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Westport to invest up to $10M in hydrogen fuel systems plant in Changzhou Hydrogen Valley, China

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Westport Fuel Systems plans to expand its global manufacturing footprint in China in support of future growth of Westport’s hydrogen componentry business and other alternative fuel system technologies. —David M.

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Wärtsilä hits methanol milestone with first newbuild engine order

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The technology group Wärtsilä has received its first order for newbuild methanol-fueled engines. A new Offshore Wind Installation Vessel (WIV) being built for Dutch contracting company Van Oord at Yantai CIMC Raffles shipyard in China will be powered by five Wärtsilä 32 engines capable of operating with methanol. Source: Wärtsilä.

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MITEI releases report on 3-year study of future mobility; technological innovation, policies, and behavioral changes all needed; “car pride” an issue

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The outlook for vehicle ownership and travel, with a focus on the world’s two largest LDV markets: the US and China. Characteristics of alternative vehicle powertrains and fuels that could affect their future market share. From Insights into Future Mobility.

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China publishes plan to boost fuel-efficient and new energy vehicles and domestic auto industry; targeting 500K PHEVs and EVs in 2015, rising to 2M by 2020

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China is targeting the cumulative production and sales of more than 5 million new energy vehicles, including fuel cell vehicles, by that time as well. Natural gas and other alternative fuel vehicle technology is basically mature, the government said, and is headed toward initial industrialization.

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Global component firm ZF seeks India partners | Autocar Professional

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Our CAGR in terms of purchasing volume is 38%, and this is outperforming China, for instance, which had only had 10% draws in the same period in the past few years,” says Schlegel. In fact, ZF started working in the hydrogen field only recently. “We We have a partnership on our commercial vehicles side on hydrogen.

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New EV electric car calendar

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Avatar E11 – a new brand with big dreams, Avatar has input from Huawei and CATL and is the product of Chinese car maker Changan. BMW X5 FCEV – hydrogen-powered version of large SUV is a pilot program for now, but expect things to grow. It’ll be on sale in 2025, possibly as the A9 e-Tron. Think iX3, but smaller.

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US and China join forces: Good news for electric cars? The Green Piece

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The Chinese government and businesses have been making a big deal about electric cars over the last few years with a number of upstart companies emerging that could yet put China on the automotive manufacturing map. The roadmap will not only boost the US and China but will also be used to assist the global industry.

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