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Nissan to produce Mercedes-Benz 4-cylinder gasoline engines in North America; latest step in collaboration

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powertrain assembly plant will build Mercedes-Benz 4-cylinder gasoline engines for Infiniti and Mercedes-Benz models. The collaboration marks the first production of Mercedes-Benz engines in the North America Free Trade region. In 2011, Decherd produced more than 580,000 engines on a covered area of more than 1.2

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Daimler and Geely Holding form global JV for smart; new generation of electric models

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The joint venture partners have agreed that the new generation of smart vehicles will be styled by the worldwide Mercedes-Benz Design network with engineering from Geely global engineering centers. Future production will be located in China. Financial terms of the smart joint venture have not been disclosed.

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First project in European BATTERY 2030+ research initiative begins this month

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New battery materials, engineered interfaces and smart battery cell architectures will be developed bearing in mind the manufacturability, scalability, recyclability, and life-cycle environmental footprint of the novel technologies.

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Renault-Nissan Alliance and Daimler expand cooperation with new $1.4B plant in Mexico; next-gen compacts for Mercedes-Benz and Infiniti

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Renault-Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn and Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche announced today that their companies have agreed to establish a 50:50 joint venture, the business entity that will oversee construction and operation of the new plant in Aguascalientes in north-central Mexico. The first engine to be assembled at the all-new facility is a 2.0-liter

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Renault-Nissan Alliance and Daimler partnership solid and expanding; 12 projects on three continents

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The collaboration between the Renault-Nissan Alliance and Daimler AG is not only stable and on-track, but expanding, the companies’ CEOs said in their annual media update at the Paris Motor Show. Meanwhile, the two companies continue to supply each other with powertrains. Renault-Nissan and Daimler launched their partnership in 2010.

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Hydrogenics to supply 1MW electrolyzer to project converting CO2 to methanol; Power-to-Gas

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Hydrogenics Corporation will supply a 1MW electrolyzer and provide engineering expertise to a consortium of companies working on the European project MefCO2 (methanol fuel from CO 2 ) in Germany. —Daryl Wilson, CEO of Hydrogenics.

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Daimler/Renault-Nissan collaboration expanding

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The chief executives of the Renault-Nissan Alliance and Daimler AG said during an annual briefing at the Frankfurt Motor Show that their companies’ partnership ( earlier post ) is advancing quickly, and the scope of the collaboration is increasingly global. Click to enlarge. The components will be used in a brand specific way.

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