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Opinion: Saudi Oil Strategy: Brilliant Or Suicide?

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In the last quarter of 2014, in the face of possible oversupply, Saudi Arabia abandoned its traditional role as the global oil market’s swing producer and therefore it role as unofficial guarantor of existing ($100+ per barrel) prices. This increase in output occurs with the context of a narrow global demand opportunity.

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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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Holland, MI Lebanon, OR (Entek). Construction of US manufacturing capabilities to produce the second-generation GM global rear-wheel electric drive system. Electric Transportation Engineering Corp. DOE Award ($mil.). Project locations. Technology. Johnson Controls. A123 Systems, Inc. Project locations. Technology. Kokomo, IN.

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Australia’s Tritium DCFC to build electric vehicle charger production plant in Tennessee

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Australia’s Tritium DCFC ( NASDAQ: DCFC ) has officially announced plans to expand its footprint of American manufacturing with a new facility in Lebanon, Tennessee that will house up to six production lines for the company’s DC fast chargers. Tritium’s investment in a U.S.-based, We are thrilled to work with the U.S.