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Terra Motors starting electric two-wheeler sales in Iran

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Japan-based Terra Motors, a manufacturer of electric two and three-wheelers ( earlier post ), has started sales of the A4000i electric scooter—with new products to follow—in Tehran, Iran with Jahanro Industrial Co, exclusively for next five years. In Iran, the government has decided to reduce gasoline subsidies.

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LG may work with Iran to develop EVs and infrastructure; 60K units by 2023

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Other LG entities—including LG Electronics, LG Chem and LG Innotek—will lead efforts to develop electric motors, batteries and key auto parts, the company said, according to a report from Iran’s Mehr News Agency. They also agreed to produce about 60,000 EVs by 2023. Other details on the terms of the agreement were not known.

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Borgward expanding to the Middle East; westwards from China

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Borgward will systematically continue to globalize its activities by entering the markets of Middle Eastern countries such as Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Iran. In this region, we expect especially strong momentum to come from Iran. As announced, we will boost growth further and open up new markets.

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Opinion: Is Russia Plotting To Bring Down OPEC?

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Also, the EU Commission in April charged Gazprom with violating the EU’s anti-trust laws for anti-competitive practices and unfair pricing in Central and Eastern Europe. Russia already has extensive and close ties with Iran and Venezuela, and is now laying the basis for such ties with Iraq.

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2025 Polestar 3 starts at $74,800 and 315 miles, US deliveries in Q2

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Polestar points to a maximum charge rate of 250 kw, good for a 10% to 80% charge in 30 minutes, and estimated EPA range ratings (not yet official) at 279 or 315 miles. It’s already said that a heat pump will be included, as will bidirectional charging. Polestar has said that U.S. market but for export to some markets.

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Rice University scientists find O-doped boron nitride-graphene hybrid excellent candidate for on-board hydrogen storage

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Adding oxygen to the substrate gives us good bonding because of the nature of the charges and their interactions. He said the structures should be robust enough to easily surpass the Department of Energy requirement that a hydrogen fuel tank be able to withstand 1,500 charge-discharge cycles. —Rouzbeh Shahsavari.

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Day Of Reckoning For US Shale Will Have To Wait

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E&P companies could resort to loans in order to pay off maturing debt, not unlike charging one credit card to wipe clean the debt on another. Also, although there was a lot of speculation about Iran’s ability to return some capacity to the market, such an outcome appears more and more likely. That will keep the pressure on US shale.