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FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Shipping emissions form a significant part of the commodity supply chain’s carbon footprint, particularly for those commodities reliant on the mass transport of low-grade ores and concentrates. This highlights the benefits increased economies of scale would have on this part of the spodumene supply chain, Roskill said.

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JANUARY 4, 2021

BYD will co-work with Superpolo, a Colombian bus manufacturer, on the body part of the buses for such order. —Lara Zhang, Regional Director of BYD Latin America. Earlier post.) The buses were tendered by the Bogotá City Public Transport Authority (TRANSMILENIO S.A.).

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APRIL 18, 2020

The customer is Finnlines, the Finnish shipping company and part of the Grimaldi Group. The MAN B&W ME-C engines—as part of the hybrid propulsion set-up—will enable a 100% increase in efficiency when measured in terms of consumption/ton of freight transported, compared to existing vessels.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2010

Under the terms of the Dealer Agreement, Balqon Corporation has assigned Autoelevadores Yale as an authorized Balqon Dealer for heavy-duty electric vehicles and parts and service in Argentina.we —Balwinder Samra, President and CEO of Balqon Corporation.

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JULY 9, 2023

The establishment of the lithium hydroxide plant is part of POSCO Holdings’ investment in Argentina’s lithium resources, which was announced in October last year. A pilot plant was manufactured in South Korea in 2017 with a capacity of 2,500 tons / year of lithium; this was then brought to and installed in Argentina. Earlier post.)

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FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Ambev will use the electric trucks to deliver beverages throughout South America. As a part of this launch, they are partnering with FNM and Ambev to invest in clean technologies for fleet vehicles. Octillion and FNM announced their partnership in October 2020. Earlier post.).

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JULY 16, 2012

As a part of Nissan North America’s offensive of five new models in 15 months, the sub-compact Versa hatchback will receive take design cues from the new Nissan Note, announced earlier today in Japan and other overseas markets. Earlier post.). More details about the future Versa hatchback will be available closer to its launch.

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DECEMBER 20, 2018

All antitrust authorities involved have now given the green light for the new joint venture, which is owned in equal parts by the BMW Group and Daimler AG. The basis for this is the approval of the US antitrust authorities, which was received on 18 December 2018. Ride-Hailing with mytaxi, Chauffeur Privé, Clever Taxi and Beat: A total of 15.9

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JANUARY 4, 2013

This production capacity increase is an important part of Mazda’s drive to strengthen its overseas production base as laid out in our medium- to long-term plan. The Mazda2 and Mazda3 models produced at the plant will be sold throughout North, Central and South America.

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MAY 14, 2012

Export initiative: Opel wants to enter new markets, including Australia, North Africa, South America and the Middle East. Environment initiative: Opel/Vauxhall wants to expand its position as a manufacturer of alternative propulsions.

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Engine Parts Gasoline GM 210

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AUGUST 26, 2013

UD Trucks, part of the Volvo Group, launched Quester, a new heavy-duty truck range developed specifically for growth markets. UD Trucks has served the Japanese market, and exported trucks to markets across Asia, Africa, South America and the Middle-East for many decades.

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Electrek

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Geely Holding Group subsidiary Geely Auto has announced a vehicle purchase agreement with fellow marque brand ZEEKR to sell its EVs and aftermarket parts in Mexico.

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APRIL 18, 2012

The assessment results indicate that about 75% of the undiscovered technically recoverable conventional oil of the world, exclusive of the United States, is in four regions: South America and the Caribbean (126 bbo); sub-Saharan Africa (115 bbo); the Middle East and North Africa (111 bbo); and the Arctic provinces portion of North America (61 bbo).

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OCTOBER 21, 2022

As part of the venture, BASF established a technical service and development laboratory for flotation, hydrometallurgy and solid-liquid separation (SLS) at UCN. —Jorge Davo, Regional Manager of the BASF mining solutions business in South America.

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Chile Universal South America Industry 259

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NOVEMBER 13, 2017

In addition to South America, responsibilities have also been delegated to the regions of North America, China and the Sub-Saharan area of Africa. The new vehicle project in Argentina is a part of the Volkswagen brand’s largest product offensive in the South America region.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

According to the International Energy Agency, from 2000 through 2008 (the last year for which a complete set of global data exists), global diesel (also called gasoil in some parts of the world) consumption increased by 23%, while consumption of other petroleum products grew by 7%.

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AUGUST 23, 2022

By Juan Diego Celemín Mojica “Passionate for all things Latin American, I’ve been closely following the energy and mobility transitions since they started to be present south of the Equator.” ” So far, South America has been a laggard in the transition to electric mobility.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

The plans for Brazil are part of Audi’s international expansion plans. Together with the new production in Brazil, Audi intends to significantly increase its deliveries of the brand in South America. The company also plans to produce cars in Mexico as of 2016.

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MARCH 28, 2011

We believe that a lot of car parts, including dashboards, bumpers, side panels, will be made of nano-sized fruit fibers in the future. But in the future, we may be able to replace steel and aluminum automotive parts using these plant-based nanocellulose materials. So far, we’re focusing on replacing automotive plastics.

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Waste Brazil South America Automobile Manufacturer 247

Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 23, 2012

The Honda Fit is very good at a great many things, but off-roading isn't part of its wide pool of talents. That's unlikely to change much even with the Honda Fit Twist, unveiled at the Sao Paulo Motor Show in Brazil--but Honda's intentions are along different lines.

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AUGUST 9, 2019

Musashi is a global auto parts Tier 1 company for automobiles and motorcycles. It has 33 manufacturing sites spreading across Europe, North and South America, China, and South East Asia. Keracel expects further improvements in the layer thickness with refinements in their manufacturing process technology.

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JULY 18, 2009

Based on preliminary data, the globally averaged combined land and sea surface temperature was the second warmest on record for June 2009 and the January-June 2009 year-to-date tied with 2004 as the fifth warmest on record, according to the US National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), part of NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration).

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JANUARY 17, 2015

The cost of generating power from renewable energy sources has reached parity or dropped below the cost of fossil fuels for many technologies in many parts of the world, according to a new report released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).

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MARCH 11, 2024

Electric vehicle trend picks up in Brazil The world of mobility is part of a system of tightly knit sectors: The key to powering our mobile lives is the smart combination of photovoltaics (PV), storage and e-mobility. In 2023 around 30 providers of products from the e-mobility sector are expected to exhibit at The smarter E South America.

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AUGUST 3, 2010

By replacing steel with this high-performance resin, Mitsubishi slashed the weight of the part by almost 50% and achieved a unique and highly complex geometry to differentiate the new vehicle’s styling and improve pedestrian safety compliance. million metric tons (1.43 million tons US) of carbon dioxide emissions.

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APRIL 14, 2020

In South America, brine operations have been much less affected. Roskill also noted that currently no Australian lithium mines have ceased production entirely, but have merely scaled down due to reduced workforces or other quarantine measures.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2018

To see what an on-demand service of this kind could be like, Audi is conducting tests in South America in cooperation with the Airbus subsidiary Voom. Bernd Martens, Audi board member for sourcing and IT, and president of the Audi subsidiary Italdesign. Audi is also supporting the Urban Air Mobility flying taxi project in Ingolstadt.

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Taxi Audi Concept South America 207

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JULY 8, 2009

IRENA was initially founded on 26 January with 75 member nations, and its membership now includes most of Africa, the Middle East, and Europe, as well as Australia, Greenland, India, Japan, and parts of South America. Map of IRENA’s Signatory States (as of 29 June 2009). Click to enlarge.

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MAY 20, 2019

Together with Messer Group, the consolidated business represents a USD3 billion global enterprise with presence in the Americas, Europe and Asia. With more than 70 production facilities in five countries across North and South America, Messer today is one of the largest industrial gas companies in this region.

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Hydrogen California South America Sacramento 207

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OCTOBER 17, 2013

Studies indicate that in recent years exposure levels have increased significantly in some parts of the world, particularly in rapidly industrializing countries with large populations. The evaluation is driven by findings from large epidemiologic studies that included millions of people living in Europe, North and South America, and Asia.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

The warmest departures occurred across Australia, Europe, parts of the Middle East, northwestern Africa, and southern South America. Large portions of the world’s land mass observed warmer-than-average temperatures in August. Both Australia and New Zealand had their warmest August since their records began.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Even so, during 2010-2014, people in parts of California, Arizona, Colorado, Texas, the Midwest and the Middle Atlantic still experienced more than 15 days a year in which ozone levels exceeded the US health-based air quality standard of 70 parts per billion (ppb) averaged over eight hours.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Globally, coal mining is decreasing in the United States and Europe but increasing rapidly in other parts of the world, such as southeast Asia and India. The research team analyzed 250 coal samples from around the world, including North America, South America, Australia, Asia and Europe.

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Coal Emissions Escape Ukraine 321

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DECEMBER 16, 2018

The conurbation of the metropolitan area of La Paz/El Alto is one of the fastest growing urban settlements in South America with the particularity of being located in a very complex terrain at a high altitude. An open-access paper on the work is published in the journal Atmospheric Environment. Alfred Wiedensohler from TROPOS.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2024

We’re back with our report on EV sales in Latin America! There are some novelties, but, contrary to my expectations, [continued] The post Latin America 2023 EV Sales Report, Part 1: The Laggards (Argentina, Perú, Ecuador, Chile, Dominican Republic) appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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DECEMBER 10, 2019

In the initial HDF Energy project, an installation is planned in French Guiana, an overseas department and region of France located off the northern Atlantic coast of South America, under the Centrale Electricité de l’Ouest Guyanais (CEOG) project. —Kevin Colbow, Ballard Chief Technology Officer.

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JANUARY 2, 2014

Black (Solenopsis richteri) and red (Solenopsis invicta, Buren) imported fire ants (IFA) were introduced to the United States form South America by the early 1930s and now represent a considerable nuisance to humans in both rural and urban settings. Fuel , Volume 117, Part A, Pages 5-7 doi: 10.1016/j.fuel.2013.08.058.

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