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Nikkiso Clean Energy & Industrial Gases Group wins multiple hydrogen fueling station contracts in California and South Korea

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Ltd (Japan) group of companies, announced multiple contracts to provide more than a dozen Hydrogen Fueling Stations (HFS) to customers in California and South Korea. Nikkiso Clean Energy & Industrial Gases Group (CE&IG), a part of the Nikkiso Co., This addition provides yet another major manufacturing facility in Southern California.

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Electric-Car Sales Surge In South Korea, Supported By Subsidies

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Sales of plug-in electric cars are very regional right now, globally as well as within the United States. Norway, for instance, has seen electric-car sales soar because it offers financial incentives and other benefits that aren''t available to drivers of vehicles with combustion engines.

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Hyundai and Cummins form JV to build MidRange engines in South Korea

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have formed a 50/50 joint venture partnership to manufacture MidRange engines in Korea extending from 150 hp to 300 hp (112-224 kW) output for application in a wide range of Hyundai construction and industrial equipment. The launch of the Hyundai Cummins Engine Company (HCEC) joint venture took place in Ulsan, Korea.

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Korea Gas Corporation to invest $4B in hydrogen production and distribution by 2030

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Korea Gas Corp. KOGAS), the state-run natural gas supplier and a major global importer of LNG, plans to spend 4.7 KOGAS said demand for hydrogen in South Korea will reach 1.94 South Korea has been seeking to boost the hydrogen economy as a new growth engine. trillion won (US$4.01 million tons by 2040.

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LG Magna e-Powertrain expands footprint with new facility in Hungary; 4th plant worldwide

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Along with the facilities in Mexico, China and South Korea, the facility in Hungary will be critical as the company accelerates its position as a go-to mobility solutions partner in the fast-growing global EV market. This new facility seeks to amplify the growth of LG Magna e-Powertrain in the Europe-an market.

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The Engineer Behind Samsung’s Speech Recognition Software

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The former executive vice president of Samsung Research’s Global AI Centers specializes in end-to-end speech recognition, end-to-end text-to-speech tools, and language modeling. encouraged him to apply for a software engineering job there. Friends of his who were working on such projects at Google in Mountain View, Calif.,

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LG and Magna sign JV agreement for LG Magna e-Powertrain

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The new company, to be called LG Magna e-Powertrain, is headquartered in Incheon, South Korea. The design, engineering and manufacturing synergies created by LG Magna e-Powertrain is expected to enable both companies to react quickly to market trends and capitalize on the growing global shift toward vehicle electrification.