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Osaka Gas launches pilot project in Thailand to supply vehicle natural gas fuel from biogas

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It has achieved this through its proprietary hybrid biogas refining system which combines a CO 2 separation membrane with PSA (Pressure Swing Adsorption), a technology that selectively adsorbs and removes CO 2. Agriculture is one of Thailand’s most prominent industries; consequently, there is an abundance of biomass resources.

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Splendid Wall readies EV battery meeting, analysis in Thailand

Baua Electric

is finalizing plans to take a position as much as $30 million to arrange a untouched battery bind meeting plant in Thailand, the place it is going to get started creating a compact electrical automotive upcoming occasion, consistent with an organization reputable. BANGKOK — China’s Splendid Wall Motor Co.

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BMW Group 1st automotive manufacturer to use new Pirelli tires containing FSC-certified natural rubber and rayon

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The company will source 22-inch tires in the first instance exclusively from Pirelli and, from August of this year, will use them in the BMW X5 xDrive45e Plug-in-Hybrid. From there, the tires are delivered to BMW Group Plant Spartanburg, around 370 km away, and mounted on the BMW X5 Plug-in Hybrid.

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BMW Group enters long-term €2B supply contract with Northvolt for battery cells from Europe

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The BMW Group has signed a long-term supply contract worth €2 billion for battery cells with the Swedish company Northvolt. The BMW Group has also localized battery production in Thailand, where it is working with the Dräxlmaier Group. The BMW Group will have 25 electrified models in its line-up by 2023.

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Nissan launches all-new Note in Japan, exclusively with second-generation e-POWER electrified powertrain

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The new Note features the second generation of Nissan’s e-POWER electric powertrain—a series-hybrid drive system in which the only function of the combustion engine is to act as a generator to produce power for the battery. Earlier this year, Nissan launched the Kicks e-POWER in Japan, Thailand and Indonesia.

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BMW Group launches battery component production in Leipzig and Regensburg

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The company is investing more than €250 million in its Regensburg and Leipzig locations alone to supply the BMW Group’s growing number of electrified vehicles with high-voltage batteries. The production systems are highly flexible and will also supply battery components for other BMW Group electrified vehicles in the future.

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Aussie electric truck maker SEA joins the race to build a Toyota Hilux EV

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SEA Electric Asia-Pacific chief Bill Gillespie flew back into Australia last weekend fresh from discussions with Toyota in Thailand that included a proposal to build a battery electric version of Australia’s top-selling vehicle. Every component we would put in that [Hilux ute] we are already using and already have a supply base.

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