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OCTOBER 21, 2022

The aim of this collaboration is to strengthen the cooperation between academia, students and industry experts. —Jorge Davo, Regional Manager of the BASF mining solutions business in South America. Source: BASF Mining Solutions.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2022

Volvo Group Venture Capital has invested in Optibus , a cloud-native, end-to-end software platform for public transportation planning and operations, to advance bus electrification and the digitalization of the public transportation industry. Electric buses have only captured about 20% of the city bus market in Europe and 2% in the US.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2013

Ford unveiled the Ka Concept in conjunction with the opening ceremony of Ford’s Northeast Industrial Complex in Camaçari, Brazil. It represents a critical entry in emerging markets such as South America and South Asia, which will jointly make up 44% of the global sub-B compact vehicle segment by 2017.

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Brazil Concept Ford Global 231

Teslarati

MARCH 20, 2024

In a new study from Inovev, a French automotive data firm, it was shown that the Model Y was the world’s most-produced car last year, outpacing some of the biggest names in the automotive industry as Tesla achieved the unthinkable goal of its all-electric crossover dominating world sales charts.

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South America Tesla Toyota Chile 139

Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2018

Now, Daimler announced the two first customers to operate the e-vehicles within their fleet: a total of 30 Freightliner eCascadia and eM2 trucks will be handed over to Penske Truck Leasing and NFI Industries in the US. Logistics specialist NFI Industries holds a fleet of 4,000 tractors and approximately 8,900 trailers in North America.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2021

With the new ACCELERATE strategy that it has just unveiled, the company will systematically prepare for the profound changes in the automotive industry in good time. The focus here will be on becoming more resilient to fluctuations in the market. Volkswagen is accelerating its transformation into a software-driven mobility provider.

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South America United States All-Electric America 397

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2021

It has the potential to have one of the lowest carbon footprints in the industry that can help deliver on Rio Tinto’s commitment to decarbonize its portfolio. The project is a long-life, scaleable resource capable of producing battery-grade lithium carbonate. —Rio Tinto Chief Executive Jakob Stausholm.

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Argentina South America Carbon Low Cost 259

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2023

This new generation of precipitated silica will also address the needs of the home & personal care and the feed & food industries. Solvay is the first company to commit to circular HDS production at a European site within a concrete timeframe and is now focused on building the necessary ecosystem to bring it to market.

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America Europe South America Sodium 218

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2015

In its latest Global Auto Report , Scotiabank forecasts record global car sales in 2015, with the total market advancing 4% over 2014, reaching more than 74 million units. Calendar-year 2015 is also likely to set all-time highs for the North American auto market, the report said. The industry delivered 16.5 Data: Scotiabank.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2021

a provider of mobility solutions to the automotive industry. Driven by technological megatrend of CASE—Connected, Autonomous, Sharing and Electrification—the automotive industry is undergoing profound change requiring companies to have the scale and resources to create the technologies and solutions required for mobility demands.

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South America North America Motorcycles Corporation 186

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Ambev will use the electric trucks to deliver beverages throughout South America. FNM recently entered into a contract of technical and industrial cooperation with Agrale , the only 100% Brazilian vehicle manufacturer. Agrale has been on the Brazilian and international market for nearly 60 years.

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Supplies Brazil Batteries Battery 393

Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2022

Associated sanctions on Russia—with more than 5 million b/d in crude oil processing capacity—disrupted exports of Russia’s refined products into the global market, and will likely continue to do so as import bans in the European Union and United Kingdom come into full force. million b/d in 2022 and by an additional 1.6

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2020

In South America, brine operations have been much less affected. Roskill also noted that currently no Australian lithium mines have ceased production entirely, but have merely scaled down due to reduced workforces or other quarantine measures. Roskill anticipates 2020 production losses in Chile to be kept below 20%.

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2020 Supplies Chile South America 186

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2022

This green hydrogen can be used as fuel for fuel cells and hydrogen engines, to produce industrial feedstock and to produce sustainable e-fuels for marine, aviation, agriculture, mining and data center power. The plants will use renewable energy sources to generate electrical power that will be used to produce hydrogen with mtu electrolyzers.

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Power Powered Hydrogen South America 186

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2019

Japan-based Tier 1 Musashi Seimitsu Industry Co., Partnering with Musashi enables KeraCel to develop safe, high energy batteries for automotive market. It has 33 manufacturing sites spreading across Europe, North and South America, China, and South East Asia. has invested in KeraCel Inc.,

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Companies Batteries Battery Li-ion 230

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 5, 2020

GeoFrame Energy provides the pathway for growth of the geothermal industry, while also structuring projects that will attract investment from key financial institutions. GeoFrame Energy has additional opportunities to expand production in the Eastern Caribbean and in North and South America.

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Energy Companies South America Renewable 170

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

However, a slowdown is being signaled with just two of the high-potential BRIC markets likely to see increased sales this year. China will lead the sector’s volume growth, with particular strength in SUVs, though IHS expects the market to slow from 2014. North America. South America. million units.

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2015 Light Market Global 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2018

Automobile modular architectures—for example, TNGA of Toyota, and MQB, MLB and MEB of the Volkswagen Group—hav become a major trend in the auto industry. Production based on BMA will be launched in EU, Eastern Europe, Africa, South America, Middle East and Southeast Asia.

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Automobile SUV Global South America 170

Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2023

In 2023, the industry average is 192 PP100. The automotive industry is facing a wide range of quality problems, a phenomenon not seen in the 37-year history of the IQS The industry is at a major crossroad and the path each manufacturer chooses is paramount for its future. According to the newly released J.D.

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Lexus Power Powered Chevrolet 195

Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2014

opened its new automotive coatings plant at the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park in Shanghai, China. The close proximity of these two plants with access to facilities of BASF Caojing site and the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park will allow greater synergies and operational efficiency, BASF said. BASF Shanghai Coatings Co.,

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South America North America Asia America 236

Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2020

MAN Energy Solutions’ two-stroke licensee—Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., The new order follows that made by Grimaldi in 2019 for nine very similar vessels with the same scope of supply, and adds to recent orders MAN Energy Solutions has won in the competitive Baltic market. Delivery of the first vessels is expected from 2021.

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Supplies Engine Hybrid Energy 362

Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2019

Together with Messer Group, the consolidated business represents a USD3 billion global enterprise with presence in the Americas, Europe and Asia. With more than 70 production facilities in five countries across North and South America, Messer today is one of the largest industrial gas companies in this region.

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Hydrogen California South America America 207

Green Car Congress

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. Ceresana forecasts two regions to considerably influence the bioplastics market.

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2018 North America Global Market 218

Teslarati

MARCH 23, 2023

Now, according to Reuters , lithium prices have hit all-time lows in China, following similar movements in North America and Europe. China’s lithium market reached just 260,000 yuan ($38,079) per ton today, less than half its price from November last year.

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Price Tesla Chinese China 145

Green Car Congress

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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Energy Fuel France South America 195

Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2022

Livent will supply GM with battery-grade lithium hydroxide made primarily from lithium extracted at Livent’s brine-based operations in South America. Both GM and Livent share a commitment to responsible operations and sustainable supply chains through industry and multi-stakeholder platforms.

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Li-ion GM Supplies Nickel Lithium 199

Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2018

Booking Holdings has invested US$500 million in DiDi, recognizing DiDi as a leader in the mobile transportation industry. DiDi offers a full range of app-based transportation services for over 550 million users, and continues to innovate in shared mobility and smart transportation across China, South America, Australia and Japan markets.

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South America China Automobile Connect 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2011

Axion International, a leading producer of industrial building products and railroad ties made from 100% recycled plastic ( earlier post ), has signed a non-binding Letter of Intent (LOI) with Sicut Holding Limited (previously Micron Inc. The JV does not relate to other applications of RSC technology, aside from railroad ties and sleepers.

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International Global Market South Africa 186

Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2022

Green methanol is the only market-ready and scalable available solution today for shipping. CIMC is a large, industrial conglomerate that has been a partner of Maersk for more than two decades. Proman will aim to supply Maersk with 100,000 – 150,000 tonnes/year of green methanol from its in-development facility in North America.

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Green Companies Switzerland Denmark 199

Green Car Congress

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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South America Germany Global Oil 150

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 14, 2014

Badlands NGL, LLC, announced the development of a North Dakota manufacturing plant that will convert ethane (C 2 H 6 ), a byproduct of natural gas processing, into polyethylene, which is used to make a wide variety of end-use consumer and industrial plastics. The project will be the largest private investment in state history.

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North Dakota Convert Polymer South America 247

Green Car Congress

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. In addition to improving fuel efficiency, downsized turbocharged engines also reduce harmful exhaust emissions.

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2019 Global Sale Downsizing 261

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2016

Mark led the highly successful transformation of his company in a competitive industry where technology has driven innovation. Prior to these positions, he was executive vice president, Ford Motor Company, and president of Ford’s Americas division. We are pleased that Mark will be joining the IBM board of directors.

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Ford South America Argentina Mazda 150

Baua Electric

JANUARY 22, 2024

BYD Atto 3 (Source: BYD) Europe and the US say that Chinese EV development is running wild and unchecked and on the verge of overwhelming the global market with, well, EVs the rest of the world can’t compete with. China’s EV industry is a true powerhouse, and one of the few economic bright spots for the country, reports the FT.

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China BYD Chinese Chery 52

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 29, 2016

Guarani is one of the leading companies in the Brazilian sugar and ethanol market, ranked third among the largest sugar producers in Brazil. PetroquímicaSuape and Citepe are fully-owned subsidiaries of Petrobras and form part of the company’s Chemical-Textile Industrial Complex in Ipojuca, in the state of Pernambuco.

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Mozambique Africa Brazil South America 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2017

Praj Industries and Gevo announced that Gevo’s proprietary isobutanol technology will now be available for licensing to processors of sugarcane juice and molasses. Licensing is expected to be focused on Praj plants located in India, South America and South East Asia, with initial capacity targeted to come on-line in the 2019/2020 timeframe.

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Commercial Juice South America Alaska 170

Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2011

With the shipbuilding industry increasingly concentrated in Asia, the local manufacture of Wärtsilä’s marine engines is a key element in the company’s growth strategy. Established in 2008, the company has advanced production, testing and workshop facilities making it a strong partner for Wärtsilä in targeting the Chinese shipbuilding market.

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Mariner Engine Manufacturer China 186