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KLD Energy completes $10M convertible debt offering, bringing total capital raised to almost $26M

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KLD’s first production-ready technology is a new electric motor system, with initial commercial application in electric scooters and motorcycles. Today, KLD has commercial agreements with Eclimo Sdn Bhd of Malaysia and Australia-based Vmoto Ltd., KLD has a contract-manufacturing agreement with China’s Zhejiang Qianjiang Motorcycle Co.

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More than 250,000 electrified BMW Group vehicles on the roads; BMW Group electrified sales up 52% in April

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In the mature Scandinavian markets, more than a quarter of all BMW Group sales are electrified and in Malaysia, electrified vehicles accounted for more than half of BMW Group sales in April. In 2017, the BMW Group sold more than 2,463,500 passenger vehicles and more than 164,000 motorcycles worldwide. For example, in the UK, 9.0%

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Texas Emerging Technology Fund awards KLD Energy Technologies $2.8M to support commercialization of electric drive system

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Recently, KLD signed a collaboration agreement with Australia-based Vmoto Limited, an integrated scooter manufacturing and distribution company, to bring a new generation of electric scooters and motorcycles to market.

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New line of electric scooter to feature KLD Energy motor system

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The new scooters will be available in Malaysia later in the year. The research firm forecasts that Asia will dominate the global electric two-wheel vehicle market and expects 138 million e-motorcycles and e-scooters will be sold worldwide from 2011 to 2017.

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Japan Automakers Support B5, E10 as Baseline Biofuel Blends, Recommend Specifications to ASEAN Countries

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The Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc (JAMA), a nonprofit industry association comprising fourteen manufacturers of passenger cars, trucks, buses and motorcycles in Japan, recently issued position statements on and recommended specifications for bioethanol and biodiesel (fatty acid methyl ester, FAME).

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