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ExxonMobil to proceed with $9B Payara development offshore Guyana

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ExxonMobil has made its final investment decision to proceed with the Payara field offshore development in Guyana after receiving government approvals. Payara is the third project in the Stabroek Block and is expected to produce up to 220,000 barrels of oil per day after startup in 2024, using the Prosperity floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel. ( Earlier post.).

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2021 Volvo XC40 Recharge electric SUV production begins, US deliveries by January

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Volvo announced Thursday that production of its first fully electric vehicle, the XC40 T8 Recharge, has started in Ghent, Belgium. The electric SUV is bound for the U.S. starting late this year, and in terms of pricing, performance, and packaging, it’s shaping up to be one of the closest rivals yet to the Tesla Model Y. Volvo Cars North.

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Strasbourg Eurometropole orders 49 Irizar electric buses

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CTS (Compagnie des Transports Strasbourgeois) in France has ordered 49 electric zero-emission 12-m Irizar ie new generation buses. These environmentally friendly buses will contribute to the electrification of the Strasbourg bus network. The vehicles will have 3 doors, 23 seats (4 of which are for people with reduced mobility) and 2 areas for wheelchairs.

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Ford points to its stand with California: Cleaner air, more EVs

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As it prepares to launch mass-market electric cars, Ford is touting its stance in favor of California's stricter emissions standards. Ford was the only United States automaker to commit to a voluntary deal to meet tougher California standards—something the automaker reiterated in a short video last week. For decades, California has held a.

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How serious is Norway about climate change? So much that its streetlights self-dim

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Dürr and Techno Smart partner on manufacturing of lithium-ion batteries for e-cars

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Dürr is positioning itself in the growing Li-ion battery market as a supplier of production technology and is expanding its market access to battery manufacturers through a cooperation with Techno Smart, a leading Japanese manufacturer of coating systems. The group covers all relevant technologies for coating electrodes for lithium-ion batteries. In the future, Dürr suggests, producers of batteries for electric cars will receive complete packages from one supplier: state-of-the-art technology fo

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Nikola Badger electric pickup debut event canceled, as GM deal hangs

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With a potential deal with General Motors hanging in limbo, Nikola Motors announced Wednesday that it had canceled the reveal event for its Badger electric pickup truck. The event, dubbed Nikola World, was to be held in Arizona in December. It was called off due to coronavirus-related restrictions on large in-person gatherings at venues in the.

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Tesla reports record deliveries for Q3 2020

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Tesla has broken a new record for vehicle deliveries, claiming it delivered 139,300 vehicles globally July through September of 2020, according to preliminary counts released Friday morning. That Q3 result is up dramatically versus 2020 Q1 and Q2 numbers, which were 88,400 and 90,650, respectively. It also handily beat the previous record of.

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Cargill and Virent collaborate to study Virent’s BioForming technology to produce biobased fuels and chemicals; dextrose to drop-ins

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Cargill and Virent, Inc. are working together to evaluate the use of Cargill’s corn dextrose as a feedstock to Virent’s BioForming technology for the production of “drop-in” low-carbon biofuels and biochemicals. Virent’s BioForming technology uses sugars found in plants as a feedstock to produce drop-in renewable gasoline and jet fuel, as well as lower carbon biochemicals, including bio-paraxylene, a key raw material for producing 100% renewable and recyclable biopolyester.

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Electric Volvo, GM and Nikola, Ford and California: Today’s Car News

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Nikola and GM remain in talks, although deadlines have passed. Ford boasts about siding with California. And Volvo starts building its first electric vehicle. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Earlier this week Nikola canceled its event at which the Badger fuel-cell-supplemented electric truck would have been revealed. Meanwhile, a.

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ExxonMobil expands agreement with Global Thermostat; sees promise in CO2 direct air capture technology

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ExxonMobil and Global Thermostat (GT) have expanded their joint development agreement following 12 months of technical evaluation to determine the feasibility and potential scalability of Global Thermostat’s technology that captures carbon dioxide directly from the air. GT believes ExxonMobil’s financial and technological strength will enable it to scale up its carbon removal technology to pull a gigaton of carbon out of the atmosphere and to continue to grow to remove the 40 gigatons of CO 2 pe

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Faurecia and Accenture partner on products and services for connected and autonomous vehicles

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Beijing Motor Show 2020 highlights

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China's burgeoning domestic car industry is fast-tracking EVs and no event demonstrates this more than the Beijing Motor Show – aka AutoChina 2020. This year EVs dominated, with domestic manufacturers joined by European and US car makers keen to break into the Chinese market.

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The top reasons to lease a Nissan LEAF

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Peninsula Clean Energy expands EV rebate program; up to $1,000 for new EVs under $45K

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Peninsula Clean Energy, a Community Choice Aggregation agency and the official electricity provider for San Mateo County in California, is expanding its program offering rebates to help first-time buyers of new electric vehicles. The 2020 New EV Rebate Program will offer rebates of $1,000 towards the cost of a new fully electric vehicle and $700 for a plug-in hybrid purchased by San Mateo County residents between 1 October through 31 December.

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HUBER+SUHNER expands RADOX EV-C pass through system with multi-core cables

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HUBER+SUHNER, a leading supplier of high voltage connectivity solutions for electric vehicles (EVs), unveiled its RADOX EV-C Multi-Core cable system which has been specifically engineered for use with auxiliary devices within Electric Vehicles (EVs). Designed with the growing trend of electrification in mind, the new EV-C Multi-Core cable system is the latest addition to the RADOX EV-C family, extending the HUBER+SUHNER EV offering beyond standard high voltage power supply.

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ExxonMobil announces 6th oil discovery offshore Guyana with Ranger-1; Guyana may move from non-producer to regional powerhouse

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President Trump declares US critical mineral supply chain a national emergency

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US President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order declaring a “national emergency” to deal with the threat to US security, foreign policy and economy from its “undue reliance” on supplies of critical minerals from “foreign adversaries”—specifically China. Though these minerals are indispensable to our country, we presently lack the capacity to produce them in processed form in the quantities we need.

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