japan Partnership (CJP) commercial vehicle project ( earlier post ) to accelerate their carbon neutrality initiatives in minivehicles through the dissemination of CASE technologies (connected, autonomous, shared and electric) and services. Suzuki Motor Corporation and Daihatsu Motor Co.,

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2017

Australia and Japan recently signed a memorandum at the headquarters of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority ( AMSA ) which will allow liquid hydrogen (LH 2 ) to be shipped in bulk for the first time. These were agreed to at the IMO Maritime Safety Committee in November 2016. Earlier post.)

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Electrek

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Lexus plans to launch a next-generation EV with super-low drag, high range, and a gigacast vehicle structure, in the most significant electric vehicle announcement to come out of this year’s Japan Mobility Show. more… The post Lexus has a gigacast Model 3 fighter it will actually build — in 2026 appeared first on Electrek.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

This partnership builds on existing commercial partnerships between Vertical and American Airlines, Virgin Atlantic, Avolon, Iberojet and Bristow, who with Marubeni, have already collectively agreed conditional pre-orders for 1350 aircraft in total with a value of approximately $5.4

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Baua Electric

MARCH 17, 2024

TSMC is partnering with companies including Sony and Toyota with total investment in the Japan venture expected to run to more than USD 20 billion. One option the chipmaking giant is considering is bringing its chip on wafer on substrate (CoWoS) packaging technology to Japan, according to one of the sources who was briefed on the matter.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Continental announced the completion of a joint Cellular V2X trial in Japan together with Ericsson, Nissan, NTT DOCOMO, OKI and Qualcomm Technologies. The companies have successfully conducted Japan’s first C-V2X testing in the country using 5.8 GHz as the experimental radio frequency for direct communication.

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JUNE 30, 2020

The two companies plan to build the first US modular thermochemical waste-to-hydrogen production facility in California in the fourth quarter of 2020, with a pipeline of additional projects to follow in 2021. Ways2H Inc., JBEC has developed a biomass gasification process that uses alumina balls as a heat carrier.

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JANUARY 7, 2020

At CES, Toyota revealed plans to build a prototype “city” of the future on a 175-acre (0.71 Fuji in Japan. Building a complete city from the ground up, even on a small scale like this, is a unique opportunity to develop future technologies, including a digital operating system for the city’s infrastructure.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Kawasaki Heavy Industries’ Suiso Frontier , the world’s first liquefied hydrogen carrier, has left Japan to pick up its first hydrogen cargo in Australia. A return to Japan is expected around late February. J-POWER) to form the CO 2 -free Hydrogen Energy Supply-chain Technology Research Association (HySTRA).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2013

KHI) will build the first ocean-going ships to carry liquefied hydrogen (LH 2 ), with plans for a demonstration test by 2017 in which liquefied hydrogen will be shipped from the state of Victoria in Australia to Japan. KHI has already been working on liquid hydrogen containers for multi-modal transportation in Japan.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 29, 2024

The need of the hour, he believes, is an aggressive push for an agreement on critical minerals with the United States, similar to the one Japan scored along with the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). The deal allows battery materials sourced from Japan to qualify US customers for IRA subsidies.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Total investment for the new carbon fiber production facility in the US and precursor capacity expansion in Japan will amount to JPY 35 billion, or approximately US$320 million.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2019

and Waymo have entered into an exclusive agreement for an initial period to explore all aspects of driverless mobility services for passengers and deliveries in France and Japan. Groupe Renault, Nissan Motor Co., —John Krafcik, Chief Executive Officer, Waymo.

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Baua Electric

MAY 1, 2024

The company will establish a subsidiary called Asahi Kasei Battery Separator in October 2024, which will issue preferred shares to the Development Bank of Japan to receive funding of ¥28 billion. Asahi Kasei will invest approximately ¥180 billion ($1.14

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2014

TÜV SÜD Japan Ltd. is partnering with ESPEC Cooperation to build a test center for large battery systems in Japan. The aim is to offer a complete range of testing for traction batteries for electric vehicles in Japan in 2015. The new Japan lab will become the seventh in TÜV SÜD’s international network of battery labs.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2012

The Nikkei reports that the Japan government will ease regulations on the construction of hydrogen stations for fuel cell cars in June, in addition to offering subsidies to companies involved in a plan to set up 100 such sites throughout the country by 2015. Nagoya-based Toho Gas Co.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2009

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) and Japan Delivery System Corporation (JDS) have jointly developed an electric vehicle (EV) charging system for apartment complexes. Installation and management of EV charging infrastructure for shared parking lots of apartment complexes is an issue in Japan for the popularization of electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2018

Commencing today, the project aims to build a vehicle-to-grid (V2G) system, and through this a business model that utilizes the electricity storage capabilities of multiple EV/PHEVs to regulate power demand and supply between the grid and electric vehicles. Scope of demonstration system to be built in FY 2018.

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CN EV Post

MARCH 20, 2023

Image credit: Gotion High-tech) Chinese battery giant Gotion High-tech and Japan's Edison Power Co Ltd have reached a strategic cooperation agreement to jointly tap the energy storage market in Japan. Gotion to build $2.36 Gotion's energy storage battery business generated RMB 1.28 For more articles, please visit CnEVPost.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 8, 2021

Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) has appointed Sumitomo, Chiyoda, Toyota Motor, Japan Research Institute and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking to conduct a feasibility study on the receiving and distribution business of hydrogen in Chubu Region. Air Liquide Japan G.K., Toho Gas Co.,

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 2, 2023

Toyota will build the vehicle in its Kentucky factory, where its own electric three-row will be produced. Toyota’s variant is expected to wear the bZ5X name, and the automaker will start building the Subaru version shortly after its own. The brotherly love is expected to continue with a new three-row SUV in 2025.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2017

The project entails building a hydrogenation plant in Brunei Darussalam and a dehydrogenation plant in Kawasaki’s coastal region of Japan using Chiyoda’s SPERA Hydrogen Technology. and subsequently used for power generation in Japan.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2020

OXIS Energy and the Minas Gerais Development Company CODEMGE have signed a 15-year lease agreement with Mercedes Benz Brazil (MBB) to take possession of a plant located at the MBB manufacturing site in Juiz de Fora in southeast Brazil to build a Li-sulfur battery manufacturing operation. Earlier post.).

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