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Tesla jobs posted in South America

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Tesla recently posted jobs located in South America. The Tesla jobs are located in Chile, hinting at a company base in South America. The company seeks a Country General Manager to help launch its vehicles—and probably its other products—in the local car market. The Teslarati team would appreciate hearing from you.

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Solvay to produce silica from rice husk ash for tires in Europe, expansion plans in N America

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Rice husk is an agricultural by-product that was not used for tire production until very recently. This will make the Livorno site Europe’s best-in-class silica production site in terms of CO 2 footprint. Production is expected to start by the end of 2024. Continental is a key partner in this.

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Booking Holdings invests US$500M in DiDi Chuxing; DiDi partners with Continental

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Under the partnership, DiDi and Booking Holdings will leverage their technology capabilities and local operating expertise to offer more comprehensive and personalized quality travel experiences across the world. Ride-sharing offers new use scenarios for consumers to experience automotive products. Partnership with Continental.

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IHS Markit: global auto sales to drop 22% this year

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IHS Markit cut its forecasts for global light vehicle sales and production as the impact COVID-19 impact has depressed demand. IHS Markit forecasts a similar decline for global light vehicle production, falling to 69.3 Production. Production is forecast to drop to 15.9 million units. market sales forecast is 12.5

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Europe may slap retroactive tariffs on Chinese EVs

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Meanwhile, the US and Europe have been tightening their rules on Chinese cars and EV parts being sold in their countries, with tariffs so high in the US that China has turned its focus on other areas, namely South America, Asia, and Europe. But now Europe may enforce its own tariffs. Get started here.

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Ford announces Smart Mobility plan; 25 initial projects

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In his CES talk, Fields said that rapidly advancing connectivity; software and sensor technology; and big data were the enablers behind the Smart Mobility projects—eight in North America, nine in Europe and Africa, seven in Asia and one in South America. The data is gathered by devices plugged into the HP fleet vehicles.

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Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

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Brazil, the largest and most populous country in South America, was importing 80% of its oil and 40% of its foreign exchange was used to pay for that imported oil. The government assisted the shift by giving sugar companies subsidized loans to build ethanol plants, as well as guaranteeing prices for their ethanol products.