Posts with the category of International Business Deals

Better Place gets $350m from banks, investors

January 27, 2010 – 11:02 am

Better Place has just announced a major new set of investors.
More details after the jump:
Electric car firm Better Place raises $350 mln
“Better Place, an infrastructure provider for electric cars founded by former SAP <SAPG.DE> executive Shai Agassi, has raised $350 million in fresh equity as part of a second round of financing.
Better Place’s concept is [...]

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Toyota digs for Lithium

January 20, 2010 – 3:59 pm

Toyota Tsusho Corp, a trading house and key Toyota supplier that Toyota owns 22 percent of, just announced that it would be jointly developing a new lithium project in Argentina with the Australian-listed Orocobre Ltd.
For more information read:
Toyota in Argentine Lithium Deal for Hybrid Car Push
By Eriko Amaha for Reuters.
From the Reuters post:
“A sister company [...]

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Nissan in China

December 3, 2009 – 10:46 am

The government of Guangzhou Municipality in China and Dongfeng Motor Co., Nissan Motor Co.’s Chinese venture partner, have formed a partnership to promote electric car transport in the city of Guangzhou.
The Renault-Nissan Alliance, which will start marketing electric cars in the U.S. and Japan next year, has signed more than 30 agreements with cities, counties, [...]

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