Japanese automaker Nissan has abandoned the deal to sell its EV battery manufacturing unit to Chinese private equity firm GSR Capital. The deal, valued at nearly $1bn, was cancelled by Nissan stating that the Chinese firm lacked the ...
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Porsche has revealed its two new electric car charging stations that will mostly recharge its forthcoming Mission E car in just 15 minutes. The pair of 800-volt chargers installed in Berlin have the power to recharge car batteries at ...
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China is the world's largest producer and exporter of rare-earths. These are elements which are critical to the manufacturing of high-tech products, including smartphones, wind turbines and car batteries, among other things. However, ...
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China will levy a resource tax on rare earths, tungsten and molybdenum based on sales value instead of production quantity, the Ministry of Finance announced on Thursday. The new tax, taking effect from May 1, is set at 6.5 percent for ...
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Halfords Group plc reported same-store sales by its Cycling and Travel Solutions stores increased 7.6 percent and 5.7 percent respectively in the 15 weeks and fiscal third quarter ended Jan. 9. The UK’s leading retailer of ...
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Automotive suppliers will quality check more than 300 million airbag-inflator systems using sophisticated helium- and hydrogen-based leak-detection technology in 2015. Frontal airbags have reduced fatalities in frontal crashes by up to 25 ...
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HELLA, a developer and manufacturer of lighting and electronic components for the automotive industry, has teamed up with Paul Vahle to develop inductive wireless charging systems for electric and hybrid-electric vehicles (EVs). Inductive ...
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China will appeal to the World Trade Organization (WTO) against its ruling that China's regulation of its rare earth exports had violated WTO rules, an official said on Thursday. The appeal will be lodged Thursday, Chinese Ministry of ...
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Bob Baddeley and Brad Zdroik have invented and are marketing BlueTipz, a wireless transmitter that sends an alert to your smartphone when you have a fish on your ice fishing tip-up. A tip-up is a piece of equipment that's placed across an ...
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About Aircraft batteries Parts and Its Product Range: Just as car batteries are used to start the engines, such are the purpose of aircraft batteries. However, there are many more differences than similarities, as an aircraft battery is ...
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A record 94.5 million Americans will travel 50 or more miles this holiday season, AAA reported. That figure would be a 0.6% gain from 2012, the fifth consecutive annual increase, according to the motorist group. About 91% of travelers ...
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Design through generations by Rhys Thomas on Dec 20. 2013 Après brings News In my opinion these are some of the best stackable chairs over the course of the last 70 years. 50's – Race Furniture – The Roebuck In ...
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China's Ministry of Commerce on Friday announced the first round of 2014 export quotas for non-ferrous metals including rare earth and a list of enterprises eligible for export. Apart from rare earth, the first round of export quotas ...
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Thick wall stainless steel tube surface treatment processing problems in the process of weld defect is more serious, using manual mechanical polishing treatment methods to compensate, resulting in grinding marks, resulting in uneven surface ...
Our latest tests show that shopping for a car battery by brand name alone can be a big mistake, both in terms of performance and in cost. But our latest Ratings make it easy to find the best one for your needs and budget, no matter what you ...
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