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China-Based Holding Company to Invest $48.9M in Altair Nanotechnologies for 51%; China Battery Deals

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recently reached a definitive agreement whereby China-based Canon Investment Holdings Limited would purchase newly issued common shares of Altair Nanotechnologies, Inc. Headquartered in Zhuhai, China, Canon is the holding company of Yintong Energy Company Ltd. Purchases of $4.6 Altair Nanotechnologies, Inc.

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Testing the Rowwet electric scooter : Eleq

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Video - Let's Ride the Rowwet Electric Scooter Rowwett is a Pune based company. We were told that Rowwett has possibly got a shared manufacturing facility with another Chakan based EV company). The company has also purchased the dies for some of the models, so that they can start panel moulding here itself. More than Rs.

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Altair Nanotechnologies Pursuing ARRA Funding for Grid Modernization

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The legislation provides electric utility companies financial assistance for use in paying up to 50% of the cost for qualifying advanced grid technology investments, including demonstrations and equipment purchases of utility-scale energy storage.

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CEC awards Proterra $3M toward electric bus manufacturing plant; Foothill Transit orders 13 more buses

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The plant will be Proterra’s second after its original plant in Greenville, SC; the company said that its expansion was prompted by the strong growth in market demand for the new Proterra Catalyst electric buses. The FTA funds pretty close to 80% of most capital purchases for buses across the country, Horton noted.).

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Porsche opens new plant for eight-cylinder engines; digitalization and data management; V8s for all VW Group brands

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The electric transporters, which are powered by lithium-titanate batteries, navigate over a grid network of 16,000 magnets that are mounted in the floors of the two plant levels. The company is investing around 700 million euros in its main production site. The primary innovation driver is the first battery-electric sports car.

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BCG Report Expects Battery Costs Will Constrain Widespread Market Adoption of Fully Electric Vehicles, Absent a Technology Breakthrough; Forecasts 26% of Major Market New Cars in 2020 To be Hybrid or Electric

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They conducted more than 50 interviews with battery suppliers, automotive OEMs, university researchers, start-up companies working on leading-edge battery technologies, and government agencies across Asia, the United States, and Western Europe, and also created a battery cost model to project future costs. The stakes are very high.

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President Obama Announces 48 Projects to Receive $2.4B in Grants for Next-Generation of Batteries and Electric Vehicles; To be Combined with $2.4B in Industry Cost-Share

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Companies and universities in Michigan are receiving more than $1 billion of the grants. $118.5. Production of lithium-ion cells and packs for hybrid and electric vehicles. Production of electrolytes for lithium-ion batteries. FutureFuel Chemical Company. Ford Motor Company. Ford Motor Company. $30.

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