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Continental launches series production of technologies for robo-taxis

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Continental technologies such as ABS, radar and redundant brake system are being used in series production for robo-taxis for first time. This year, Continental’s technology for driverless vehicles will be in production for the first time in French company EasyMile’s EZ10 autonomous shuttle.

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Volkswagen, Stellantis and Glencore backing ACG in $1B purchase of Brazilian nickel sulfide and copper mines

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The Atlantic Nickel mine at Santa Rita possesses a rare nickel sulfide resource, a key input into the class 1 nickel products used in EVs. The mine possesses an attractive life of mine average C1 cash cost in the first quartile of the global nickel cost curve (c. It plans for an average copper equivalent production of c.

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Dyadic International Extends Collaboration With The Scripps Research Institute on C1 Genome

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a biotechnology company developing enzymes for use in the production of cellulosic ethanol, has extended its collaboration with The Scripps Research Institute by entering into an agreement with Scripps to re-annotate the genome of Dyadic’s patented and proprietary Chrysosporium lucknowense fungus, known as C1. Earlier post.).

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Dyadic and CIMV to collaborate on 2nd generation biofuel and bio-based chemical technologies

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signed a collaboration agreement with Compagnie Industrielle de la Matière Végétale ( CIMV ), a developer of processes for the production of biofuels and bio-based chemicals, to commercialize second-generation biofuel and bio-based chemical technology. The C1 expression system can also be used to screen for the discovery of novel genes.

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Citroen’s ‘Facebook C1’ goes on sale

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Britain’s first production car to be designed by Facebook users has gone on sale. Citroen encouraged users to design their dream C1 – from exterior colours to interior features – through its Facebook page with the most popular configuration promised a spot on the production line.

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Core Lithium and Tesla enter into binding term sheet for the supply of lithium

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The company is fully funded to deliver the Finniss Project, which has started construction, through to first lithium concentrate production scheduled for Q4 2022. China’s Sichuan Yahua Industrial Group (Yahua) has committed to 75,000 tpa of product from Finniss over an initial four-year period, with extension options attached.

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DuPont Industrial Biosciences awarded grant for high-efficiency biogas enzyme production

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DuPont Industrial Biosciences has been awarded a grant from the European Commission to demonstrate high-efficiency enzyme production to increase biogas yields as part of the DEMETER project, funded from the Bio Based Industries Joint Undertaking under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation program. Earlier post.).

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