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Ford secures nickel supplies with $4.5 billion investment

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Ford has announced that it has partnered with two other entities to construct a nickel processing facility in Indonesia. billion nickel processing facility, which will be constructed in Indonesia. Today, Ford has done just that by signing onto a $4.5 Both would require the processed material once they become operational as well.

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Next Fuel, Inc. signs definitive agreement to field test coal-to-gas technology in China; Chinese partner makes strategic investment

Green Car Congress

Two days ago, Next Fuel announced the signing of a definitive agreement with PT Enviro Energy to field-test Next Fuel’s CTG technology to determine the commercial viability of utilizing it to produce natural gas at PT Enviro Energy’s coal deposits in Indonesia. Next Fuel, Inc.,

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GE and Shenhua open coal gasification joint venture in China

Green Car Congress

The region’s coal industry comprises China, India, Australia, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Thailand, Vietnam and New Zealand. Gasification technology has become a critical tool in the expansion of the Chinese economy, allowing a wide variety of industrial products and fuels to be created from low-cost abundant coal resources.

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Honda Speaks About Near Future, EV Plans

The Truth About Cars

Of course, corporations are going to put their best foot forward in these types of media briefs, so you can take things with a grain of salt (or maybe Jimmy Buffett's lost shaker), but here are the highlights: As of the end of the 2023 fiscal year that ended on March 31, Honda has cut fixed costs by more than 10 percent since fiscal year 2019.

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India stays No. 3 spot in global car sales but Japan fast closing the gap | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

” But if one were to include exports and small commercial vehicles and vans, Japan has a sizeable lead over India. In terms of output of light vehicles, India registered growth of 6.8% in 2023 with volumes of 5.45 million units, as per S&P Global Mobility.

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The raw materials crunch: How bad, how long, how to solve it?

Charged EVs

We EVangelists have gotten used to smugly pointing to the steadily declining costs of batteries (and renewable energy). That said, with increased adoption of batteries, alongside improvements in technologies, the [long-term] trend is likely to still be towards lower battery costs and increased affordability, as economies of scale take hold.”.

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Perspective: Why Carbon Emissions Should Not Have Been the Focus of the UN Climate Change Summit and Why the 15th Conference of the Parties Should Have Focused on Technology Transfer

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It is quite clear that costs for both adaptation and mitigation will increase over time, and that public money, provided by developed countries, will have to kick-start action and lead the way. The Chinese can promise to do this because they’re modernizing their economy. in benefits. “Why It’s simply not in their interest to do so.