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General Motors is creating a new regional organization to meet rising customer demand in SouthAmerica. GM SouthAmerica will be headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil and will be led by Jaime Ardila, currently president and general manager GM Mercosur. GM SouthAmerica currently has 29,000 employees.
The International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates that global refining capacity decreased by 730,000 barrels per day (b/d) in 2021—the first decline in global refining capacity in 30 years. million b/d since the start of 2020, contributing 184,000 b/d to the global decline in 2021. million b/d in 2022 and by an additional 1.6
million investment from the Recovery Act to expand its North Carolina lithium production facility as well as its production operations in Silver Peak, Nevada. After holding world leadership in lithium production in the early 1990s, the US now imports the majority of its lithium materials and compounds from SouthAmerica.
BASF broke ground for its new production plant for sodium methylate in Guaratinguetá, Brazil, its largest site in SouthAmerica. Sodium methylate is an efficient and reliable catalyst for the production of biodiesel. It is the second BASF plant for this product, in addition to a plant in Ludwigshafen.
Arbios Biotech, a joint venture between Licella and Canfor ( earlier post ), and Shell Catalysts & Technologies (SC&T), have formed a new global alliance aimed at utilizing SC&T’s upgrading technology capability in the pursuit of a low-carbon intensity, circular-economy-focused biorefinery.
This change came after OPEC and its partner countries (OPEC+) announced crude oil production cuts for 2023. Despite OPEC+ announcing it would cut crude oil production by 1.2 Despite OPEC+ announcing it would cut crude oil production by 1.2 per gallon this summer, peaking between $3.60/gal gal and $3.70/gal gal in June.
Following an initial product launch in April 2022, the companies will partner to manufacture 50,000 electric auto-rickshaws over the next five years, advancing both companies’ roadmaps for “made in India” manufacturing. Rap Eco Motors delivers premier e-rickshaws nationwide and abroad to countries in Asia, Africa, Europe and SouthAmerica.
The automotive turbocharging industry will generate $12 billion in revenue by equipping 49 million vehicles with turbochargers annually by 2019, according to Honeywell Turbo Technologies’ 2014 Global Turbo Forecast. Regional growth projections. Source: Honeywell Turbo. Click to enlarge. million turbocharged vehicles by 2019.
and Southeast Asia, pickup trucks are expected to serve as a growth engine for the global auto market along with subcompacts. The alliance also opens the door to utilization of each other’s production bases. The deal will create an alliance that commands 25% of the worldwide pickup truck market. Earlier post.)
V (MMMdM), a joint venture production company owned by Mazda Motor Corporation and Sumitomo Corporation, will increase the production capacity at its plant currently under construction in Salamanca, Mexico in the fiscal year ending March 2016. Mazda Motor Manufacturing de Mexico S.A.
The global transportation industry firms lag behind ‘Global 500 Companies’ in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and setting reduction targets, according to a new report from the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP). Liquid fuel consumption by end-use sector, 2006-2030. Source: CDP. Click to enlarge. trillion to US GDP (9.5%).
Market research firm Ceresana forecasts that the global bioplastics market will reach revenues of more than US$2.8 With a roughly 48% share, Europe was the largest outlet for bioplastics in 2010, followed by North America and Asia-Pacific. As a result, Asia-Pacific will almost draw level with Europe and North America.
MAN Truck & Bus will in future be offering an eBus chassis for the global market. First prototypes are to be delivered as early as 2023, series production is slated to start in 2024. First prototypes are to be delivered as early as 2023, series production is slated to start in 2024.
Volkswagen Passenger Cars delivered 182,700 (196,200; -6.9%) vehicles in the North America region in the period to April, of which 118,200 (131,800; -10.4%) models were handed over to customers in the United States. However, the global market is still a mixed bag and therefore remains challenging.
We will enhance our global competitiveness in lithium and other mineral resources and contribute to the development of domestic industries, including the secondary battery sector, by leading the localization of materials. The subsequent production of lithium hydroxide will take place in South Korea. Earlier post.)
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Plans are in place to sell the small family sedan to additional markets in SouthAmerica, North Africa and the Middle East. It represents a breakthrough in our strategy to create products for China and other emerging markets. It represents a breakthrough in our strategy to create products for China and other emerging markets.
The two new vehicles, the Logistar 260 (LS260) and the Logistar 100 (LS100), join the LS product line now available globally in Class 1 to Class 4. The first deliveries of the all-electric commercial vehicle are planned for the first quarter of 2023 in Europe, followed by market launches in Asia, the Caribbean and SouthAmerica.
By turning the vehicle into a software-based product, Volkswagen is setting the scene for new, data-based business models aimed at lowering entry barriers to individual mobility while offering very attractive service packages for the customers. This will significantly reduce production complexity. Business model 2.0:
People living in parts of southern Europe, South Korea and southern Japan and China also experienced more than 15 days a year of ozone levels above 70 ppb. In some parts of Asia, Africa and SouthAmerica, the researchers identified data gaps which prevented them from characterizing ozone pollution exposure patterns.
Lithium and battery technology company Energy Exploration Technologies announced a $450-million investment commitment from Global Emerging Markets (GEM). Founded in 1991, GEM (Global Emerging Markets) is a $3.4-billion billion alternative investment firm with offices in Paris, New York, and the Bahamas.
Leaded gasoline was a larger emission source of the toxic heavy metal lead than mining in SouthAmerica, even though the extraction of metals from the region’s mines historically released huge quantities of lead into the environment, according to a study by researchers from the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI and the University of Bern.
However, Bolivia is production-poor; Chile and Argentina are top global producers, but Bolivia has yet to produce the mineral in commercial quantities. The company plans on being active throughout SouthAmerica and identified EnergyX as a strategic partner capable of helping it enact its vision.
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Unintentional emission sectors: Coal burning, ferrous- and non-ferrous (Au, Cu, Hg, Pb, Zn) metal production, cement production. Intentional-use sectors: Disposal and incineration of product waste, cremation emissions, chlor-alkali industry. These global percentages will, of course, vary on a regional basis. Source: UNEP.
This move is in line with the company’s clear strategic policy of ensuring globally-balanced growth. Production is planned to start in 2019. The Americas are among the most important growth markets for the BMW Group. We are continuing our strategy of “production follows the market.” billion locally last year.
General Motors will invest $450 million between 2013 and 2015 to expand its Rosario Automotive Complex to build an all-new global Chevrolet vehicle, Chairman and CEO Dan Akerson said Wednesday. GM Argentina produced a record of more than 136,000 vehicles at its Rosario facility in 2011. —Isela Costantini.
A new report commissioned by the World Bank, and prepared by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and Climate Analytics, provides a snapshot of recent scientific literature and new analyses of likely impacts and risks that would be associated with a 4 °C global warming within this century. C global warming.
Global Bioenergies has adapted its bio-isobutene process, first developed with glucose as a resource, for the use of sucrose, the main component of sugar cane and sugar beet. The adaptation of the process to sucrose was one the first technical milestones set as part of “IBN-One”, the Joint-Venture between Global Bioenergies and Cristal Union.
Axion International, a leading producer of industrial building products and railroad ties made from 100% recycled plastic ( earlier post ), has signed a non-binding Letter of Intent (LOI) with Sicut Holding Limited (previously Micron Inc. In addition, Axion’s products are completely recyclable at the end of their functional life.
Modular technology has become an important criterion for evaluating whether an automobile company is combining global R&D technology and market layout with a cost-effective manufacturing approach. Production based on BMA will be launched in EU, Eastern Europe, Africa, SouthAmerica, Middle East and Southeast Asia.
Although originally global lithium supply was dominated by hard-rock mineral sources, in the early 1980s, large-scale lithium brine operations commenced in SouthAmerica. or in water with a high concentration of lithium carbonate (brine).
million light vehicles equipped with some form of Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) system will be produced globally in 2024, representing 12% of the light vehicle fleet, based on new research and forecasts from business information provider IHS Markit). More than 11.2 percent in 2024.
The newbuildings will be delivered to HMM from 2025 and will operate on routes to North and SouthAmerica as well as India. In this regard, according to the Methanol Institute (MI), more than 80 renewable methanol projects globally are projected to produce more than 8 million metric tons of e-methanol and bio-methanol annually by 2027.
Increases in US distillate exports began as global diesel consumption growth outpaced growth in consumption of other petroleum products over the past decade. Central and SouthAmerica accounted for nearly half, or 549,000 bbl/d, of the increase in average daily distillate exports between 2003 and 2010. Click to enlarge.
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Delphi announced that its OE quality fuel products are compatible with the new E15 measure approved last Friday by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to increase the amount of ethanol currently blended in fuel from 10% to 15% for all light-duty vehicles built in the last decade.
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IHS Markit cut its forecasts for global light vehicle sales and production as the impact COVID-19 impact has depressed demand. According the new analysis, global light vehicle sales are now forecast to be 69.6 IHS Markit forecasts a similar decline for global light vehicle production, falling to 69.3 Production.
Scania unveiled its new global engine platform that will be used worldwide for all emission standards: Euro 3, Euro 4, Euro 5, EEV and Euro 6. The changeover to the new engines is taking place at Scania’s production units in SouthAmerica during the second half of 2011.
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