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VinFast pushes forward regardless of early setbacks

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This week, it all started generating the smaller VF 6 and VF 7 in Vietnam next phasing out fuel vehicles endmost week. Previous within the date, VinFast introduced fresh financing from Vingroup founder Pham Nhat Vuong, Vietnam’s richest particular person. It additionally introduced a deliberate U.S.

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The US’s largest solar panel maker opens a 3.3 GW factory in India

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Tempe, Arizona-based First Solar’s sixth operational factory expands the company’s global manufacturing footprint to four countries, including the US, Malaysia, and Vietnam. The US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) provided $500 million of the $700 million in financing for First Solar’s India factory.

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Global EV sales are ‘robust’ – more than 1 in 5 cars sold in 2024 will be electric

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More than 1 in 5 cars sold globally this year is expected to be electric, with surging demand projected over the next decade, says a new International Energy Agency (IEA) report. Your personalized solar quotes are easy to compare online and you’ll get access to unbiased Energy Advisers to help you every step of the way.

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Ford unveils new 2015 Focus four-door sedan; 1.0L EcoBoost with start/stop comes to US model

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Ford unveiled the new Ford Focus four-door sedan prior to its debut at the 2014 New York International Auto Show next week. Facilities in Germany, the United States, Russia, China, Vietnam, Thailand, Taiwan and Argentina have a combined capacity to build more than 1.5 2015 Focus four-door sedan. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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Nearly one in five cars sold worldwide in 2023 was electric: IEA | Autocar Professional

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Increasing electric car sales were the main reason for growth in the overall car market, which contracted by 8% for conventional (internal combustion engine) cars but grew by 5% in total, indicating that EV sales are continuing to perform as the market matures. China exported over 1.2 million in 2023, increasing by 35% relative to 2022.

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How Ted Hoff Invented the First Microprocessor

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By 1968 student hostility to the government over the Vietnam War was growing and life for researchers on campus who, like Hoff, relied on government funding was looking as if it might get uncomfortable. The project was given the internal moniker “4004.” and had heard Hoff might be interested in a job. San Jose, Calif.,

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