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Toyota and Hino Trucks jointly developing Class 8 fuel cell electric truck for North America

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Toyota Motor North America (TMNA) and Hino Trucks have agreed to develop jointly a Class 8 fuel cell electric truck (FCET) for the North American market. Hino Trucks, a Toyota Group Company, assembles, sells, and services a lineup of Class 4-8 diesel commercial trucks in the United States.

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GE Hitachi signs contract for the first commercial N American small modular reactor

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This is the first commercial contract for a grid-scale SMR in North America. The BWRX-300 is a 300 MWe water-cooled, natural circulation Small Modular Reactor (SMR) with passive safety systems that leverages the design and licensing basis of GEH’s US NRC-certified ESBWR.

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Li-Cycle delivers first commercial shipment of recycled battery material

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a North-America-based lithium-ion battery resource recovery company, recently completed its first shipment of commercially recycled battery material, containing energy metals concentrate. air emissions, soil and water impacts) and social impacts of mining and refining from primary sources at scale. Li-Cycle Corp. ,

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Honda to advance fuel cell system as core of its hydrogen business; expansion to other areas; new FCEV in 2024

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In 2024, in North America and Japan, Honda will launch a FCEV model equipped with this next-generation fuel cell system jointly developed with GM. This model will be based on the CR-V introduced last year in North America and equipped with the next-generation fuel cell system. Commercial vehicles.

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New Bosch 230 electric motor and inverter with silicon carbide technology offers system efficiency up to 97%

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At Motor Bella 2021, Bosch is introducing its new efficient 230 electric motor for commercial and medium-duty vehicles. Bosch‘s electric motor 230 for commercial vehicles. To achieve this, hairpin winding technology is used in the stator as well as combined oil-water cooling. This results in a system efficiency of up to 97%.

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Ford to offer new 5-cylinder 3.2L diesel in Transit van in North America next year

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liter Power Stroke diesel will be Ford’s second in North America. The new diesel engine, Ford’s second in North America, has already been applied in the global Ford Ranger truck sold in world markets (3.2 liter Power Stroke is one of several engines that will be available for Transit in North America, including the 3.5-liter

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Automakers and suppliers part of DOE Better Climate Challenge

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Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems. 10% 30% in Water Intensity. Nissan North America. 15% 15% in Water Intensity. Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America. Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America. 20% 20% in Water Intensity. Volvo Group North America.

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