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Ford to invest £230M to transform UK Halewood transmission operations to build EV power units

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Ford announced that it intends to invest up to £230 million (US$316 million) at its Halewood vehicle transmission facility to transform it to build electric power units for future Ford all-electric passenger and commercial vehicles sold in Europe. billion (US$3.4 billion) annually.

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Ford investing £150M in Halewood plant to scale up EV portfolio

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The Ford Puma car; E-Transit Custom, the electric version of Britain’s best-selling vehicle, benefitting from unique commercial vehicle support from Ford Pro; E-Tourneo Custom people carrier; Transit Courier; Tourneo Courier; and future products will be fitted with the UK-built power units. billion (US$2.6 billion) annually.

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TECO 2030 aims to build hydrogen fuel cell gigafactory in Norway

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The partnership with AVL has already resulted in bringing to production the TECO Future Funnel, a complete exhaust gas cleaning system. TECO 2030 plans to deliver a marine hydrogen solution that is more efficient, compact and durable than fuel cells based on modified automotive stacks. The plan is to start fuel cell production in 2022.

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Ford launches production of 1.0-liter EcoBoost engine; could reach 1.3M units per year worldwide in future

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European production capacity could increase to up to 700,000 units per year as production of the new small EcoBoost engine at Cologne is joined by Ford’s new engine plant in Craiova, Romania, in manufacturing the new 1.0-litre litre EcoBoost engine in early 2012. liter EcoBoost engines per year.

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Clariant concludes testing of conversion of miscanthus biomass into lignocellulosic sugars and ethanol

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With the flexible sunliquid process design, lignocellulosic sugars can be generated as an intermediate product that have the potential to serve as a building block for future production of bio-based chemicals.

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SFC Energy starts production of hydrogen and methanol fuel cells in India

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In the future, SFC’s subsidiary SFC Energy India Ltd. The company is headquartered in Brunnthal/Munich, Germany, operates production facilities in the Netherlands, Romania, Canada and India. SFC Energy distributes its products worldwide and has sold more than 60,000 fuel cells to date.

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The voestalpine Group producing ultra-high strength automotive components in US

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Since 2012, voestalpine has invested more than €100 million (US$140 million) in new plants in China, Germany, Romania, South Africa, and the US. We are following the automotive manufacturers, particularly the European ones, into the markets of the future and massively expanding our presence there.