Elon Musk to visit India this month to make announcement about Indian plant 0 (0)

  • Tesla Chief Elon Musk to visit India, meet PM Modi this month
  • Tesla’s Musk to make announcement about India plant, investments during India trip
  • Will meet Modi in the week of April 22 in New Delhi, and will separately make an announcement about his India plans
  • Reuters has previously reported that Tesla officials are expected to visit India this month to look at sites for a manufacturing plant that would require an investment of about $2 billion

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Russia considers dropped environmental requirements for gasoline usage 0 (0)

  • Russia considers dropping some environmental requirements for gasoline usage to avoid possible shortages
  • The measure to reduce environmental standards may bring an additional 10% of gasoline to domestic markets
  • adjustment could potentially increase the domestic gasoline supply by 10%, which translates to an additional 300,000 to 350,000 metric tons per month.
  • Refinery output in Russia has grown significantly since 2000, with a total production of 275 million tons in the previous year.
  • The proposed measures are expected to enhance gasoline production, especially benefiting older refining facilities.
  • Loosening environmental standards is seen as a regression from Russia’s 2011 initiative to improve fuel quality and ecological standards through refinery modernization.

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