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New Jersey resuscitates offshore wind with two new projects

Baua Electric

Photo: Ocean Wind 1 Ørsted dealt New Jersey a massive blow by canceling 2.2 GW of new projects to its pipeline. New Jersey was expected to announce another offshore wind solicitation at the beginning of 2024, and it’s delivered. gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind last year, but the state just added 3.7

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BASF to carve out mobile emissions catalysts business, invest up to €4.5B in battery materials and recycling

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BASF Automotive Catalysts and Recycling will be a distinct legal entity structure, headquartered in Iselin, New Jersey, and will be led by Dirk Bremm as CEO. BASF will become a leader in innovative and sustainable cathode active materials with a significant production capacity footprint in Asia, Europe and North America.

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Stellantis CEO says U.S. and UK elections next year may slow EV sales

Teslarati

Stellantis is currently still planning to move forward with the Dare Forward 2030 plan, in which the company has committed to reaching 100 percent battery-electric vehicle (BEV) sales in Europe and 50 percent in the U.S. by the start of the new decade. state of New Jersey and others.

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Chevrolet Volt plant prepping for boost in Volt and Ampera production; exports to Canada, China and Europe this year

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Already in tight supply, the number of Volts available for delivery to retail customers will be further restricted over the next three months before production resumes and the Volt and the Opel Ampera begin being exported to Europe and China. The Volt will be available nationwide and in Europe, China and Canada by the end of this year.

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BMW Group and Vattenfall Europe begin second phase of MINI E fleet test in Berlin

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BMW Group and Vattenfall Europe have begun a second phase of the Mini E test fleet in Berlin, with the transfer of 70 MINI E electric vehicles to private customers (30 units) and fleet users (40 units). Three out of four Berlin MINI E users advocated an exclusive use of renewable energy sources for electric vehicles in the future.

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GenScript to join Synthetic Yeast Genome Sc2.0 Project

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Headquartered in New Jersey and with subsidiaries in Europe, Japan, and China, GenScript provides research services to the scientific community worldwide. GenScript is the only commercial entity to be invited to participate in this large-scale project.

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BASF creates new global business unit to advance battery activities for electromobility

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The new Battery Materials unit will be integrated into the Catalysts division and led by Ralf Meixner, who is with BASF for 29 years and currently serves as Vice President, Business Management, Industrial Petrochemicals Europe. Earlier post.)

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