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Daimler first automotive company to test UBQ’s climate-positive thermoplastic material in auto parts

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Daimler announced a trial and development partnership with Israeli cleantech company UBQ Materials to explore the use of UBQ’s climate-positive material in the production of automobile parts. UBQ operates a test plant in southern Israel which already supplies UBQ to the plastic industry with a capacity of 5,000 tons per year.

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Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality, in partnership with ElectReon and Dan Bus Company, launches electric road pilot

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Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality, in partnership with ElectReon and Dan Bus Company, has launched a pilot project to install wireless electric roads for charging public transportation in the city. Electric road construction in Tel Aviv. Credit: Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality.

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BASF and Tenova Advanced Technologies enter into joint development agreement for efficient recycling of Li-ion batteries

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BASF, a leading battery materials producer, has entered into a long-term collaboration agreement with Tenova Advanced Technologies (TAT) of Yokneam, Israel, for its battery recycling prototype plant in Schwarzheide, Germany. By collaborating with Tenova we can assess new approaches in further optimizing the recycling process.

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TU/ecomotive develops waste-free car with UBQ: Luca

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Every year, Netherland-based student company TU/ecomotive produces an electric car with a team of 21 BA students from the Eindhoven University of Technology, with the aim of showing the world that a hypothetical, sustainable car of the future can be a reality today. Luca’s body was manufactured by TU/ecomotive out of UBQ material.

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India To Develop EV Eco System Through State-Owned Oil Marketing Companies

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India is on the fast track of expanding their EV infrastructure with the help of India’s OMCs (Oil marketing companies). Indian Oil: From Filling Petrol To Charging EVs IndianOil is a state-owned company under the Indian Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, and is leading the push for EV charging station opening.

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StoreDot manages to ‘winterproof’ its extreme fast-charging EV batteries

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StoreDot is a company out of Israel that is aiming to increase fast-charging capabilities in its EV battery cells , while also increasing the overall lifecycle and promoting more groundbreaking advancements in batteries that will be used in electric cars.

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COP26 declaration on accelerating the transition to 100% zero emission cars and vans

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Signatories by category: Governments: Austria; Azerbaijan; Cambodia; Canada; Cape Verde; Chile; Croatia; Cyprus; Denmark; El Salvador; Finland; Iceland; Ireland; Israel; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Netherlands; New Zealand; Norway; Poland; Slovenia; Sweden; United Kingdom. —COP 26 Declaration. Unilever; Vattenfall; Zenith; Zurich.