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Ford, VW & China seek deal with Indonesia for EV battery materials

Teslarati

Indonesia’s Minister of Investment, Bahlil Lahadalia, recently stated that Volkswagen plans to build an electric vehicle (EV) battery ecosystem in the Southeast Asian country. The German automaker is partnering with miner Vale, Ford, and Chinese battery minerals producer Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt to build the EV ecosystem.

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Tesla’s Elon Musk will meet with Indonesian officials once again to discuss nickel

Teslarati

Tesla representatives traveled to Indonesia last week to discuss nickel production at a hub in the country, according to a report from Reuters. Luhut met with Musk in April to discuss Indonesia’s nickel mines at Tesla’s new Gigafactory Texas facility outside of Austin. “I “They will visit Morowali.

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Roskill: automotive batteries and stainless steel to drive nickel demand

Green Car Congress

per year over the course of the forecast period, due to rising output in China and Indonesia. Supply growth to come mainly from China and from Indonesia. In recent years, Chinese producers have been investing heavily in nickel pig iron (NPI) plants in Indonesia.

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Benelli has unveiled new electric scooter ‘Dong’

Electric Vehicles India

It has been recently launched in Indonesia. Benelli Dong is a lightweight electric scooter that is small, quirky and funky to look at moreover its design is unique and it is certainly been developed using the know-how from the Chinese side of the operation. Benelli must improve its range for the price it is offering. .

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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.

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Geely exports more than 100,000 vehicles in 2012; 164% year-on-year growth

Green Car Congress

According to figures released by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM), in the first eleven months of 2012 Chinese self-developed brands exported 470,000 passenger vehicles in total—with automotive manufacturers on average showing a 30% sales increase over 2011 figures.

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Taiwanese smartphone giant Foxconn reveals electric ute, global sales planned

EV Central

Not much detail was revealed, but Hon Hai did say the dual-cab ute had a 420km range, 800mm wading depth, one-tonne payload and 3000kg towing capacity. drag coefficient and 450km range between recharges. sec 0-100km/h time and 700km electric range. long hatch has 2.8m wheelbase, a 0.26 It boasts a 3.8

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