Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2011

Agilyx Corporation has secured a new round of Series C funding worth $25 million, led by new investor Keating Capital and joined by existing investors Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers, Saffron Hill Ventures, Waste Management, Total Energy Ventures International, an affiliate of Total S.A., Earlier post.). 10 pounds of plastic.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

Volvo Car Corporation is now ramping up production of the new Volvo V60 Plug-in Hybrid. The assembly of the first commercial light-duty diesel plug-in hybrid has been successfully integrated on the same line as the company’s other models at the Torslanda plant in Gothenburg. Earlier post.)

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MAY 16, 2022

Further, the company helped to develop standards and regulations for RNG as well as constructed interconnection options for the site, allowing VERBIO to comply with requirements established for the sale of RNG in other states. Our advanced and approved technology sets new standards in the US biofuels market.

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MAY 14, 2024

Apollo Tyres Ltd today said Satish Sharma, President of the company’s Asia Pacific, Middle East, and Africa (APMEA) division will retire from the company on May 31. The board has also approved the nominations of Berjis Desai and Sumit Dayal to the company’s board, with effect from August 6.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2020

Toyota is collaborating with Joby Aviation (Joby), an aerospace company that is developing and commercializing all-electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft to enable the deployment of fast, quiet and affordable air transportation services. —Toyota Motor Corporation President and CEO Akio Toyoda.

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JUNE 6, 2016

A key outcome of the Low Carbon Technology Partnerships initiative ( LCTPi ), below50 is intended to grow a global corporate market for sustainable low-carbon transport fuels (LCTFs). Any company which produces, uses and/or invests in fuels that are at least 50% less carbon intensive than conventional fossil fuels can join below50.

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APRIL 27, 2022

South 8 Technologies, a developer of electrolyte formulations for next-generation lithium batteries, has raised $12 million in Series A financing, led by Anzu Partners with participation from LG Technology Ventures, Shell Ventures, Foothill Ventures, and Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation (TNSC).

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DECEMBER 17, 2018

The financing was led by advanced ceramics manufacturer Kyocera Group and leading global trading company, ITOCHU Corporation. 24M’s materials design enables up to 5x the area capacity of standard Li-ion. —Koji Hasegawa, General Manager, Industrial Chemicals Department of ITOCHU Corporation.

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APRIL 29, 2024

After a week full of major news , the company is back with perhaps its biggest announcement lately: a plan for a major partnership that will see the company greatly expand the use of its swappable battery standard. It’s hard to overstate Sumitomo’s magnitude, owning over 900 subsidiary companies with 80,000 employees.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2020

This includes leading test tracks, universities, automotive companies, and key economic anchors. During the feasibility analysis in Phase One, work will focus on technology testing and roadway design, and exploring different financing models with an aim toward determining project viability from both a technology and business perspective.

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MAY 9, 2024

You probably also will gain a general understanding of how your company and the business world work. Engineers have fulfilling, rewarding careers as individual contributors and as managers—and companies need both. Differences between the two tracks Broadly, the managerial track is similar across all companies.

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MAY 25, 2009

The Climate Disclosure Standards Board ( CDSB ) introduced for public consultation a set of proposals designed to assist directors in the inclusion of climate change-related information in companies’ annual reports. —Paul Dickinson, Chief Executive of the Carbon Disclosure Project.

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JULY 22, 2009

Green Car Congress attended the Renewable Energy Finance Forum - Wall Street (REFF-Wall Street) conference (23-24 June) sponsored by Euromoney Energy Events and the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE). Renewable energy projects are frequently financed with project rather than corporate finance. by Bill Cooke.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

a biobutanol and renewable hydrocarbons company, announced the start up of its first biobutanol demonstration plant designed from retrofitting an existing demonstration scale ethanol plant to produce biobutanol. Standard automobile and small engines can run on biobutanol blended into gasoline at any ratio, according to Gevo.

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JANUARY 20, 2024

A company statement said the Steel Ministry suspended V S Chakravarthy, Director (Commercial), and A K Tulsiani, Director (Finance). In compliance with instructions from the centre, SAIL also placed 26 Below Board Level officials of the Company on suspension with immediate effect.

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APRIL 15, 2024

Generative AI investment skyrockets While corporate investment was down overall last year, investment in generative AI went through the roof. Companies release foundation models both to push the state-of-the-art forward and to give developers a foundation on which to build products and services. Google released the most in 2023.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

The €600-million (US$704-million) bond will be used to fund the acquisition of new retail finance contracts and beneficial interests in lease contracts for Toyota and Lexus vehicles that meet specific clean air criteria, including powertrain, fuel efficiency and emissions.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2012

Kureha Corporation, Itochu Corporation, Kuraray Co., and the Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ) have concluded an agreement intended to further accelerate the growth of Kureha Battery Materials Japan Co., KBMJ plans to finance approximately ¥14.5 Pattern diagram of Li-ion containment in CARBOTRON P.

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JUNE 21, 2011

In addition to the independent studies that have already been conducted and are publicly available, the financing partners will perform on-going monitoring to ensure that the project fully meets its commitments. Less than one-third of the leased area will actually be used by the project, keeping impacts to a minimum, Addax claims.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

CelluFuel will construct its demonstration plant at the ReNova Scotia Bioenergy site in Brooklyn, Nova Scotia, which serves as a provincial incubator for companies focused on bioenergy innovation. It produces a renewable diesel that has the potential to meet ASTM standards (ASTM D975 & D396). PwC Corporate Finance Inc.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2011

As part of its strategy of developing solutions to reduce CO 2 emissions, Valeo has acquired the Variable Torque Enhancement System (VTES) ( earlier post ) business of UK automotive technology development company Controlled Power Technologies (CPT). VTES will be integrated into Valeo’s Powertrain Systems Business Group with immediate effect.

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AUGUST 22, 2012

Startup US Fuel Corporation (USF), which plans to design, build, own and operate scalable facilities near coal mine sites to convert coal into synthetic fuels, will acquire coal-to-diesel intellectual property (IP) that USF co-developed with an executive team consisting of Paul Adams and Steve Luck.

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AUGUST 3, 2021

The story of Pixar doesn't start with its founding—a tech company's story rarely does. Rather, the original spark often comes from a university lab , a renegade group at a large company, or a hobbyist building stuff for fun. Let's start a company to give them a home." So we bought two books each on how to start companies.

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Baua Electric

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

Companies like Tata Motors, Mahindra Electric, Bajaj Auto, and others have introduced or are developing electric vehicles across different segments, including cars, two-wheelers, and three-wheelers. Standardization is crucial to ensuring interoperability and ease of use for electric vehicle owners.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2011

BYD and The Hertz Corporation, the world’s largest general use car rental brand, announced a strategic partnership to promote new energy applications to propel the development of the EV markets in China. million yuan ($43 million), based on Chinese accounting standards. BYD’s share price fell 14.3% in Hong Kong trading to 16.18

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2017

Daimler AG is the lead investor in the first $82-million close of US-based charging solutions provider ChargePoint’s latest round of financing. The first close of Chargepoint’s round is the largest in the company’s history. The investment will support the expansion of the company’s charging network into Europe.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Enter Square , the company that developed a little white dongle for smartphones that lets anyone easily accept credit-card payments. We’re making a hardware wallet for the next 100M bitcoin users,” the company wrote in a recent recruitment posting. And in December, the company changed its corporate name to “Block.”.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

a gasification-based drop-in advanced biofuels company ( earlier post ), has agreed to purchase about 1,200 acres of land near Alexandria, Louisiana, for the planned construction and operation of its first production facility. Sundrop Fuels, Inc., Chesapeake invested $155 million in Sundrop Fuels last summer.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2011

Nesscap will use the proceeds from this financing for the establishment of a full-scale production facility for ultracapacitors and accompanying research center in the Russian Federation (US $15,000,000) and for the expansion of Nesscap’s current manufacturing and core R&D operations in Korea and for general corporate purposes (US $5,000,000).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

an algal biotechnology company that produces renewable oils and biomaterials in standard fermentation facilities, announced that Unilever has joined its Series D financing round ( earlier post ) as a strategic investor. —Phil Giesler, Innovation Director at Unilever Corporate Ventures. Solazyme, Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2016

China’s Zhejiang Geely Holding Group (ZGH) has raised $400 million through the first Green Bond sale on the offshore market from a Chinese automobile company to support the design, development and production of range-extended electric vehicles by its UK subsidiary, the LondonTaxi Company (LTC), manufacturer of the iconic London Black Cab.

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Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 10, 2024

This guide offers a strategic map for business owners and fleet managers navigating the vast panorama of commercial vehicles, ensuring that the wheels turning for your company are the wheels of prosperity, reliability and efficiency.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

Based on a survey of 284 senior-level renewable energy executives, the report canvasses the risks in financing, constructing and operating renewable energy projects as well as the risk management challenges that the renewable energy industry must confront. —Agostino Galvagni, Chief Executive Officer Swiss Re Corporate Solutions.

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MAY 9, 2024

From tech and finance, to healthcare, retail, and manufacturing, nearly every industry today has begun to incorporate artificial intelligence (AI) into their technology platforms and business operations. Nearly half of the companies we surveyed are doing so.” The AI future has arrived.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Several reasons underpin slow growth in the commercialization of biofuels, according to the EIA: Difficulties obtaining financing in the aftermath of the debt crisis; Technology scale-up difficulties at startup companies; and. Strategic corporate shifts because of increased availability of low-cost natural gas.

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APRIL 27, 2016

The panel, moderated by Jesse Schneider, BMW, included Takashi Moriya, Senior Chief Engineer at Honda R&D; Dr. Will James, Manager, Safety, Codes, and Standards at the US Department of Energy (DOE); and Dr. Ralph Clague, Head of Motive Systems and Architecture, Intelligent Energy.

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Running a business in the UK involves careful financial planning, and one aspect that often requires consideration is your company’s vehicle fleet. Whether you’re a small business owner or a corporate executive, choosing the right vehicles for your operations can significantly impact your bottom line.

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