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Baidu, Tesla said to have agreed on mapping deal for FSD in China – ET Auto

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Baidu , China’s major internet search company, reached an agreement with Tesla to grant the car company access to its mapping license for data collection on China’s public roads, two people familiar with the matter said. Foreign firms need to partner with domestic companies that have obtained the license.

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CATL to build new $280M, 80 tpy LFP cathode materials plant in China

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In a speech at the China EV100 conference, CATL Chairman Zeng Yuqun observed that global lithium battery market demand will increase significantly starting this year, but added that the growth of capacity supply in the entire industry chain is relatively slow, and effective supply is insufficient.

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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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Unfortunately, this conference focused primarily on setting a cap on carbon emissions and providing financial aid to developing countries to build capacities to adapt to the negative impacts of climate change. The Chinese can promise to do this because they’re modernizing their economy. 293-308 doi: 10.1287/mnsc.1050.0437. Kamiyama, C.

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One way or another, Fisker Automotive may soon be off the market

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Fisker’s loan was granted so the company could build an environmentally friendly luxury car called Karma in Finland and later a second vehicle named Atlantic in the United States. chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, proposed an amendment to end the $25-billion Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing loan program.

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Buffett's Chinese electric car company

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car companies and battery makers as much as the Chinese government is going to help BYD. Li Lu has agreed to come to FORTUNE’s Brainstorm Green conference next week to talk about BYD. Sokol told me that Mr. Much as I admire the Obama administration’s energy and environment team, there’s no way that the U.S.

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

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This was granted to Amir Ban, Dov Moran, and Oron Ogdan in November 2000. In addition to claims by M-Systems and IBM, perhaps the most complicated rivalry came from the Chinese company Netac Technology. Despite this collaboration, Netac subsequently sought and was granted a patent on the thumb drive within China.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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The 15 th Congress, also known as the 15 th Conference of Parties, or COP 15, was initially intended to be a largely procedural summit, with many major negotiating points settled and most environmental ministers prepared to sign a binding emissions treaty that contained specific emissions targets as well as commitments to financing structures.

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