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AUGUST 4, 2023

Volkswagen continues to expand its design and engineering capabilities as well as grow its leadership team in North America with the addition of the company’s new Chief Engineering Officer, Lyndon Lie.

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APRIL 28, 2022

Nikola Corporation has begun commercial serial truck production of the Nikola Tre BEV (battery-electric vehicle); initial customer shipments have begun. Phase 1 of the Coolidge, Arizona manufacturing facility provides Nikola with a production capacity of 2,500 trucks. Alberta hydrogen hub.

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DECEMBER 10, 2021

GM and Vacuumschmelze (VAC) of Germany announced plans for VAC to build a plant in the US that will manufacture permanent magnets for the electric motors used in the GMC HUMMER EV, Cadillac LYRIQ, Chevrolet Silverado EV and more than a dozen other models using GM’s Ultium Platform. Nucor Corporation for EV structural components.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 29, 2024

Honda Motor Co plans to build a comprehensive EV value chain in Canada with an approximate investment of CAD$15 billion / US $11 billion (Rs 91,275 crore), including investment by joint venture partners, to strengthen its EV supply system and capability to prepare for a future increase in EV demand in North America.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2023

Blue Bird Corporation is premiering its next-generation Vision electric school bus at STN Expo West, a student transportation industry and technology event in North America. Blue Bird will continue to build its next-generation electric school buses at its manufacturing facility in Fort Valley, Ga.

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APRIL 15, 2022

As the next step in Honda’s electrification strategy in North America, the company will focus on increasing hybrid volume of core models: CR-V, Accord and, in the future, Civic. To make room for these moves, Honda will conclude Insight production in June.

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APRIL 29, 2022

Olin Corporation, a leading vertically integrated chlor alkali producer and marketer, and Plug Power Inc., The JV is the first of its kind and will provide reliability of supply and speed to market for green hydrogen throughout North America, setting the foundation for broader collaboration between the two companies.

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MARCH 23, 2023

Albemarle Corporation plans to locate its previously announced lithium hydroxide Mega-Flex facility in Chester County, South Carolina. Production at the facility would support the manufacturing of an estimated 2.4 Earlier post.) Plans for the facility include an initial investment of at least $1.3 million electric vehicles annually.

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JANUARY 13, 2023

Graphex Technologies LLC, the US subsidiary of Graphex Group Limited, and Northern Graphite Corporation announced that Graphex will participate in Northern’s previously announced selection process for a site suitable for the construction of a large-scale graphite processing facility in Baie-Comeau, approximately 420 km north-east of Québec City.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2012

Japan-based ITOCHU Corporation, its wholly owned US industrial machinery sales company, TEXMAC Inc., As a result, ITOCHU concluded, the expansion of production capacity for secondary batteries has become essential in the market. It also possesses a superior price competitive edge based on proposal-style cost reductions.

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JUNE 23, 2014

reported reducing CO2 emissions from global corporate activities in fiscal year 2013 while increasing vehicle production by 5.1%. Nissan is reducing the environmental impact of its corporate activities through widespread power conservation. Nissan Motor Co.,

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MARCH 11, 2024

Blink Charging’s new LEED Gold-certified factory in Bowie, Maryland, is going to become the central hub for Blink’s in-house manufacturing and production in North America. It will include an extra production line to streamline operations for expedited and increased EV charger production. Get started here. –ad*

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FEBRUARY 22, 2023

and Sumitomo Corporation announced an agreement to diversify and strengthen rare earth supplies in Japan. Further, the companies will collaborate on the supply of rare earth metals and other products. MP Materials owns and operates Mountain Pass, the only integrated rare earth mining and processing site in North America.

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JUNE 17, 2024

On Monday, June 17, 2024, Hyundai Motor Group brands, Hyundai Motors Companyand Kia Corporation, signed a lithium supply agreement with Chilean miner SQM Salar S.A. According to the lithium supply agreement , Hyundai and Kia have secured a portion of SQM’s lithium hydroxide supply for electric vehicle production. “We SQM Salar S.A.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Honda said that it will take a proactive approach to increase the use of hydrogen as an energy carrier and strive to expand its hydrogen business, in addition to continuing to electrify its products. This model will be based on the CR-V introduced last year in North America and equipped with the next-generation fuel cell system.

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JULY 22, 2023

Rio Tinto and Giampaolo Group, one of North America’s largest fully-integrated metal management businesses, have entered into an agreement to form a joint venture to manufacture and market recycled aluminum products. Matalco is a leading producer of high-quality recycled aluminum billet and slab products.

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OCTOBER 19, 2021

These indicate that veteran automakers are taking a serious step toward mass electric vehicle production. . billion in battery development and production within the United States. The Japanese automaker plans to strengthen its position in North America with the investment, including a $1.3 Toyota’s US Battery Plant.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2022

a Panasonic Group company, began construction on a new lithium-ion battery manufacturing facility in De Soto, KS, following the approval by Panasonic Holdings Corporation Board of Directors. Panasonic Energy plans to begin mass production in Kansas by March 2025. Panasonic Energy Co., Tesla uses the 2170 in the Model 3 and Model Y.

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DECEMBER 1, 2022

FREYR intends to use the net proceeds from this offering for (i) the continued construction of Giga Arctic facilities, (ii) development expenditures for Giga America and (iii) general corporate purposes. Credit Suisse, BofA Securities and Morgan Stanley are acting as book-running managers for the offering.

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JANUARY 8, 2024

The company is expected to decide sometime this year, with production beginning in 2028. If all goes according to plan, Honda will produce in-house batteries at the plant, which would be the company’s second EV plant in North America. Thomas, Ontario, with production starting in 2027.

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APRIL 12, 2022

Additionally, Honda announced plans to launch 30 EV models globally by 2030, with a production volume of more than 2 million units annually. In the past, Honda divided its organization by products, namely motorcycle, automobile and power products. In North America, Honda will procure Ultium batteries from GM.

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DECEMBER 7, 2021

Canada-based Sigma Lithium Corporation ( earlier post ) has begun construction on site to build the foundation and infrastructure installation of its greentech dense media separation production plant, at its wholly owned Grota do Cirilo project in Brazil. —Ana Cabral-Gardner, co-CEO and lead commercial officer.

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MARCH 2, 2018

To enable the new efforts at TRI-AD, Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC), Aisin Seiki Co., Aisin), and Denso Corporation (Denso) have concluded a memorandum of understanding on joint development of fully-integrated, production-quality software for automated driving.

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OCTOBER 21, 2020

Ways2H is a joint venture between US-based Clean Energy Enterprises, and Japan Blue Energy Corporation. Ways2H is working to complete its first two commercial waste-to-hydrogen production facilities in Japan and California and build out its global pipeline of facilities in Europe, Asia and the Americas.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

—Pasi Rousu, President, Asia-Pacific and Americas, Chempolis Ltd. Chempolis’ third-generation biorefining technology is based on selective fractionation of biomass and co-production of multiple products; the technology is not just for the production of biofuels (e.g.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Ford Motor Company and its financing subsidiary, Ford Motor Credit Company, introduced the North America auto industry’s first sustainable financing framework, focusing on and paying for ambitious plans in vehicle electrification and other environmental and social areas.

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OCTOBER 20, 2022

Anovion, with its partners, collaborators and stakeholders, will build 35,000 tons per annum of new synthetic graphite anode material capacity for lithium-ion batteries used in electric vehicles and critical energy storage applications. NOVONIX Anode Materials LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of NOVONIX Limited, was formed in 2017.

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APRIL 5, 2011

Heckmann Corporation, a water solutions company focused on water issues worldwide and, in particular, oil and natural gas exploration and production, is teaming up with Encana Natural Gas Inc., Heckmann Corporation was created to buy and build companies in the water sector.

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AUGUST 6, 2014

Houston-based Biofuels Power Corporation ( BFLS ) has signed a letter of intent with ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions (Africa) (Pty) Ltd and Liberty GTL, Inc. to build a small-scale gas-to-liquid demonstration facility in Houston. This process is scheduled to be completed in the coming weeks.

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MARCH 17, 2020

Toyota Motor Corporation and Toyota Financial Services Corporation launched a cross-Group virtual organization, Toyota Blockchain Lab, in April 2019. TRI-AD), TOYOTA Connected Corporation, and Toyota Motor North America, Inc., and relationship-building with partner companies.

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OCTOBER 4, 2022

Brookfield will also invest $50 million in LanzaTech to support further corporate development. Its portfolio consists of hydroelectric, wind, solar and storage facilities in North America, South America, Europe and Asia, and totals approximately 24,000 MW of installed capacity and an approximately 100,000 MW development pipeline.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2022

Kia Corporation described its roadmap to 2030 at the company’s 2022 CEO Investor Day virtual event. The roadmap builds on Kia’s successful Plan S strategy first announced in 2020. million units in 2022, Kia aims to continue its quantitative growth by building on the company’s product quality.

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APRIL 3, 2017

A123 Systems LLC, a developer and manufacturer of advanced lithium-ion batteries and systems, plans to spend $40 million to build a new headquarters complex in Novi, Michigan. The 32-acre company-owned site will house all corporate functions, an engineering center, new laboratory space and a manufacturing plant.

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MARCH 2, 2009

Smith Electric Vehicles US Corporation (SEV US Corp) ( earlier post ), a Delaware corporation temporarily headquartered in Overland Park, Kan., The company will soon announce a site for its production facility. SEV US Corp will begin production using chassis from multiple vehicle manufacturers.

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OCTOBER 18, 2021

Specifically, the investment is for developing and localizing automotive battery production, including those for battery electric vehicles, and is part of the global total of approximately $13.5 trillion) set aside for investment in battery development and production announced last month by Toyota Motor Corporation. billion (¥1.5

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Toyota is expanding the production of its hybrid powertrains to the US. million in five US manufacturing plants to support production of its first US-made hybrid powertrain and to implement Toyota’s New Global Architecture (TNGA) at its Alabama plant. liter engine capacity at the Georgetown, Kentucky, plant; increasing production of 2.5-liter

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JULY 5, 2023

Building of a $3.7-billion NextStar attorneys spent the past of June reviewing a monetary assistance package deal the government gave the corporate on June 2. The automaker halted some building Would possibly 15. Inflation Reduction Act (IRA),” Stellantis mentioned in a remark. Phrases of the do business in are unknown.

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