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Faraday Future receives manufacturing equipment from Guangzhou MINO at Hanford plant

Green Car Congress

EV-maker Faraday Future announced the arrival of intelligent manufacturing equipment from Guangzhou MINO Equipment Co., a top-tier automotive supplier offering advanced manufacturing solutions. —Matt Tall, Vice President of Manufacturing at Faraday Future. Guangzhou MINO Equipment Co., was incorporated in 2008.

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LCA finds EMN high-purity manganese products have lower carbon footprint than incumbent industry

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The purity of Chvaletice’s HPMSM exceeds the published Chinese specification, as impurities in Chvaletice’s HPMSM process are controlled to a tighter level. HPMSM produced in China using ore from South Africa has higher levels of trace elements of fluorine and silicon compared to Chvaletice’s HPMSM.

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BMW investing €400M in new vehicle assembly at Munich plant as part of shift to electromobility; engine production being concentrated at Steyr and Hams Hall

Green Car Congress

The combustion engines with four, six, eight and 12 cylinders produced there will be manufactured at the company’s locations in Steyr in Austria and Hams Hall in the UK going forward. The Chinese plant in Dadong also began producing the BMW iX3 this year. Rendering of the new assembly hall. —Milan Nedeljkovi?.

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BNEF: EV company fundings bright spot as clean energy investment slips in Q3 quarter; 3 China EV companies raise $1.9B

Green Car Congress

We’re seeing more companies raising funds as they look to make the jump from concept cars to high-volume manufacturing. The largest six VC/PE new equity deals of 2018 so far have all involved Chinese electric vehicle firms, including the two mentioned above during 3Q. billion, the Enel Green Power South Africa portfolio, at $1.4

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EV Supply Chains May Be Dirtier Than You Think

The Truth About Cars

The Washington Post recently reported on some of the “dirty parts” of EV manufacturing, and it paints a picture of challenges ahead as more people look to make the shift to electrics. Materials like manganese mined in South Africa can have significant negative impacts on local communities and the people doing the mining.

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Peugeot sees robust orders, rolls out EV subscriptions in Europe

Baua Electric

Owned through auto vast Stellantis, Peugeot has perceivable EV gross sales stay forged regardless of festival from Chinese language producers, Jackson stated in an interview. marketplace and targets to accumulation rising in South The usa and alternative international locations, together with South Africa, Malaysia, Thailand and Morocco.

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China’s JAC plans Aussie push with EV ute benchmarked against Rivian R1T

EV Central

Pecotic, a China auto industry veteran, has had a previous stint with JAC when it briefly sold a diesel truck here a decade ago, as well as WMC (Foton) utes and MG, which is part of Chinese manufacturing giant SAIC. JAC is the latest Chinese brand to reveal extensive Aussie plans. The next vehicle they are working on is SUV.