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Ford unveils battery-electric E?Tourneo Courier

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The company is investing $50 billion globally through 2026 to achieve a targeted run rate of more than 2 million all-electric vehicles by the end of that year. E-Tourneo Courier is one of 10 all-electric vehicles Ford has committed to offering in Europe by 2024, as it targets zero emissions for all vehicle sales in the region by 2035.

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TECO 2030 aims to build hydrogen fuel cell gigafactory in Norway

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We combine a best-in-class fuel cell solution with a long history of being a trusted engineering partner to leading companies in the global maritime industry. Fuel cell development is done in collaboration with Austrian engineering company AVL, the world’s largest independent company for development of powertrain systems.

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Rock Tech Lithium breaks ground on Guben converter; battery-grade LiOH for Mercedes-Benz battery suppliers starting in 2026

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The two companies signed an agreement last year for the supply of Mercedes-Benz battery partners with high-grade lithium hydroxide refined in the new Rock Tech plant covering an amount sufficient for around 150,000 fully electric vehicles. The battery cells will be supplied by the European factories of the Automotive Cells Company (ACC).

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NuScale Power receives US NRC design approval for small modular reactor

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The company also submitted 14 separate Topical Reports in addition to the over 12,000 pages for its DCA application and provided more than 2 million pages of supporting information for NRC audits. NuScale has signed agreements with entities in the US, Canada, Romania, the Czech Republic, and Jordan.

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Ford to expand 3-Wet Paint capacity by 50% globally in 2013

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Ford Motor Company is expanding its 3-Wet paint ( earlier post ) capacity by 50% this year, adding the more environmentally friendly process to four more plants on three continents. The only current location with 3-Wet capability in Europe is Craiova Assembly Plant, Craiova, Romania.

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3-year, $75.7M eRamp power electronics research project launches at Infineon

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Infineon, a global market leader in power semiconductors, is leading the €55-million (US$75.7-million) The Project eRamp is co-funded by grants from ENIAC Joint Undertaking and from Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, Romania, Slovakia und the UK. Twenty-six research partners from six countries are participating. million) project.

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Zinnov: automotive witnessing highest disruption among all industries; ~$6B invested in start-ups in FY 2015

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Management consulting firm Zinnov released its latest study conducted on the Automotive R&D Globalization Landscape, presenting a global engineering R&D analysis on the top 60 automotive companies and how are they leveraging the global R&D ecosystems to improve engineering output and efficiency.

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