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impact of chinese semiconductor manufacturers over business

Baua Electric

Chinese semiconductor manufacturers have a significant impact on various aspects of the global business landscape. Competitive Landscape: Chinese semiconductor manufacturers contribute to the competitive landscape by providing alternatives to established players in the industry.

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Nissan and Honda may team up to slash EV prices and take on Chinese automakers like BYD

Baua Electric

Nissan and Honda are considering teaming up to introduce more affordable EVs to compete with Chinese automakers like BYD. The aim is to reduce EV prices as the automakers look to Chinese automakers with low-cost models like BYD. The partnership could include a new EV platform.

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Novel bi-metallic palladium-tungsten nano-alloy an efficient low-cost fuel cell catalyst; simple microwave synthesis

Green Car Congress

Swedish and Chinese researchers have fashioned a novel nano-alloy composed of palladium nano-islands embedded in tungsten nanoparticles supported on ordered mesoporous carbon as an efficient fuel cell catalyst. In a paper in the journal Nature Communications , they reported that despite a very low percentage of noble metal (?palladium:tungsten=1:8),

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Volkswagen to launch new EV platform in China to slash costs and compete with BYD

Baua Electric

VW’s China head added lower costs and rapid development are “crucial for our competitiveness in China’s dynamic market environment.” VW believes it can recapture market share in China with an advanced, low-cost EV platform rolling out. Last July, the company invested $700 million into XPeng for a nearly 5% stake.

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DOE awarding $1.6B to 11 battery materials separation and processing projects as part of $2.8B funding

Green Car Congress

NAM will deploy its advanced, cost effective and environmentally friendly process technology to provide a ~60% reduction in carbon intensity relative to the traditional Chinese synthetic graphite. Albemarle is finalizing the site selection for the lithium hydroxide conversion plant in the southeastern United States.

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Global study shows uneven urbanization among large cities in the last two decades

Green Car Congress

Due to the rapid economic growth in the study period, China invested a large amount of resources into infrastructure construction for advancing the urban living environment. In 2018, the country has 19% of the total BUA of large cities in the world.

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Lessons from a year with solar power

EV Info

With Octopus Go we receive low cost power between 00:30 and 04:30 every day. The goal of our Solar project was to charge the car and fill the battery storage at the low cost and power the house on batteries until the solar was generating enough to power the house and then replenish the battery power with excess solar energy.

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