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JUNE 13, 2023

General Motors plans to invest $632 million in Fort Wayne Assembly to prepare the plant for production of the next-generation internal combustion engine (ICE) full-size light-duty trucks. This investment will enable the company to strengthen its industry-leading full-size truck business. billion since 2013.

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MAY 11, 2023

The partnership will bolster the professional societies’ shared interest in supporting industry in the adoption of hydrogen as an energy carrier for industrial and commercial applications that will form a vital part of the road to net zero greenhouse gas emissions. The letter of intent was signed on 10 May 2023, by Billy B.

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JULY 4, 2020

An important lever for this is the adjustment and realignment of capacity within its global production network. We continue to drive the transformation of our company and our products forward with all due speed. neutral mobility of the future also requires changes in our global production network.

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JUNE 26, 2022

The rapidly growing space industry may have a greater climate effect than the aviation industry and undo repair to the protective ozone layer if left unregulated, according to a new study led by UCL and published in the journal Earth’s Future as an open-access paper. The space industry is one of the world’s fastest growing sectors.

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OCTOBER 5, 2022

Data from Benchmark Mineral Intelligence’s Cathode Forecast shows that China is set to extend its dominance of cathode production by 2030, increasing its share of production from 78% in 2022 to 87% in 2030. The country is set to extend its lead due in part to a surge in large-scale cathode projects. times in the same period.

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APRIL 7, 2023

Tesla has published its Master Plan Part 3, an outline of a proposed path to reach a sustainable global energy economy through end-use electrification and sustainable electricity generation and storage. Tesla estimates the overall manufacturing cost to reach the sustainable global energy economy at $10.4 Earlier post.)

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OCTOBER 1, 2021

The world has entered the “lithium century” almost without noticing it, but until now this critical industry lacked a central voice. Orocobre Ltd; and Pilbara Minerals, which between them account for well more than half of global lithium production. The five founding members of ILiA are SQM; Ganfeng Lithium Co.,

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MARCH 18, 2020

The Thailand Board of Investment announced that Thailand has received more foreign direct investment supporting the country’s growing electric vehicle production ecosystem. With a population of more than 645 million consumers in ASEAN alone, the EV industry is projected to grow more as demand across the rest of Asia increases.

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MARCH 30, 2021

Mercedes-Benz and Siemens will cooperate on advancing digitalization and automation in the automotive industry, supported by the State of Berlin. Mercedes-Benz AG aims to digitize its production processes. Berlin-Marienfelde site to become competence center for the digitalization of the global Mercedes-Benz production network.

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MAY 16, 2020

Air Products, a leader in industrial gases and megaproject development, and Haldor Topsoe, a leader in high-performance catalysts and proprietary technology for the chemical and refining industries, have signed a global Alliance Agreement.

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OCTOBER 20, 2022

The proposed facility will support industrial-scale production of advanced lithiated anodes for multiple battery cell makers and automobile manufacturers. Nameplate production capacity of the factory would be >5GWh (gigawatt-hour) to meet customer demand. Applied Materials, Inc. Component Manufacturing (Cathode).

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NOVEMBER 23, 2022

million grant as part of its Seeding Critical Advances for Leading Energy technologies with Untapped Potential (SCALEUP) program. Niron will use this financing to advance the commercial partnerships and pilot production of its rare earth-free Clean Earth Magnet, further demonstrating its potential to replace rare earth permanent magnets.

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MAY 16, 2018

Global Bioenergies has been selected in more Horizon 2020 projects funded by the European Union, and will receive for this purpose about €2 million in grants over 4 years. Earlier this week, Global Bioenergies announced it is leading the €19.7-million For that, GBE is receiving funding amounting to €5.7 million (US$7 million).

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MARCH 7, 2023

More than two-thirds (68%) of lithium-ion battery production planned for Europe is at risk of being delayed, scaled down or cancelled, according to new analysis by the European NGO Transport & Environment. Battery production capacity equivalent to 18 million electric cars—1.2 Europe must act or risk losing it all.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2024

“The Global Summit & Expo’s success underscores electric vehicles’ transformative potential and manufacturing opportunities in India,” Shradha Suri Marwah, President, ACMA, and Managing Director, Subros Ltd. billion to 4 billion in manufacturing and R&D over the past five years.

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OCTOBER 20, 2022

This project will expand Anovion’s existing manufacturing capacity in Sanborn, NY—notably the only qualified US source of battery-grade synthetic graphite commercially shipping product today. The project will build a new plant in Chattanooga to produce 30,000 metric tons per year of graphite targeted at the electric vehicle industry.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2014

Audi partner Global Bioenergies (GBE) has successfully carried out its first isobutene production trial at its industrial pilot site in Pomacle-Bazancourt. A production run was initiated on 3 November, resulting in the first production of isobutene—a gaseous hydrocarbon—by fermentation in an industrial environment.

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OCTOBER 19, 2022

The proposed facility will support industrial-scale production of advanced lithiated anodes for multiple battery cell makers and automobile manufacturers. Nameplate production capacity of the factory would be >5GWh (gigawatt-hour) to meet customer demand. Applied Materials, Inc. Component Manufacturing (Cathode).

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OCTOBER 5, 2021

Eighteen months after start of construction of its intelligent satellite production and testing center in Taizhou, China, Geely Technology Group has begun mass production of commercial satellites. At full capacity, the plant will have an annual production capacity of 500 units. —Xu Zhihao, CEO of Geely Technology Group.

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JULY 14, 2021

The goals of both partners are to industrialize the planned battery cell production at the Salzgitter site of Volkswagen Group Components and to develop first use cases of the Volkswagen unified cell concept for the volume segment. Volkswagen is thus the first global automaker to invest directly in a Chinese battery supplier.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 1, 2024

The Union Cabinet’s nod to three upcoming semiconductor manufacturing units is a step towards self-sufficiency and makes the country’s dream of becoming a global chip making destination achievable, according to industry players. By 2027 we will have the FAB and OSAT units producing.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The Global Carbon Project (GCP) published its annual analysis of trends in the global carbon cycle in the journal Earth System Science Data , including an updated full-year projection for 2022. Global fossil CO 2 emissions are expected to grow 1.0% (with an uncertainty range of 0.1% The decline in 2020 of -5.2% increase in 2021.

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JUNE 10, 2021

Industrial gases leader Air Products, and its subsidiary Air Products Canada Ltd., Aligned with that vision, Air Products began work in 2018 on the core of this world-scale energy complex in Edmonton, which will begin with a transformative $1.3

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MARCH 26, 2022

Vale Canada and lithium-ion cell producer Northvolt AB announced a multi-year agreement for Vale to supply low-carbon nickel products to Northvolt, reinforcing the companies’ shared commitment to sustainability in the electric vehicle supply chain and electrification of the broader mining industry.

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Baua Electric

MAY 9, 2024

New Delhi: It is no secret that Chinese component makers are aggressively scouting global markets for increasing their already tight grip on the nascent battery electric vehicle (BEV) industry. What do Indian suppliers with global ambitions in the BEV segment do to thwart this aggressive posturing by the Chinese?

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OCTOBER 29, 2020

The world’s largest automotive market, China, is looking to become a dominant player in the rising global electric vehicle market. Chinese EV manufacturers are expected to start expanding overseas, while Beijing already controls a large part of the global EV supply chain, beginning with critical minerals processing.

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DECEMBER 3, 2018

The BMW Group is increasingly relying on innovations from the fields of digitalization and Industry 4.0 in production logistics. Logistics is the heart of our production system. We are already working with tomorrow’s Industry 4.0 —Jürgen Maidl, head of Logistics for the BMW Group production network.

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MAY 2, 2019

NextGenAM partners Premium AEROTEC, EOS and Daimler are building a pilot production line for a next-generation automated additive manufacturing (AM) process. Retainer of the truck diesel engine—the first spare part of the partner pilot project NextGenAM, from Daimler, Premium AEROTEC and EOS.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2022

DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight specialist of Deutsche Post DHL Group, and GoodShipping are further expanding their long-standing partnership. DHL Global Forwarding has been working with GoodShipping for five years, sharing the same aspiration for greener ocean freight via insetting.

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JULY 31, 2021

Modification of the existing EAF facility and continuous casters will also be undertaken to align productivity, quality and energy capabilities between all assets in the new footprint. The new DRI and EAF will be in production before the end of 2028. Innovative DRI. Source: ArcelorMittal.

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DECEMBER 22, 2022

As of 2026, Audi will only launch all-electric models onto the global market, gradually phasing out production of its combustion models by 2033. Based on this clear decision made as part of its Vorsprung 2030 corporate strategy, Audi is now taking steps to prepare its global facilities for the production of all-electric cars.

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JANUARY 20, 2023

Brazil-based Braskem, the largest polyolefins producer in the Americas, as well as a global market leader and pioneer producer of biopolymers on an industrial scale, announced a project to evaluate an investment in producing carbon-negative bio-based polypropylene (PP) in the US. This new U.S-based

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OCTOBER 13, 2022

NTT DATA Corporation and DENSO Corporation have started to build an industry-wide ecosystem for electric vehicle (EV) batteries to create a global trusted dataspaces where only necessary data can be shared, while also protecting private data. Overview of the Global Trusted Dataspaces.

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DECEMBER 23, 2013

The global geothermal industry surpassed 12,000 MW of geothermal power operational, with about 600 MW of new geothermal power coming online globally, according to a year-end update by the Geothermal Energy Association (GEA). New project announcements have increased the resource under development to about 30,000 MW.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

The partnership, combining Aeva’s expertise in FMCW LiDAR technology with ZF’s experience in industrialization of automotive grade sensors, represents a key commitment to accelerate mass production of safe and scalable 4D LiDAR technology for autonomous driving applications. —Soroush Salehian, Co-Founder of Aeva.

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JULY 25, 2022

Hitachi Energy signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with H2 Green Steel to leverage electrification, digitalization, and hydrogen to support the decarbonization of the steel industry. H2 Green Steel production. Electrolysis is the starting point for the green steel production process.

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MARCH 24, 2021

Mercedes-Benz has started producing high-performance batteries for its all-electric luxury EQS at its Stuttgart-Hedelfingen plant, as part of the Untertürkheim location in Germany, ahead of the sedan’s world premiere on 15 April 2021. Battery production at the Mercedes-Benz Untertürkheim site – Hedelfingen part of the plant.

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