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Toyota develops “Total-care Service” for ride-hailing companies; rollout with Grab in Singapore

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Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) is introducing “total-care service,” a pioneering set of mobility services specially designed for ride-hailing companies. Through this Total-care Service, ride-hailing companies can provide their driver-partners with more cost-efficient and timely maintenance services.

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Terra Motors & FCC Corporation partners to develop futuristic EVs

Electric Vehicles India

Terra Motors & FCC Corporation partners to develop futuristic EVs. Terra Motors Corporation a Japanese electric vehicle maker has partnered with a Japan-based FCC Corporation to develop futuristic electric vehicles for global markets. Terra Motors & FCC Corporation.

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Maersk invests in bio-methanol startup WasteFuel

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This investment is made through Maersk Growth, the corporate venture arm of A.P. The company says it has developed technology pathways to meaningfully improve yields and further reduce emissions. WasteFuel is also developing projects in Asia and the Americas including a biorefinery in Manila, Philippines, to produce low-carbon fuels.

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ITOCHU and JGC Launch Large-scale Bio-ethanol Production and Power Plant Businesses in the Philippines

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ITOCHU Corporation and JGC Corporation have agreed to participate in large-scale bio-ethanol production and power supply businesses in the Philippines together with other local partners. GFII”), will become a new operating company for the business. The newly formed joint venture, Green FUture Innovations, Inc.

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This off-grid island will switch from diesel to tidal energy [video]

Baua Electric

Energy company Energies PH in the Philippines, through its affiliate San Bernardino Ocean Power Corporation, has contracted with Inyanga, which will deploy its patented HydroWing tidal stream technology. Capul’s tidal energy project is expected to come online in late 2025.

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Terra Motors crowdsourcing funding for new electric three-wheeler

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Japan-based Terra Motors Corporation, founded in 2010 and an established seller of electric scooters in Japan, is seeking crowd-sourced funding on inidiegogo to support its new electric three-wheeler. Terra is targeting the three-wheeler at markets such as in the Philippines and India. The 50-day campaign has a goal of $50,000.

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Ford cuts global water use 8.5% per vehicle from 2011 to 2012; total usage down 62% since 2000

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between 2011 and 2012—putting the company more than halfway toward its current goal of using an average of 4 cubic meters per vehicle globally by 2015. Ford’s water strategy complements the company’s overall Code of Human Rights, Basic Working Conditions and Corporate Responsibilities. billion gallons, or about 62%.

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