Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2011

Ford Motor Company and Sollers OJSC have signed agreements to establish a 50-50-owned joint venture in Russia. Russia is set to become Europe's largest market for new vehicles by mid-decade and provides the Ford brand a huge growth opportunity. In 2002, Ford became the first foreign automaker to manufacture cars in Russia.

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MARCH 2, 2012

Natural bitumen (oil sands) and heavy oils differ from light oils by their high viscosity (resistance to flow) at reservoir temperatures, high density (low API gravity), and significant contents of nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur compounds and heavy-metal contaminants, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS).

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FEBRUARY 3, 2015

However, IHS Automotive analysts still expect light vehicle sales in China to grow by 7% in 2015 to 25.2 North America continues to be an impetus to global light vehicle demand levels. IHS Automotive projects regional light vehicle sales volume in North America to hit more than 20 million units in 2015, up 2.5% North America.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2011

This new aftertreatment product is designed to meet upcoming emission regulations in China, India, and Russia. The EcoFit Urea Dosing System is being developed by Cummins Emission Solutions for use in light-, medium-, and heavy-duty vehicles. The EcoFit Urea Dosing System is a reductant delivery system that injects a solution of 32.5%

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2011

and Russia’s JSC Mobile GTES (MGTES), a whole-owned subsidiary of the Federal Grid Company (FGC) of Unified Energy System, have signed a strategic framework agreement to contemplate the manufacture of lithium-ion-based uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems as part of a five-year engineering and framework agreement. Ener1, Inc.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

It is an astonishing sample of light oil, which based on the results of the analysis performed, is comparable to the Siberian Light oil. However, US sanctions against Russia over Ukraine gave American companies until 26 September 26 to cease all operations with blacklisted Russian companies—including Rosneft.

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MARCH 24, 2023

The e-bus cabin is also provided with the adaptive light: it depends on the time of the day and changes from cold light to warm one. The new electric buses are equipped with four validators instead of three, making it more convenient for the passengers to pay. This is the largest purchase of this type of transport in Europe.

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OCTOBER 30, 2013

Global light vehicle assembly will reach 81.8 Registrations are still trending downward in Russia with seven consecutive months of decline, prompting ministry officials to offer interest rate subsidies to stimulate sales. The Japanese light vehicle sales market continues to post declines. million units in 2013, representing a 3.3%

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DECEMBER 19, 2013

Novatek and Total have approved a final investment decision (FID) for the Yamal LNG project in Russia, consisting of the development of the South-Tambeyskoye gas condensate field and the construction of a natural gas liquefaction plant on the Yamal Peninsula in Western Siberia. billion, of which $2.6

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JULY 21, 2011

The grant is part of Alcoa Foundation’s $4 million “Advancing Sustainability Research: Innovative Partnerships for Actionable Solutions” initiative that funds 10 global sustainability research projects in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Russia and the United States. —Glenn Daehn.

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DECEMBER 16, 2022

The e-bus cabin is also provided with the adaptive light: it depends on the time of the day and changes from cold light to warm. The new eco-buses are equipped with four validators instead of three, thus it will be more convenient for the passengers to pay easier and faster for the daily trips.

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APRIL 1, 2020

Second quarter 2020 oil production is projected to decline in every region of the world, with OPEC members, Russia, and the United States among the hardest hit in volume terms because of the large size of their production base. bbl on the physical market. And Canadian heavy crude oil sold for less than $6/bbl. MMb/d—down 4.1

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JUNE 18, 2022

Despite economic headwinds, steady demand for light sweet crude in a tight physical market is boosting marker grade prices as they are in the same crude quality family. At 2,669 mb, OECD industry stocks were nevertheless 290.3 mb below the 2017-2021 average. Preliminary data for May show total OECD stocks building by 6 mb. mb/d to 101.6

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JUNE 21, 2013

GAZ Group, part of Basic Element, one of the Russia’s largest diversified industrial groups, and Gazprom have agreed to cooperate on using natural gas as a motor fuel. GAZ Group considers the development of world-class light commercial vehicles, trucks and buses using gas fuel as one of its priority areas.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Thanks to the launch’s timing, which happened moments after sunset, B1069 first experienced sunset on the ground, ascended back into the light after liftoff, and finally experienced a second sunset while racing back to Earth – all beautifully captured by SpaceX tracking cameras. billion in 2015.

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DECEMBER 31, 2022

The hulls, traction electric motors, climate control systems, GLONASS systems, glazing of the vessel, skin panels, bike parking, automated ramp, vessel lighting control system, side doors and all control software are all Russian-made. Tests are carried out every day to check reliability and safety.

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MAY 30, 2013

The WP580 Engine Management System, being introduced in Russia for the first time, is a highly configurable system that has been specifically developed for spark-ignited, dedicated natural gas engine applications and can be integrated with a wide range of proprietary Westport fuel system components for flexible vehicle design and production.

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DECEMBER 21, 2021

The jubilee e-bus decorated with neon lights will operate in the south of the city. The 900 th electric bus has hit the streets of Moscow; in November 2020, the city had launched its 500 th electric bus ( earlier post ). The vehicle was assembled at the SVARZ eco-plant by KAMAZ, which was opened in April ( earlier post ).

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DECEMBER 31, 2014

Cumulative light-duty NGV sales by segment. In a new report , Navigant Research forecasts that light-duty natural gas vehicle (LD NGV) sales will grow 119% between 2014 and 2024, culminating in 42.1 CAGR) than light trucks (5.6% CAGR) than light trucks (5.6% Source: Navigant. Click to enlarge.

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JULY 30, 2019

The tight oil production phenomenon continued to increase the share of sweet light crudes, which rose above 20% worldwide. WTI, the US light crude, covers 60% of global growth. The US also broke into the international crude trade, doubling export volumes and entering that top ten ranking.

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JANUARY 16, 2020

Founded in 2015, Arrival has production plants and R&D centers in the US, Germany, Tel Aviv, Russia and the UK. With the rapid global growth in online shopping, the volume of light commercial vehicles in urban areas has increased.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 11, 2024

The second model tested by the military was a light electric motorcycle known as the LMX 161. We’ve followed LMX for years , watching as they rollout new e-bike models that seem to harness some of the light electric motorcycle spirit as well as new light e-moto models that appear to be as easy to ride as an e-bike.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2014

An active wastegate controls boost more precisely during light load operation to help save fuel. Ford Explorer is built in North America at Chicago Assembly Plant, as well as in Venezuela and now, Russia. liter EcoBoost employs an active oil control system to optimize pressure when less fluid is needed.

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APRIL 22, 2013

The Chinese government has now given the green light for approval of the zero-local-emission runabout. smart is now represented in 46 markets worldwide with the brand most recently introduced in Russia. The new smart electric drive is powered by a 17.6

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Teslarati

JUNE 26, 2023

rocket, Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine forced the ESA’s hand to change launch providers, then in October 2022, selected a SpaceX Falcon 9 to launch the telescope. The telescope will collect data in both visible and infrared light seeing as far back as 10 billion light-years. Euclid will be launched 1.5

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DECEMBER 28, 2022

Not so in China, India, and Russia. Starting even earlier, Russia has built two fast breeder reactors, which are still operating today. But Russia has decided not to build another one until the 2030s, because they are more expensive than conventional water-cooled reactors.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Since 2008, when Foton Motor and Cummins established a joint venture, engines produced by Foton Cummins have covered light-duty and heavy-duty engine series, with emission standards meeting the requirements in the globally strictest emission-related laws and regulations.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Gia told me, “The nonprofit military organization which I’m doing volunteer work with here in Ukraine had the opportunity to utilize Starlink for a podcast interview with Judge Napolitano who spoke with the founder of SOLI, Matt Van Dyke about the Ukraine-Russia war.” After all, it was Russia that started this senseless war.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2019

Scientists from the Russian National University of Science and Technology MISIS have doped aluminum melt with nickel and lanthanum to create a material combining benefits of both composite materials and standard alloys: flexibility, strength, lightness. A paper on their research is published in Materials Letters.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Light-duty vehicles. From 2018 to 2050, the light-duty vehicle fleet transitions from primarily gasoline and diesel vehicles; by 2050, electricity and natural gas power more one-third of the light-duty vehicle fleet in the Reference case. OECD electric light-duty vehicle stocks increase from 3.5

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FEBRUARY 9, 2017

In addition to the LEAF, Nissan also sells the e-NV200, a light commercial vehicle sold mainly in Europe and Japan since 2014. Sales grew in the United States and Australia, but were offset by lower sales in Brazil, Russia, and the Middle East. Together, the Renault-Nissan Alliance and AVTOVAZ sell about one in three cars in Russia.

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DECEMBER 28, 2015

In its new Natural Gas Vehicles report, Navigant Research forecasts that global annual NGV sales—light-, medium- and heavy-duty—will grow 62.5% Navigant forecasts that the number of light-duty NGVs on the world’s roads will double by 2025 to 39.6 million vehicles in 2015 to 3.9 million in 2025. million, accounting for 2.6%

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DECEMBER 12, 2012

Total automotive industry volume in Russia last year was 2.65 million vehicles, including light commercial vehicles. Russia is the third largest market for the Renault-Nissan Alliance. The Alliance sold 878,990 cars in Russia last year, including 578,387 LADAs, for a market share of nearly 33%. million units.

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OCTOBER 6, 2017

Expanded Russia presence through Renault and investments in AVTOVAZ (Lada). Groupe Renault key assets: Globalizing light commercial vehicle (LCV) range; becoming a top global player. Key elements of the plan include: Worldwide profitable growth: 21 new vehicles including 3 add-ons. Growing market opportunities in Brazil, India, Iran.

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MAY 22, 2011

The construction of a 13 million tonne per year (about 260,000 barrels per day) oil refinery joint venture between PetroChina Company Limited and Russia’s Rosneft in Tianjin is expected to start in the second half of the year. In addition to the refinery, the venture is expected to develop a network of retail filling stations.

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APRIL 19, 2009

NGVA Europe puts the total number of natural-gas fueled vehicles (light-, medium-, and heavy-duty) at 1,039,325, with light duty cars and commercial vehicles accounting for 76% (793,857). The organization NGVA Europe estimates that natural gas vehicles in Europe annually consume about 4.7 billion Nm 3 of gas—about 0.9% billion Nm 3 ).

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OCTOBER 25, 2019

A team in Russia has developed a novel and simple strategy to produce high-octane synthetic fuel based on low-octane gasoline Fischer-Tropsch product via new two-stage processes in Fischer-Tropsch synthesis involving isomerization of alkenes and a methoxylation process. A paper on their work is published in the journal Fuel.

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