Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

The Pole to Pole expedition team and Nissan unveiled an adventure-ready version of the new Ariya electric SUV ( earlier post ), which will undertake a 10-month, 27,000km trip from the magnetic North Pole to the South Pole. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2010

Capstone Turbine Corporation has initiated a demonstration project with TATSA, an Argentine bus manufacturer, that will use a Capstone series hybrid electric drive system featuring a C65 microturbine ( earlier post ) as the range extender for a transit bus. TATSA (Tecnología Avanzada en Transporte S.A.)

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2019

The long-term strategic partnership with KeraCel allows Musashi to have priority rights to produce and to supply solid-state batteries with KeraCel’s 3D printing technologies, to provide power system solutions to electric motorcycle market and to explore other potential market opportunities as well.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2019

The first phase involves the design, build and supply of two next-generation MW-scale containerized stationary PEM fuel cell systems totaling 3-megawatts, based on our new high-durability LCS fuel cell stack [ earlier post ]. HDF Energy is planning to establish a manufacturing facility in Bordeaux, France.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2022

Created in 2018, EnergyX is a startup focused on providing efficient, sustainable solutions to challenges facing global lithium supply chains from the raw battery materials extraction process to refining and the manufacturing of next generation batteries. Founded in 1991, GEM (Global Emerging Markets) is a $3.4-billion

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Under the Agreement, CMT will pursue a least-cost strategy for feedstock supply made possible by the project site’s proximity to feedstock sources and the flexibility of BlueFire’s process to use a wide spectrum of cellulosic waste materials in pure or mixed forms. Cellulosic biofuels company BlueFire Renewables, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

GKN’s Chinese joint venture, Shanghai GKN HUAYU Driveline Systems (SDS), will supply GAC FCA from its production facility in Shanghai. GKN manufactures the complete all-wheel drive system, including the power transfer unit (PTU), rear drive module (RDM), propshaft and sideshafts, as well as supplying software controls.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2022

GM is already working to accelerate new technologies such as lithium-metal, silicon and solid-state batteries, along with production methods that can quickly be used to improve and update battery cell manufacturing processes. —Doug Parks, GM executive vice president, Global Product Development, Purchasing and Supply Chain.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 21, 2009

GE South African Technologies (GESAT), GE Transportation’s entity in South Africa, will supply 100 locomotives to Transnet Freight Rail (TFR). TFR is South Africa’s state-owned rail freight logistics utility; Transnet Limited is its parent company.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2021

Livent will supply the lithium directly to the BMW Group’s battery cell manufacturers from 2022 on. The BMW Group and BASF commissioned a scientific analysis of the water use of different lithium mining methods in South America from the University of Alaska Anchorage and University of Massachusetts Amherst in late 2020.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2012

Akerson was joined by Argentina President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner; GM South America President Jaime Ardila; and GM Argentina President Isela Costantini. GM Argentina produced a record of more than 136,000 vehicles at its Rosario facility in 2011. —Isela Costantini.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 12, 2023

The Swedish state-owned mining company, LKAB, has identified the world’s largest reserve of rare earth elements critical for battery and EV manufacturing. And while South America and Africa have been the default suppliers of many of these elements, including lithium, cobalt, and nickel.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

The company is the market leader for automotive batteries in South America. MAC is the most recognized brand in Colombia for automotive batteries, and has a strong presence in the Central and South American regions and in the Caribbean, selling to the aftermarket and to major automakers.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2018

There is now a significant wave of interest in battery raw material supply security, mainly from Asia, to underpin the growth of Li-ion battery production over the next decade. In cobalt, LG Chem announced in April 2018 the creation of two joint ventures with Huayou Cobalt for the manufacturing of cobalt precursor and cathode materials.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

The first project, Katingan Mentaya , a forest protection project on the Indonesian island of Borneo, compensates for the currently still unavoidable CO 2 emissions from the supply chain, production and delivery of the new Volkswagen e-vehicle ID.3, 3, as well as emissions from other areas.

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Teslarati

JUNE 7, 2023

Global think tank ODI held a roundtable earlier this year that discussed Magnolia’s New Recovery Policy and where the country currently stands in the economic supply chain. However, Tesla’s main concern with lithium lies in the refining process, not the supply. Tesla plans to continue procuring the battery mineral.

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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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The Truth About Cars

MAY 5, 2023

The new strategy will be focused on exporting to other countries, commercial product, and reinforcing the necessary supply chain for all-electric vehicles. Like many manufacturers, it has also streamlined its sales reporting to a point where the resulting data borders on useless. The business lost $572 million in China last year.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Delivering green technologies to consumers is a main strategic focus for Delphi; through the vehicle manufacturers and the aftermarket. In the United States, Delphi has supplied E85-compatible technology to more than two million vehicles and has delivered E15-compatible fuel pumps to General Motors since 1992.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2012

Category 1 Hurricane Isaac will have a minimal impact on Gulf manufacturing, according to GlobalData’s managing analyst for the downstream oil & gas sector, Jeffrey C. mmbd of refining capacity for the expected timeframe will have a minimal impact to the supply of refined products, Kerr said.

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OCTOBER 11, 2013

Approximately 70% of world lithium carbonate and other lithium chemicals production is produced through a solar evaporation process using brine from salt lakes in South America.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2022

Its energy division—CIMC ENRIC—is a world-leading manufacturer of key equipment and services provider of engineering and system solutions for the clean energy, chemical and liquid food industries. WasteFuel is developing a bio-methanol project in South America that will produce over 30,000 tons per year starting in 2024.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 27, 2022

After the war, construction of large dams moved to the Soviet Union, Africa, South America (Brazil’s Itaipu, at its completion in 1984 the world’s largest dam, with 14 gigawatts capacity), and Asia, where it culminated in China’s unprecedented effort. GW (the largest in the world); Xiluodu, 13.86 GW; and Wudongde, 10.2

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Teslarati

APRIL 5, 2022

GM and Honda will share our best technology, design, and manufacturing strategies to deliver affordable and desirable EVs on a global scale, including our key markets in North America, South America, and China,” Mary Barra, GM’s CEO and Chair said in a statement.

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Plug In India

MARCH 15, 2023

Considering a use case with the following supply chain, The total emissions for lithium extraction in Chile, which then stays in Chile for lithium processing and proceeds to Korea for cell manufacturing and vehicle assembly will be 1.5 Here is another research paper from a traditional ICE car manufacturer - Volkswagen.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 12, 2023

That range is a testament to Lucid’s obsessive pursuit of efficiency: The Air uses the same 2170-format cylindrical cells (supplied by Samsung SDI) as many EVs, but ekes out more miles via superior battery management, compact-yet-muscular power units and slippery aerodynamics. Everyone is competing for a limited supply,” says Ryan Castilloux.

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Batteries Battery Supplies GM 95

Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2019

Argo AI plans to work closely with Ford and Volkswagen to provide the autonomous vehicle technology the automakers need to deliver fully integrated self-driving vehicles that can be manufactured at scale for safe, reliable and durable deployment in ride sharing and goods delivery services. Commercial Van and Pickup Collaboration On-Track.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2012

In Central and South America, Oceania and Africa, vehicle sales totaled 402,000 units, an increase of 182,000 units. (+83%). In all regions, vehicle sales increased significantly due to strong recovery of demand which had suffered last year from the lack of supply caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2018

Brine resources have also grown, the result of significant investment in Argentina, the nation that has seen the greatest exploration activity of the three countries covering the lithium triangle in South America. As a result, in 2018 some two-thirds of lithium mine supply is expected to come from the mineral sector.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2018

Brine resources have also grown, the result of significant investment in Argentina, the nation that has seen the greatest exploration activity of the three countries covering the lithium triangle in South America. As a result, in 2018 some two-thirds of lithium mine supply is expected to come from the mineral sector.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 12, 2012

POSCO is a Republic of South Korea multinational diversified company with operations in energy, chemicals and materials and one of the largest steel manufacturers in the world. POSCO said it had demonstrated the technology at pilot plant scale in Korea with artificial brine and brine supplied by various parties including Li3 Energy.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Most of China’s methanol supply is from domestic production. China has abundant coal resources, and for more than a decade the country has increased its capacity to manufacture methanol using coal as a feedstock.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2010

The companies plan to jointly develop integrated camelina cultivation and associated refinery projects in the US Europe, South America, and Asia. BioJet Corporation was formed with the objective of being a leading supply chain integrator in biojet fuel for aviation—specifically Synthetic Paraffinic Kerosenes (Bio-SPK).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2010

SABIC Innovative Plastics assisted Mitsubishi by sharing its expertise in CAE-based parts performance prediction and molding support, as well as supplying the high-performance Noryl GTX resin. Noryl GTX resin has been used in auto fenders for more than 20 years.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2010

Juniper will grow the business through new OEM relationships and continued strong aftermarket sales, leveraging OMVL’s capabilities and assembly facilities in Italy and Argentina that today supply Europe, Asia and the Americas. OMVL has production and distribution capabilities in Europe, South America, Australia, and China.

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Setec Powerr

DECEMBER 16, 2022

According to data released by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, in September 2022, auto companies exported 301,000 vehicles, a year-on-year increase of 73.9%. In addition to the domestic market, the largest markets are in the Middle East, South America, Southeast Asia, and the African market. is growing rapidly.

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China Charging Vehicles Russia 52

Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2023

The collaboration is focused on unlocking the North American supply of lithium by using EnergyX’s direct lithium extraction (DLE) technology portfolio to maximize efficiency while improving sustainability for GM’s rapidly scaling EV production. We will unlock lithium supply in the US, a pivotal move in expanding the EV industry.

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