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Toyota to invest up to $5.6B in battery production in Japan and US

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billion in Japan and the United States toward supplying automotive batteries for battery electric vehicles (BEVs), for which demand is growing. With this investment, Toyota intends to increase its combined battery production capacity in Japan and the United States by up to 40 GWh. PPES) and in Toyota plants and property.

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Japan Airlines conducts first flight with blend of two different types of SAF

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Japan Airlines (JAL) has conducted the first flight with a mixture of two different types of SAF (Sustainable Aviation Fuel) produced domestically in Japan. mixing ratio) of SAF produced domestically in Japan added into existing jet fuel. One SAF was manufactured by Mitsubishi Power, Ltd./Toyo the other by IHI Corporation.

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Sony Honda Mobility’s AFEELA announces deal with Tesla to adopt NACS, and bring it to Japan

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Sony and Honda mobility joint venture AFEELA announced a deal with Tesla to adopt NACS on its upcoming electric vehicles in North America and Japan.

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Honda targeting 100% BEV & FCEV sales in N America by 2040; new e:Architecture EVs coming in second half of this decade

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Honda last week announced key targets for sales of electrified vehicles in North America, with a plan to make battery-electric and fuel cell electric vehicles (BEVs and FCEVs) to represent 100% of its vehicle sales by 2040, progressing from sales of 40% by 2030 and 80% by 2035. Renewable Energy Efforts in North America.

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MP Materials and Sumitomo to strengthen rare earth supply in Japan

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and Sumitomo Corporation announced an agreement to diversify and strengthen rare earth supplies in Japan. MP Materials owns and operates Mountain Pass, the only integrated rare earth mining and processing site in North America. US-based MP Materials Corp.

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Sony Honda Mobility’s AFEELA announces deal with Tesla to adopt NACS, and bring it to Japan

Baua Electric

Sony and Honda mobility joint venture AFEELA announced a deal with Tesla to adopt NACS on its upcoming electric vehicles in North America and Japan. to adopt the North American Charging Standard (NACS) for its “AFEELA” EVs, which will start sales in 2025, first from United States and later in Japan.

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40,000 pre-built charging piles in North America, the status quo of charging piles in Europe, America and Japan

Setec Powerr

The development of charging piles in Japan has stagnated. China, Europe and the United States are actively building a charging pile network , And here in Japan , Another scene. Driven by the subsidy policy , The number of charging piles in Japan has increased from 2013 It began to grow rapidly in.2013-2017