BASF aims to cut cost of gasoline catalysts with switch from palladium to platinum

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Elena Mazneva and Justina Vasquez

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March 11, 2020 01:58 PM

LONDON -- The auto industry took a step nearer to curbing its dependence on palladium after BASF developed a new technology for gasoline cars that substitutes some of the metal with cheaper platinum.

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