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WiTricity raises $34M in venture capital, including strategic investment from Mitsubishi

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Stage 1 Ventures led the round with participation from Air Waves Wireless Electricity and a strategic investment by Mitsubishi Corporation through its US subsidiary, Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas). Mitsubishi Corporation’s investment in WiTricity reflects an innovative vision for the future of smart cities.

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Mullen Chinese EVs, pollution from tires, Mitsubishi i-MiEV retrospective: Today’s Car News

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distribution of Chinese EVs. And the Mitsubishi i-MiEV might be at the end of the road. Mullen Technologies is again planning to sell Chinese-designed electric cars in. An invention claims to be able to catch pollution from tires. Mullen’s at it again with potential U.S. Honda electrifies its racing.

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Mitsubishi Chemical strengthens production capacity of graphite anode materials in China; possible production in Europe and US

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Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Group (MCHG) will increase the production capacity of natural graphite anode material from 2,000 tons/year to 12,000 tons/year at its Chinese subsidiary Qingdao Anode Kasei and affiliated company Qingdao Lingda Kasei. The production line is scheduled to start operation in the first half of fiscal 2023.

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Mitsubishi Electric develops multi-modal character input HMI for Chinese-language car nav

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Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has developed a multi-modal character input human-machine interface (HMI) for next-generation Chinese-language car navigation systems. Various features of the Chinese language, however, have created a strong need for flexible character-input methods that ensure easy usage by all Chinese speakers.

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Mitsubishi Suspends Chinese Operations Following Sharp Fall In Sales

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Mitsubishi's overreliance on plug-in hybrid models is believed to be a large part of the problem.

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Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi becomes lead investor in China autonomous driving company WeRide.ai

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Alliance Ventures, the strategic venture capital arm of Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi, has become the lead strategic investor of WeRide.ai (formerly JingChi.ai), China’s leading autonomous driving company focused on Level 4 (L4) self-driving technology, following completion of the company’s Series A funding. The investment in WeRide.ai

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An electric pickup from Nissan and Mitsubishi? Automakers team up to take on US market

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Japanese automakers Nissan and Mitsubishi are joining forces to catch up as the US market transitions to EVs. Nissan and Mitsubishi will jointly develop an electric pickup for the US market. According to Automotive News , Nissan will launch its first plug-in hybrid in the US using a Mitsubishi-engineered system.