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Aurus Senat limo that Putin gifted to Kim uses South Korean parts, data shows

Baua Electric

The two leaders took turns driving the armoured limousine during Putin’s pomp-filled visit, his first in nearly a quarter of a century to North Korea, in a demonstration of the two nuclear powers’ increasingly close ties. Customers include Turkmenistan President Serdar Berdymukhamedov.

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Japan will begin test drilling for oil and gas off Niigata coast in 2013

Green Car Congress

Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) will begin test drilling for oil and natural gas in the Sea of Japan off the coast of Niigata Prefecture in April 2013. The Sea of Japan (called the East Sea by South Korea) is bordered by Japan, North Korea, Russia and South Korea.

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SpaceX to launch five South Korean military satellites by 2025

Teslarati

All five would help ensure the near-continuous observation of sites of interest in North Korea, nominally allowing for new observations to be made at least every two hours. In a boon to South Korea’s aerospace industry, the country intends to domestically design and manufacture most or all aspects of those spacecraft.

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Automakers win extension on use of Chinese graphite in EV tax credits – ET Auto

Baua Electric

Treasury has temporarily exempted graphite and other trace critical minerals from new strict rules barring materials from China and other countries deemed a Foreign Entity of Concern (FEOC), including North Korea, Russia and Iran. ” The new rules, required under an August 2022 law, are designed to wean the U.S.

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MIT team finds lead levels higher in Indian Ocean than northern Atlantic and Pacific oceans

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Today, 185 countries have stopped using leaded gasoline; six others, including Afghanistan, Iraq and North Korea, plan to phase it out in the next two years. He adds that scientists were not able to reliably measure lead in the oceans until industrialization was well under way in North America and Europe.

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Good News and Bad News: Changes to the Federal EV Tax Credit in 2024

EV Life

The other $3,750 of the credit applies to battery manufacturing, requiring a certain percentage of the battery’s components to be manufactured or assembled in North America. In addition, battery sourcing requirements can also affect a vehicle’s eligibility. The full $7,500 tax credit is split into two parts, each worth $3,750.

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From Scooters to High Speed Rail, China is Electrifying

Plugs and Cars

Just as today we can look at a nighttime satellite image and see the black void that is recalcitrant, unelectrified North Korea, once that was China. Today China is as illuminated as the rest of the world, and they are carrying electrification further. We really don’t need more cheap gas cars. China is very much a work in progress.

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