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Hyundai will ‘take the bull by the horns’ with a new EV brand in the world’s biggest market

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The automaker is betting on custom EVs to revamp sales in the region. Fully electric vehicles accounted for over 23% of new car sales last year in China, with 6.68 Hyundai and BAIC’s relationship dates back to 2002 when they established a joint venture to build a car plant in China. China is the undisputed EV market leader.

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SAIC-GM-Wuling starts production at new $1.1B base in Chongqing; initial capacity of 400K vehicles and 400K engines

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It has an initial annual manufacturing capacity of 400,000 vehicles and 400,000 engines to serve the Chinese market. SAIC-GM-Wuling) was launched on November 18, 2002. In 2013, the joint venture had record domestic sales of 1,584,920 vehicles. billion (US$1.1 billion) by the joint venture. SAIC has a 50.1% stake, GM China a 44.0%

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GKN order book for electric driveline technologies totalled $2.8 billion by end of 2017

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Sales, which were previously forecast to rise from £33 million (US$45.7 In 2022, GKN forecasts that eDrive sales will reach £500 million (US$692.8 Among these are: GKN’s Multimode eTransmission system is due to launch on a Chinese OEM’s platform across a number of vehicle models from 2018.

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SAIC-GM-Wuling to Export Mini-Commercial Vehicles to South America, Middle East and North Africa

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The Wuling N200 entered the Chinese market in 2007. The Wuling N300, which went on sale in China last year, offers a more spacious cabin than traditional mini-commercial vehicles. SAIC-GM-Wuling, a joint venture between GM China, SAIC and Wuling Motors, was launched in 2002. GM also will provide standard aftersales support.

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Hyundai breaks ground for third plant in China; total China capacity of up to 1M units by 2012

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With its expanded capacity, Hyundai aims to be a leading passenger car maker and an exemplary company in the Chinese auto industry. BHMC expects this year’s sales to exceed its target of 690,000 which is already beyond its annual capacity of 600,000, while cumulative sales may surpass 2.5 million units.

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

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7 billion In 2021, global sales of thumb drives from all manufacturers surpassed $7 billion, a number that is expected to rise to more than $10 billion by 2028. As soon as he had his license, NEC’s semiconductors division hired him as a sales executive. Three years later, in 1980, he moved to Sanyo as a regional sales manager.

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How the IBM PC Won, Then Lost, the Personal Computer Market

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Soon, though, the world began embracing little computers by the millions, with IBM dominating those sales. And in 2005, the Chinese computer maker Lenovo Group purchased IBM's PC business. The sales team I managed arranged to sell 6,000 PCs to American Standard, a maker of bathroom fixtures. With that, the preeminent U.S.

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