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Rio Tinto and InoBat partner to explore full life-cycle lithium battery initiative

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Rio Tinto and InoBat, a European battery technology and manufacturing company, signed a Memorandum of Understanding to work together to accelerate the establishment of a “cradle-to-cradle” battery manufacturing and recycling value chain in Serbia. —Marnie Finlayson, Managing director of Rio Tinto’s borates and lithium businesses.

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Pre-series-production eActros 300 Tractor drives 3,000 km from Germany to Turkey for testing

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Test engineers chose a route across Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia and Bulgaria for the trip. Both the varied and demanding topography as well as the different climatic conditions offered good conditions for vehicle testing during operation.

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EU, Serbia sign deal to kickstart lithium battery development – ET Auto

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Serbia has vast lithium deposits near the western city of Loznica, where a mining project being developed by Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto has been a perennial political fault line in the Balkan country in recent years. million electric vehicles.

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Plug In America joins global alliance

Plug in America

One of the first joint activities of the Global EV Drivers’ Alliance will be participating in the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP26, which will be held in Glasgow in November 2021. We hope to see other countries join us! This is just the beginning for GEVA! For more information, visit globalevalliance.com.

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ZF’s first zero-emission factory is model plant for global production network | Autocar Professional

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The plant, which is part of the Electrified Powertrain Technology division, supports the company’s efforts to achieve climate neutrality across all value chains by 2040. One of the primary challenges is to convert existing ZF plants around the world so that they can be operated with climate-neutral energy from now on.

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ZF opens first zero-emission factory in Klasterec, Czech Republic – ET Auto

Baua Electric

One of the primary challenges is to convert the existing ZF plants around the world so that they can be operated with climate-neutral energy from now on. The plant, which is part of the Electrified Powertrain Technology division, supports the company’s efforts to achieve climate neutrality across all value chains by 2040.

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‘Our new plant in Mexico is an offensive move’:Vivek Vikram Singh | Autocar Professional

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Moreover, we are in 2024 and are already witnessing drastic effects of climate change, which will continue to make emission norms around the world more stringent. And to bridge this gap, we acquired a company – Novelic – in Serbia, which has both chip design, and sensor competencies.

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