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Terra Motors partners Pooja Finelease Ltd. for electric vehicle financing

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for electric vehicle financing. India’s leading non-banking finance company for electric vehicle financing. Akihiro Ueda, CEO, Terra Motors said, “This partnership between Pooja Finelease and Terra Motors will give access to a larger audience and will take care of our North, East and North-Eastern region financing.

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IEA: COVID-19 crisis causing the biggest fall in global energy investment in history

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The COVID-19 pandemic has set in motion the largest drop in global energy investment in history, with spending expected to plunge in every major sector this year—from fossil fuels to renewables and efficiency—the International Energy Agency said in a new report.

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BloombergNEF: clean energy investment in developing nations slumps as financing in China slows; coal burn surges to record high

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The findings suggest that developing nations are moving toward cleaner power but not nearly fast enough to limit global CO 2 emissions. The transition from coal toward cleaner sources in developing nations is underway. After peaking at 84GW of new capacity added in 2015, coal project completions plummeted to 39GW in 2018.

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Direct lithium extraction company EnergyX secures $20M in funding commitments

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(EnergyX) has secured commitments of $20 million in financing. In 2020, EnergyX announced a pilot partnership with Orocobre Limited ( earlier post ) to deliver high-quality and comprehensive solutions that will lead to a cleaner, more efficient lithium extraction. Earlier post.) tons by 2040.

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IEA: global energy investment stabilized above $1.8T in 2018; security and sustainability concerns growing

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Global energy investment stabilized in 2018, ending three consecutive years of decline, as capital spending on oil, gas and coal supply bounced back while investment stalled for energy efficiency and renewables, according to the International Energy Agency’s latest annual review. Global energy investment totalled more than US$1.8

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BYD executive says Tesla is a ‘partner’ in electrification

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In an interview between Yahoo Finance and BYD Executive Vice President Stella Li on Monday, Li told the publication she thought the global EV market couldn’t have come to exist the way it does without Tesla. million units globally, and CEO Elon Musk responded to the situation, noting that he considers the U.S.

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BNEF: Global plug-in vehicle sales surge 63% year-on-year in Q3; China accounted for more than half of total

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Plug-in electric vehicles sales surged to a record in the third quarter, largely driven by strong demand in China, according to a new report from Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF). China accounted for more than half of global sales as its market for electric cars doubled amid government efforts to curb pollution.

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