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Battery System and Electric Car Manufacturer CODA Closes Oversubscribed Series C Round; Establishing Office in Singapore

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Aeris CAPITAL, a private Swiss investment office, led the round, with participation from new investors EDB Investments (EDBI), an investment firm headquartered in Singapore; Countyline LLC, an investment entity owned by Tony Pritzker and J.B. Tags: Brief. Pritzker; and Les Wexner, Chairman and CEO of Limited Brands.

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Porsche Casts Doubt Upon Combustion Ban Timeline

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This is also true of the industry itself, which often makes bold promises designed to appease a subset of the public only to repeatedly move the target date back a few years.& & As things currently stand, the European Union has plotted banning the sale of new combustion-engine cars by 2030. .& I think it could be delayed."

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Japan Automakers Support B5, E10 as Baseline Biofuel Blends, Recommend Specifications to ASEAN Countries

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The Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc (JAMA), a nonprofit industry association comprising fourteen manufacturers of passenger cars, trucks, buses and motorcycles in Japan, recently issued position statements on and recommended specifications for bioethanol and biodiesel (fatty acid methyl ester, FAME).

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

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tech industry during the 1990s. They think BYD has a shot at becoming the worlds largest automaker, primarily by selling electric cars, as well as a leader in the fast-growing solar power industry. BYD has also begun selling a plug-in electric car with a backup gasoline engine, a move putting it ahead of GM, Nissan, and Toyota.

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