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Starfire Energy closes major funding round; green ammonia and hydrogen solutions

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The investment round was led by AP Ventures, a significant investor in breakthrough hydrogen technologies, and included New Energy Technologies, Chevron Technology Ventures, Osaka Gas USA, and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. Conventional ammonia production has a significant carbon footprint.

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Cooperation between Daimler and Renault-Nissan Alliance deepening in 2016

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A new quality evaluation standard will be implemented at the facility to assure the delivery of premium-model quality. It will be engineered and designed by Daimler to meet the specific needs of its customers in Europe, Australia, South Africa and Latin America.

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Mercedes-Benz unveiling facelited C-Class at Geneva with new engines, plug-in hybrid versions

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The updated C-Class features the latest driver assistance systems available in the Mercedes-Benz E-Class, offering the driver cooperative support and providing for a higher standard of active safety than its predecessor. The redesigned C-Class comes with extended Active Brake Assist as standard.

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Mercedes-Benz EQC EV soaking up summer heat of up to 50?C in trials in Spain

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This serves to verify and to maintain the high quality standards. Before coming to market in many countries around the world, the EQC will have undergone extensive testing in Germany, Finland, Sweden, Spain, Italy, Dubai, South Africa, the USA and China.

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Mercedes-Benz realigning global production organization for passenger cars; organizing by product architecture

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The C-Class is Mercedes-Benz’s highest-volume model series and went into production on four continents within just six months earlier this year: Bremen came first in February, followed by the East London plant (South Africa) in May, the Tuscaloosa plant (USA) in June, and the BBAC plant in Beijing (China) in July.

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Nielsen global survey finds concerns about climate change slipping behind concerns over other environmental issues; air and water pollution top worries, pesticide use #3

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The USA recorded one of the steepest declines in concern about climate change/global warming among global markets over the four-year period from 2007 to 2011, dropping 14 percentage points. Nielsen uses a minimum reporting standard of 60% Internet penetration or 10M online population for survey inclusion. Source: Nielsen.