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Nio garners $2.2 billion investment from UAE fund

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billion investment from a firm backed by the United Arab Emirates, as it continues to push to introduce its EVs in additional markets. In the past, Tesla had a battery swapping unit, though the company shifted its focus onto charging very early on, suggesting that the swapping model wouldn’t be as viable.

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Ballard to supply two fuel cell modules to Solaris for bus deployments in Europe

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It is Hamburg’s challenging goal as of 2020 not to buy any conventional diesel buses anymore. Since starting production in 1996, more than 10,000 Solaris vehicles have been deployed in 28 countries, including Poland, Germany, Norway, France, Sweden, Switzerland and United Arab Emirates.

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Tesla receives massive fleet order from the UAE

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According to the announcement from Arabia Taxi Dubai, it will buy 269 Tesla Model 3s to become part of its taxi fleet in the United Arab Emirates. Now, a Dubai-based taxi company is also looking to capitalize on the cut-cutting opportunity. With this new purchase, it looks to double down on that lead.

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SpaceX rideshare program beats small rockets for Emirati launch contract

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The United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) space agency has contracted with SpaceX to launch a domestically-built Earth observation satellite on a Falcon 9 rideshare mission. For a fee, SpaceX also offers fueling services and gives customers the option of buying SpaceX-built adapters and deployment mechanisms or bringing their own.

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Gulf oil giants Saudi Aramco, Adnoc set sights on lithium – ET Auto

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Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates’ national oil companies plan to extract lithium from brine in their oilfields, in line with efforts to diversify their economies and profit from the shift to electric vehicles (EVs), three sources told Reuters.

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Survey says: green cars are in

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After all, market research firm Synovate has released a study showing that nearly six in 10 people would choose to buy a green car over a dream car, even if money were no object. The top answer, across all 18 markets, was to buy a green car - 37 per cent of respondents gave this response.

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Tesla launches business in new Middle East country

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Tesla announced today that it has officially started selling vehicles in Qatar, a small peninsular country that sits between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Tesla has launched its business in a new Middle Eastern country, marking the fourth in the region where it is selling its electric cars.