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MAY 21, 2021

The supply will go beyond 2030. In 2019, Daimler Truck AG and CATL entered into a global lithium-ion battery cell modules supply agreement for electric series trucks including the Mercedes-Benz eActros, the Freightliner eCascadia and eM2. Its European production base, located in Erfurt, Germany, is currently under construction.

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JANUARY 1, 2021

Toyo Engineering Corporation and?Irkutsk Irkutsk Oil Company (IOC), Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC), and Itochu Corporation are partnering on a joint feasibility study of a blue ammonia value chain between eastern Siberia and Japan. Ammonia value chain flow diagram (Concept).

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FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Rio Tinto and Japanese trader and business conglomerate Marubeni Corporation have agreed a first sale under a new strategic collaboration agreement to secure a sustainable and reliable supply of Rio Tinto’s Responsible aluminum products to Japanese downstream manufacturers.

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OCTOBER 28, 2022

FREYR Battery announced a new service agreement with ITOCHU Corporation, the Japan-based global trading and import/export company. As part of this agreement, ITOCHU will serve as a direct materials supplier for FREYR’s procurement and supply chain operations.

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DECEMBER 27, 2021

Kawasaki Heavy Industries’ Suiso Frontier , the world’s first liquefied hydrogen carrier, has left Japan to pick up its first hydrogen cargo in Australia. A return to Japan is expected around late February. Supply chain demonstration framework. The vessel can carry 75 tonnes of liquefied hydrogen in one trip.

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Hydrogen Japan Australia Gas-Electric 532

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AUGUST 3, 2021

Itochu Corporation and Irkutsk Oil Company (IOC); Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC); and Toyo Engineering Corporation (TOYO) have agreed to undertake a detailed study for the commercialization of a blue ammonia value chain between Eastern Siberia and Japan.

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Japan Oil Corporation Carbon 221

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JUNE 22, 2023

and Mazda Motor Corporation agreed to enter into discussions on establishing a medium- to long-term partnership to meet demand for battery EVs and automotive batteries in a rapidly expanding market. Mazda had installed Panasonic batteries in its Demio EV, which the company had leased in Japan since 2012. Panasonic Energy Co.,

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DECEMBER 20, 2022

BASF has delivered the first batch of nickel-cobalt-manganese (NCM) cathode active materials (CAM) via its majority-owned joint venture BASF TODA Battery Materials LLC (BTBM) to Prime Planet Energy & Solutions ( PPES ), a joint venture between Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) and Panasonic Holdings Corporation (Panasonic).

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Toyota Supplies Corporation Japan 199

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MARCH 8, 2020

Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation (Toshiba ESS), Tohoku Electric Power Co., The technology also needs functions to optimize system operation according to hydrogen supply and demand forecasting.

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Low Cost Hydrogen Power Grid Japan 450

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APRIL 26, 2018

In Japan, Aichi Prefecture, Chita City, Toyota City, Chubu Electric Power, Toho Gas, Toyota Motor Corporation, and Toyota Industries have launched the Chita City and Toyota City Renewable Energy-use Low-carbon Hydrogen Project. Background. Background. Hydrogen is a useful energy source for realizing a low-carbon society. The project.

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APRIL 24, 2020

WiTricity’s technology for wireless power transfer over distance was central to a next-generation electric mobility demonstration in Osaka, Japan, led by DAIHEN Corporation, a global leader in electric power transmission. DAIHEN recently launched a demonstration with Kansai Electric Power Co.

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Japan Solar Golf Cart Charging 370

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MARCH 5, 2018

Eleven companies, including automakers Toyota Motor, Nissan Motor, and Honda Motor, have jointly formed Japan H2 Mobility, LLC (JHyM), aimed at the full-fledged development of hydrogen stations for fuel cell vehicles (FCV) in Japan. The other eight partners in the venture are: JXTG Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation; Idemitsu Kosan Co.,

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Japan Hydrogen Honda Toyota 257

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FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Neste and ITOCHU Corporation have expanded their partnership to increase the availability of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in Japan. Neste, ITOCHU and All Nippon Airways started cooperating in 2020, establishing a SAF supply chain in Japan enabling Neste’s first SAF delivery into Asia to take place in Japan.

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JULY 20, 2021

Toyota Motor Corporation launched its all-new Aqua. The first-generation Aqua—sold as the Prius C in the US—came to life at the Iwate Plant of Toyota Motor East Japan, Inc. The first-generation Aqua—sold as the Prius C in the US—came to life at the Iwate Plant of Toyota Motor East Japan, Inc.

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Prius Hydrogen Toyota Japan 418

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JUNE 5, 2019

Kyocera Corporation and BYD Japan Co., announced a joint project to develop an integrated renewable supply-demand energy system for EVs. the Japanese arm of China’s BYD Co. This system will also incorporate the Kyocera’s renewable energy generating system.

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BYD Japan Energy Renewable 231

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AUGUST 31, 2022

Toyota Motor Corporation has decided to invest up to 730 billion yen (approximately $5.6 billion) in Japan and the United States toward supplying automotive batteries for battery electric vehicles, for which demand is growing, and aims to begin battery production between 2024 and 2026. billion in Japan/U.S.

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Japan Toyota Production Batteries 120

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FEBRUARY 2, 2023

In 2024, in North America and Japan, Honda will launch a FCEV model equipped with this next-generation fuel cell system jointly developed with GM. To create such a system, Honda conducted joint research and development with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) during the 2021 and 2022 fiscal years (period ended 31 March2022).

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Honda Hydrogen Fuel North America 428

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OCTOBER 27, 2020

Neste and All Nippon Airways (ANA), Japan’s largest and a 5-Star airline, are entering a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) supply agreement. ANA will become the first airline to use SAF on flights departing from Japan; the agreement also represents Neste’s first SAF supply to an Asian airline.

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Asia Supplies Fuel Singapore 334

Baua Electric

MARCH 28, 2024

EV battery swap specialist Ample has announced it is bringing the first-ever modular swap stations to Japan with the help of partner ENEOS. Now, Ample is taking its technology international, introducing its battery swap stations to Japan. Kyoto’s MK Taxi will also take advantage of Japan’s first battery swap stations.

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Japan Batteries Battery Taxi 52

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JUNE 3, 2023

TEPCO HD) and Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) have developed a stationary storage battery system (1 MW output, 3 MWh capacity) that combines TEPCO’s operating technology and safety standards for stationary storage batteries and Toyota’s system technology for electrified vehicle storage batteries. Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc.

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Toyota Batteries Battery Energy Storage 416

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JUNE 16, 2020

Tokuyama Corporation and Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) have commenced verification tests, using by-product hydrogen, of a stationary fuel cell generator (FC generator) that makes use of the fuel cell system (FC system) installed in the Mirai Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV).

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Hydrogen Toyota Japan Fuel 362

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FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Chiyoda Corporation, together with Mitsubishi Corporation, Mitsui & Co. Ltd and NYK Line, the other members of the Advanced Hydrogen Energy chain Association for technology Development ( AHEAD ), reported the successful completion of the world’s first global hydrogen supply chain system. Earlier post.).

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Hydrogen Supplies Commercial Store 273

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APRIL 18, 2018

The Australian, Japanese and Victorian governments and a consortium of companies have launched the pilot of an innovative supply chain that will deliver liquefied hydrogen from the Latrobe Valley in Australia to Japan. The liquefied hydrogen (LH2) will then be shipped to Japan for use predominantly in the transport industry.

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Japan Coal Transportation Australia 170

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

NYK Line, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation, Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd., NYK Line, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation, Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd., The partners will begin a feasibility study in September 2020 and start designing the vessel and hydrogen-fuel-supply equipment in 2021. Background.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

Toyota Motor Corporation is entering a vehicle equipped with a developmental hydrogen-powered engine ( earlier post ) at the five-hour-long Super Taikyu Series 2021 Powered by Hankook Round 5 Suzuka S-tai, which takes place this weekend.

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Hydrogen Toyota Transportation Engine 397

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Major corporate and public sector partners in Japan are launching an effort to test a full carbon-neutral hydrogen supply chain powered by renewable wind energy. The four private sector participants are Iwatani Corporation, Toshiba Corporation, Toyota Motor Corporation, and Toyota Turbine and Systems Inc.

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Hydrogen Japan Renewable Supplies 150

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DECEMBER 25, 2014

Mitsubishi Motors’ Outlander PHEV is now also able to supply electrical power to the home in Japan using the SMART V2H (vehicle-to-home) system made by Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, the EVPower Station made by Nichicon Corporation and the Tsubaki eLINK made by Tsubakimoto Chain Co.

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Mitsubishi PHEV Supplies i-MiEV 322

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DECEMBER 3, 2021

While the hydrogen combustion engine technology is still in the early stages of conceptual development and experimentation (which started in 2017 and is not yet ready for commercialisation), Toyota’s experimental hydrogen-powered Corolla Sport is already delivering high performance at motorsport events in Japan with almost zero tailpipe emissions.

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Hydrogen Toyota Power Powered 435

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FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Nippon Paper Industries, Sumitomo and Green Earth Institute agreed to begin trilateral consideration of the first commercial production of cellulosic bioethanol from woody biomass in Japan and its development into bio-chemical products.

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OCTOBER 15, 2021

TSMC), the world's largest contract chip manufacturer, announced in an online earnings briefing Thursday that it would build a semiconductor plant in Japan. Wei, TSMC's CEO, said the company had received help from its Japanese customers and the government to establish the plant in Japan. China trade war erupted.

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AUGUST 25, 2017

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation will supply the Government of Georgia with 45 Outlander PHEV plug-in hybrid EVs and 51 i-MiEV all-electric vehicles. The supply of vehicles stems from an Overseas Development Agreement between the governments of Japan and Georgia. The vehicles are due to be delivered in January 2018.

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i-MiEV Georgia Mitsubishi PHEV 150

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AUGUST 14, 2020

NYK Line, Japan Marine United Corporation (JMU), and Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK) signed a joint R&D agreement for the commercialization of an ammonia-fueled ammonia gas carrier (AFAGC) that would use ammonia as the main fuel, in addition to an ammonia floating storage and regasification barge (A-FSRB).

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FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Fukuoka City—the sixth-largest city in Japan and the second-largest port city after Yokohama—and Toyota Motor Corporation have signed a partnership agreement aiming for the early realization of a hydrogen society.

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Hydrogen Toyota Fuel Japan 199

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OCTOBER 24, 2022

Fujitsu Limited and Toyota Systems Corporation launched a new automobile production instruction system at Toyota Motor Corporation’s Tsutsumi plant leveraging Fujitsu’s Quantum-Inspired Digital Annealer technology. Fujitsu plans to roll-out the service globally to markets outside of Japan from fiscal 2023.

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APRIL 16, 2022

TotalEnergies and ENEOS Corporation jointly conduct a feasibility study to assess the production of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) in ENEOS Negishi Refinery in Yokohama, Japan. In Japan, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) has set a target of 10% SAF use to be achieved by 2030.

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Fuel Production Japan Waste 186

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MAY 11, 2021

ENEOS Corporation and Toyota Motor Corporation have agreed on a new partnership to explore the utilization and application of hydrogen energy at Woven City, the prototype city of the future that Toyota has started to develop in Susono City, Shizuoka Prefecture. forklifts), trains, and ships, as well as stationary generators.

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Hydrogen Toyota Japan Supplies 210

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APRIL 27, 2022

DENSO Corporation and United Semiconductor Japan Co., USJC), a subsidiary of global semiconductor foundry United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), have agreed to collaborate on the production of power semiconductors at USJC’s 300mm fab in order to serve the growing demand in the automotive market.

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