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JULY 12, 2019

Ford Motor Company and Volkswagen AG are expanding their global alliance to include electric vehicles—and will collaborate with Argo AI to introduce autonomous vehicle technology in the US and Europe. With the addition of AID employees, Argo AI will grow from 500 to more than 700 employees globally. Earlier post.).

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MAY 1, 2020

IHS Markit cut its forecasts for global light vehicle sales and production as the impact COVID-19 impact has depressed demand. According the new analysis, global light vehicle sales are now forecast to be 69.6 IHS Markit forecasts a similar decline for global light vehicle production, falling to 69.3 million units.

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JANUARY 4, 2021

BYD will co-work with Superpolo, a Colombian bus manufacturer, on the body part of the buses for such order. —Lara Zhang, Regional Director of BYD Latin America. Globally, BYD’s green transport offerings have spread to more than 300 cities, operating in more than 50 countries and regions. Earlier post.)

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

The automotive turbocharging industry will generate $12 billion in revenue by equipping 49 million vehicles with turbochargers annually by 2019, according to Honeywell Turbo Technologies’ 2014 Global Turbo Forecast.

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APRIL 6, 2022

General Motors and Honda plan to expand the two companies’ relationship by codeveloping a series of affordable electric vehicles based on a new global architecture using next-generation Ultium battery technology. —Doug Parks, GM executive vice president, Global Product Development, Purchasing and Supply Chain.

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JUNE 29, 2012

Rockwood Lithium has opened its expanded manufacturing facility in Kings Mountain, North Carolina. As the market for electric vehicles, plug-in hybrids and other advanced clean energy technologies grows worldwide, rare earth elements and other critical materials, including lithium, are facing increasing global demand.

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JULY 26, 2022

—Jeff Morrison, GM vice president, Global Purchasing and Supply Chain. Livent will supply GM with battery-grade lithium hydroxide made primarily from lithium extracted at Livent’s brine-based operations in South America. Livent will provide battery-grade lithium hydroxide to GM over a six-year period beginning in 2025.

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AUGUST 9, 2019

Musashi’s strategic investment accelerates KeraCel’s development of its additive manufacturing solid state battery technology to high volume production. Keracel expects further improvements in the layer thickness with refinements in their manufacturing process technology. —Robert Bagheri, Keracel’s Chairman and CEO.

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DECEMBER 10, 2019

Second, after HDF Energy incorporates these systems into their Renewstable power plant in an initial project, we plan to proceed with a technology transfer program to enable HDF Energy to assemble these fuel cell systems for global market sales of their Renewstable power plants. —Kevin Colbow, Ballard Chief Technology Officer.

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DECEMBER 9, 2016

Honeywell’s Transportation Systems Forecast projects that turbocharged vehicles will acount for 48% of annual global sales by 2021, up 9 percentage points from 2016. The global turbo business is expected to reach almost $12 billion in industry sales in 2021.

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“Globally, our team is leaning into every opportunity with a focus on profitability to build on our strong start to 2024,” wrote CEO Mary Barra in her letter to shareholders. billion, including investments in the company’s battery cell manufacturing joint ventures. . billion to $11.5 billion to $11.5 billion to $11.5

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

The vehicles will be delivered primarily in Europe, North and South America. a global semiconductor company and software solutions provider, with the aim of mastering the challenges of battery life-cycle optimization. Retrofitting can be an economical and sustainable alternative to diesel vehicles. Analog Devices.

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MAY 25, 2018

In the future, the two parties will, “at an appropriate time”, develop new electric vehicles with intelligent interconnectivity system and, as appropriate, enter the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Central and South America, and Africa markets. The European market is an important sector for the global development of Foton Motor.

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MARCH 6, 2021

In South America and the United States, Volkswagen is striving to break even in the current fiscal year. The company can now post a profit in North America with a decrease in sales volumes of around 15% and in South America with sales volumes down by as much as 30%. Faster expansion of e-mobility.

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OCTOBER 30, 2013

Global light vehicle assembly will reach 81.8 This will bring the region in sync with the recent recoveries in North America and Eastern Europe and the continued growth in developing Asia-Pacific and South America, according to the consultancy. Global automotive industry regional highlights include: North America.

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OCTOBER 22, 2010

Plans are in place to sell the small family sedan to additional markets in South America, North Africa and the Middle East. The New Sail is the first locally developed and manufactured passenger car from an international brand to be exported. The New Sail made its global debut in China in January 2010. Earlier post.)

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FEBRUARY 3, 2015

IHS Automotive forecasts global automotive sales for 2015 to reach 88.6 The size of the market contraction in Russia is the biggest wild card facing vehicle manufacturers across the European continent, if not the world, in 2015 and 2016.” North America. South America. million, an increase of 2.4% million units.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2017

are combining their compressor manufacturing subsidiaries to form a new standalone company that will immediately become one of the leading global suppliers of natural gas compressors and other related products. Landi Renzo S.p.a. and Clean Energy Fuels Corp.

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DECEMBER 29, 2011

Market research firm Ceresana forecasts that the global bioplastics market will reach revenues of more than US$2.8 With a roughly 48% share, Europe was the largest outlet for bioplastics in 2010, followed by North America and Asia-Pacific. As a result, Asia-Pacific will almost draw level with Europe and North America.

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APRIL 17, 2015

billion investment and 1,300 new jobs will allow Ford to export engines to the US, Canada, South America and the Asia-Pacific region, supporting the company’s growing small car lineup. The Ford Fiesta, Fusion and Lincoln MKZ as well as the hybrid versions of both are manufactured in Mexico. Ford has 11,300 employees in Mexico.

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MARCH 31, 2021

Livent will supply the lithium directly to the BMW Group’s battery cell manufacturers from 2022 on. The BMW Group and BASF commissioned a scientific analysis of the water use of different lithium mining methods in South America from the University of Alaska Anchorage and University of Massachusetts Amherst in late 2020.

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OCTOBER 25, 2012

General Motors will invest $450 million between 2013 and 2015 to expand its Rosario Automotive Complex to build an all-new global Chevrolet vehicle, Chairman and CEO Dan Akerson said Wednesday. GM Argentina produced a record of more than 136,000 vehicles at its Rosario facility in 2011. —Isela Costantini.

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AUGUST 17, 2015

The MANN+HUMMEL Group, based in Ludwigsburg, Germany, has entered into a definitive agreement under which MANN+HUMMEL will acquire the global filtration operations (excluding its Affinia South America (ASA) operations) of Affinia Group, the manufacturer of the Wix and Filtron brand of filters.

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JULY 9, 2011

Ltd) to establish a global joint venture to capitalize on the world-wide railroad tie market through the manufacture and sale of Recycled Structural Composite (RSC) ties/sleepers utilizing their respective geographic licenses from Rutgers University. million sleepers annually; and Germany, at roughly 1 million sleepers annually.

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JULY 8, 2018

Penske Truck Leasing Corporation is a leading global transportation services provider operating more than 270.000 vehicles and serving customers from more than 1.000 locations in North America, South America, Europe, Australia and Asia.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2017

GKN manufactures the complete all-wheel drive system, including the power transfer unit (PTU), rear drive module (RDM), propshaft and sideshafts, as well as supplying software controls. More localization programs are due to start production for a range of manufacturers over the next two years.

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DECEMBER 4, 2013

Tata Motors Limited, India’s largest automobile manufacturer, has confirmed its long term commitment to advanced research and development in the UK through the participation of its subsidiary, Tata Motors European Technical Centre (TMETC), in the UK’s National Automotive Innovation Campus (NAIC). Earlier post.).

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MARCH 11, 2022

To boost the global production capacity of green methanol, A.P. Its energy division—CIMC ENRIC—is a world-leading manufacturer of key equipment and services provider of engineering and system solutions for the clean energy, chemical and liquid food industries. CIMC ENRIC, a subsidiary of CIMC (China). Orsted (Denmark).

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

—Ralf Pfitzner, Head of Sustainability at the Volkswagen Group, In the Katingan Mentaya Project, Volkswagen is working with Permian Global, a developer of tropical forest protection and restoration projects. Furthermore, the IPCC 1.5-degree

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JANUARY 27, 2016

His knowledge and insights in running a complex global business will make a significant contribution to IBM. Prior to these positions, he was executive vice president, Ford Motor Company, and president of Ford’s Americas division. —Ginni Rometty, IBM chairman, president and CEO. Fields joined Ford in 1989.

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JANUARY 31, 2012

is planning to enter into a global commercial bus partnership with Brazilian commercial bus body manufacturer San Marino Onibus e Implementos Ltda (Neobus) and will invest in the company. Working together, we can bring value to customers with an integrated solution for commercial bus markets in South America and North America.

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JANUARY 4, 2013

Mazda Motor Manufacturing de Mexico S.A. We will ensure a globally-balanced production footprint while maintaining domestic production in Japan at current levels. The Mazda2 and Mazda3 models produced at the plant will be sold throughout North, Central and South America.

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JULY 8, 2018

Penske Truck Leasing Corporation is a leading global transportation services provider operating more than 270.000 vehicles and serving customers from more than 1.000 locations in North America, South America, Europe, Australia and Asia.

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JULY 8, 2010

General Motors and Pacific Century Motors (PCM), an entity formed by The Tempo Group and E-Town, an affiliate of the Beijing Municipal Government, have reached an agreement for GM to sell GM Global Steering Holdings, LLC, commonly known as Nexteer, to PCM. Nexteer Automotive is a global provider of advanced steering and related technology.

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JUNE 17, 2010

Plastic Omnium intends to acquire Solvay’s 50% stake in Inergy Automotive Systems, the leading Tier One supplier of plastic fuel systems to the major car manufacturers, and therefore take full ownership of the company. The joint venture employs approximately 4,000 people worldwide and operates 24 manufacturing facilities in 18 countries.

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General Motors and Honda have announced a new partnership to develop affordable electric vehicles based on a global platform. “GM “This is a key step to deliver on our commitment to achieve carbon neutrality in our global products and operations by 2040 and eliminate tailpipe emissions from light-duty vehicles in the U.S.

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DECEMBER 21, 2010

Its manufacturing platform integrates its proprietary technology in novel combinations with established industrial processes (metathesis, transesterification, hydrogenation). The investment will support Elevance’s continued growth, including expansion and creation of biorefineries in Asia, North and South America.

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