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Roskill: Japanese steel industry is poised for a major downsizing in the years to come

Green Car Congress

Nippon Steel’s announcement is the latest example of the challenges faced by the steel industry in developed economies, notes Roskill: overcapacity and environmental regulations. The steel quality gap between Japanese and Chinese material has narrowed; Korea is another strong regional player. —Nikkei report.

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Buffett's Chinese electric car company

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

car companies and battery makers as much as the Chinese government is going to help BYD. Youre already getting our newsletter. 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. government is going to help U.S.

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Inflation Reduction Act – How It Supercharges the Electric Vehicle Industry

EV Match

half a world away, the Chinese island of Hainan announced it would ban sales of fossil fuel-powered vehicles a full five years earlier, by 2030. Some pundits have said that the landmark 2015 Paris Accord international treaty on climate change, which the U.S. rejoined on President Joe Biden’s first day in office, didn’t go far enough.