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OCSiAl receives approval for €300M Luxembourg graphene nanotube production plant and R&D center

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OCSiAl , the world’s largest manufacturer of graphene nanotubes, has been granted approval by Luxembourg authorities for a production plant, together with an associated R&D center, in Differdange, Luxembourg.

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15 countries agree to work toward 100% ZEV truck and bus sales by 2040

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Under the new Global Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for Zero-Emission Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles (ZE-MHDVs), Austria, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Finland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Scotland, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Uruguay and Wales are setting an interim goal of 30% zero-emission new vehicle sales by 2030.

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Si anode company LeydenJar secures €30M EU backing for silicon anode foil factory

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The rest of the financing comes from LeydenJar’s client projects, earlier committed grants and the Series A investment round in 2021. This financing is supported by the InnovFin Energy Demonstration Projects of the European Commission, funded by EU’s research & innovation framework program. In total, 11 parties are involved in greenSPEED.

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US$7.5M JOSPEL project to develop energy efficient climate control for EVs; leveraging Joule and Peltier effects

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Industry and research partners from the involved companies and organisations in Spain, Croatia, Italy, United Kingdom, Luxembourg, France, Portugal, Denmark and Germany recently met in Valencia to align expectations and aims of the project. Both objectives will help make the electric vehicles much more energy efficient and marketable.

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Europe’s Most Financed Luxury Car Brand

EV Info

Notably, Tesla is the luxury car brand dominating Scandinavia (Denmark & Finland) as well as the small country of Luxembourg. Porsche dominates the luxury car finance industry in the neighbouring eastern European countries of Hungary, Ukraine and Romania. Mercedes-Benz is most popular in Russia, Czechia and Slovakia.

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The Stunning Carbon Footprint of Plate Glass

Cars That Think

It is taken for granted, and most people have no idea how it is made. The achievement was announced in January 1959, the first licensee was Pittsburgh Plate Glass, and the new method quickly conquered the market. Only Poland, the Czech Republic, and Luxembourg are “glassier” than China on a per capita basis.

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