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Toyota Environmental Activities Grant Program accepting application for 2017 awards

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Toyota Motor Corporation has begun accepting applications today for this year’s Toyota Environmental Activities Grant Program , which is designed to support environmental revitalization and conservation activities aimed at sustainable development both in Japan and overseas. 2016 Toyota Environmental Activities Grant Program Recipients.

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Roskill: surge in electrodeposited copper foil projects to meet projected EV demand

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Iljin is investing in new plants in Malaysia and Hungary, while Solus is rolling out new capacity in Hungary and the United States (in partnership with scrap supplier Toyota Tsusho). Also prominent are its South Korean rivals Iljin Materials and Solus Advanced Materials.

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BYD to kick off EV production at new Thailand plant in Q3 as overseas expansion accelerates

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BYD Atto 3 production (Source: BYD) After beginning production at its Uzbekistan plant in January, BYD is building new facilities in Hungary and Brazil as it expands the brand overseas. According to recent reports , BYD is pushing back plans for an additional factory in Vietnam amidst the expansion.

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European car market logs best year for alternative fueled vehicles, lowest diesel share since 2001

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Poland, Slovakia, Luxembourg and Lithuania all posted record levels of volume, while it was the best year since 2007 for Spain and Estonia, and the best year since 2008 for Romania, Hungary, Croatia and Latvia. There was little change in the top 10 rankings, with the exception of the Toyota Yaris.

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BYD says EVs have entered the ‘knockout round’ with next-gen tech rolling out

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For example, BYD is building a plant in Hungary that will “be Europe, for Europe.” Meanwhile, after launching in Japan last year, BYD already accounted for 20% of Japan’s EV imports in January, a market dominated by Toyota. The 30% offers room for Chinese brands to grow. BYD’s first vehicle transport ship, the BYD Explorer No.

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Euro car market has best H1 of century; diesels down 17%; AFVs up 31% for 5.4% of total; SUVs booming

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But it was the positive economic situation across the continent that boosted results, JATO said, as midsize markets such as the Netherlands, Poland and Sweden all posted increases, and smaller markets like Hungary, Greece, Romania, Croatia and Lithuania similarly posted significant increases.

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BMW EVs and redesigned ICE fashions supremacy portfolio adjustments

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However an all-electric iX4, in response to the Neu Klasse platform, will advance into manufacturing in Hungary in overdue 2026, with U.S. Z4: The 2-door roadster, which stocks a platform with Toyota’s Supra sports activities automobile, gained external design accents and extra usual apparatus this presen.

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