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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General Motors (GM) said that it will build production versions of its Cruise AV fully-autonomous vehicle at its Orion Township assembly facility in Michigan, US, The company will assemble roof modules for its self-driving vehicles at its ...
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Universal Laser Systems has expanded its laser material processing systems with the addition of ULTRA Platform Series ULTRA platform-based laser systems are designed and ideally suited for precision laser cutting, laser ablation, and ...
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Japanese automaker Nissan has agreed to sell its electric battery business to GSR Capital, a Chinese investment firm, for an undisclosed amount. As per the agreement, Nissan will be selling its battery subsidiary Automotive Energy Supply ...
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Samsung Note 7 explosion door is like a drama, yiboweiping another. The latest news today, a consumer China abnormal calmly witnessed the whole process of country line version of the Note 7 draft, he later said in the micro-blog Note7 ...
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Nissan is planning to invest £26.5m to produce next generation electric vehicle (EV) batteries at the company's advanced lithium-ion battery manufacturing plant in Sunderland, UK. The proposed investment expects to save 300 jobs ...
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Tesla and Panasonic have signed an agreement to jointly build a large-scale battery manufacturing unit, called Gigafactory, in the US for Tesla's electric cars. Panasonic will be manufacturing cylindrical lithium-ion cells and invest in ...
American automotive parts supplier Johnson Controls has expanded its presence in China with the opening of a new automotive battery manufacturing plant in Chongqing City with an investment of $154m. The new plant is claimed to have a ...
New York-based start-up Paper Battery Company is partnering with one of the world’s largest specialized battery pack manufacturers TWS Industrial to commercialize the company’s breakthrough ultrathin ultracapacitor technology ...
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Electric carmaker Tesla Motors is set to raise $1.6bn through convertible senior notes in a registered public offering for business expansion. The American carmaker will use the amount to expand its business; develop and manufacture ...
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Panasonic, along with some Japanese materials suppliers, is reportedly planning to invest around JPY100bn ($977m) in a lithium-ion car battery manufacturing plant to be established by electric carmaker Tesla Motors in the US. ...
BASF today inaugurated its Research and Development Laboratory and Application Technology Center for Battery Materials in Amagasaki, Japan. The facility, located in the Amagasaki Research Incubation Center (ARIC), is BASF’s first ...
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Chinese automaker BYD Motors has confirmed its plans to open a new facility for manufacturing electric buses in California city of Lancaster, US. Additionally, the company will open an Iron-Phosphate energy module (large-scale battery) ...
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Sanyo and Sony are jointly planning to invest about NT$12bn ($ 410m) to build lithium-battery factories in Taiwan. The two companies are said to be looking for local partners and Taiwanese government is also helping to find partners for ...
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Comparisons are useful in evaluating a company, but in the rare earth market, it's not as simple as a spreadsheet. With so many variables in the mix, no two projects are exactly alike, and each has its relative strengths and weaknesses. But ...
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