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April 16

Tesla to discuss charging facilities with Sinopec

Tesla Motor Inc executives will visit Sinopec Group next week to discuss potential cooperation to establish vehicle-charging facilities, an insider with the Chinese company told China Daily.

Talks will center on building charging units around Sinopec’s nationwide network of 30,000 gas stations.

US-based Tesla plans its first customer deliveries in Beijing or Shanghai next week, he said, according to the report.

Tesla has reportedly been in talks with the State GridCorp of China, the country’s largest utility company, about cooperation to build charging stations. The State Grid has given no response.

Cities including Tianjin, Shanghai and Chongqing have built charging stations, while construction is underway in Hebei, Fujian and Guangdong provinces.

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Canadian organizations sign nuclear MOU

Fifteen Canadian nuclear organizations will sign a memorandum of understanding with their counterparts in Haiyan county, home to the Haiyan Nuclear City, for cooperation in technology development.

The memorandum will include a proposal to build a Canadian nuclear industrial park in Zhejang province, according to Ron Oberth, president of the Organization of Canadian Nuclear Industries. Oberth told China Daily the industrial park will be invested in by both parties and the project may start construction in two to three years if it can receive approval from the related authorities.

“The memorandum of understanding will set up a platform for 170 Canadian nuclear companies and 76 Chinese nuclear equipment and services companies to communicate better and cooperate further,” he said.

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