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BYD to face Tesla in new market [Feature]

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BYD will be facing Tesla in a new market: South Korea. The Chinese automaker recently announced it would enter South Korea’s passenger car market next year. On Wednesday, November 13, BYD’s Korean sales subsidiary—BYD Korea—announced it “completed review to release passenger car brands in the domestic market.”

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ICCT report finds US domestic EV production and investment continues to fall; only 5% of global EV investment to go to US EV assembly plants

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The United States is the third-largest electric vehicle (EV) producer behind China and Europe; a new study from the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) finds that the gap has widened. Based on company announcements through 2020, about 5% of this global total is actively being invested in local US assembly plants.

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Denmark, Norway, and US to lead Zero-Emission Shipping Mission

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The governments of Denmark, Norway, and the United States, along with the Global Maritime Forum and the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping, will lead a new Zero-Emission Shipping Mission as part of Mission Innovation.

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Mercedes-Benz Cars tripled global sales of xEVs in 2020; 7.4% of sales

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Our internal forecasts for 2020 indicate that we will have achieved the European CO 2 targets for passenger cars last year. With sales of 2,164,187 units (-7.5%), Mercedes-Benz maintained a leading global position compared with its core competitors. We more than tripled sales of our plug-in hybrids and all-electric cars.

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Philippine Electric Vehicle Association Receives Award, Attends EV Meetings in Korea

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JEJU, SOUTH KOREA — EVAP, the Electric Vehicle Association of the Philippines, recently participated in the 10th International Electric Vehicle Expo and celebrated the 8th anniversary of the Global Electric Vehicle Network (GEAN) in Jeju, South Korea.

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Group14 Technologies and SK materials form JV to build plant for lithium-silicon battery materials

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Group14 Technologies, a global provider of silicon-carbon composite materials for lithium-ion markets, and SK materials, one of the world’s top manufacturers of special gases and industrial gases, are forming a joint venture to build a factory for lithium-silicon battery materials in South Korea.

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Doosan to develop Ceres-based SOFC system for ships

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Ltd has signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the joint development of a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) system for marine propulsion and power generation with Navig8, a Singapore-based major shipping company which operates 140 chemical and oil tankers globally. Doosan Fuel Cell Co., Earlier post.).