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Risen from the dead! Honda-Nissan merger reanimates with both still keen to join forces to fund future EV and next-gen tech

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That involves the axing of more than 9000 jobs and the closure of plants and the reduction of global production by 20 per cent. Newly-promoted Nissan Global Chief Performance Officer Guillaume Cartier has already been touted for the top job, although Japan Inc. Nissan Max-Out EV concept. Will Makota Uchida be forced out?

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US EIA reminder: Strait of Hormuz world’s most important oil chokepoint; almost 20% of oil traded worldwide

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Chokepoints are narrow channels along widely used global sea routes, some so narrow that restrictions are placed on the size of vessel that can navigate through them. They are a critical part of global energy security due to the high volume of oil traded through their narrow straits. million-bbl/d Tapline to Lebanon.

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EV fightback! Can the 2026 Honda-Nissan-Mitsubishi merger finally get Japan competitive against Tesla and the Chinese?

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Instead, Honda wants all three to pool resources and share the huge cost of developing its next-generation EVs and plug-in hybrids. Sharing costs would drive up profit, enabling it to compete on a level-footing with the likes of both Tesla and the looming threat of Chinese car-makers such as BYD. Nissan Ariya EV.

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Opinion: Saudi Oil Strategy: Brilliant Or Suicide?

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In the last quarter of 2014, in the face of possible oversupply, Saudi Arabia abandoned its traditional role as the global oil market’s swing producer and therefore it role as unofficial guarantor of existing ($100+ per barrel) prices. This increase in output occurs with the context of a narrow global demand opportunity.