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How Tesla Got the Jump on the Rest of the Auto Industry — Way Back in 2006

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By James Morton Turner.

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Tesla Giga Berlin targets 5k cars per week by Q1 2023

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Tesla Giga Berlin aims to produce 5,000 cars per week by Q1 2023. cubic meters (264 gallons) of fresh water per car. Tesla stated that the auto industry’s average freshwater consumption is about 4 cubic meters (1,056 gallons). As per ACEA , water consumption in EU car production has decreased by 30.5%

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AlixPartners study finds post-crisis auto industry facing new set of challenges; sales projected below historical levels for foreseeable future

Green Car Congress

In sync with its past annual auto studies, AlixPartners continues to predict that US auto sales will climb more slowly, and to a lower peak, than many others are predicting. Specifically, the firm estimates US auto sales will reach just 12.7 million in 2006. billion in 2010 profit on a net margin of 4.6% million in 2012.

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IHS: average age of light vehicles in US rises slightly in 2015 to 11.5 years; length of new vehicle ownership hits record high

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million (2.1%) since last year and the highest annual increase the auto industry has seen in the US since IHS began tracking VIO growth. Average age for both passenger cars and light trucks increased just slightly in 2015, and both now stand at 11.5 As of Q1 2015, the average length of ownership for a new vehicle is 77.8

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Review: 'Revenge Of The Electric Car' Optimistic, Accurate, Lacks A Villain

All Cars Electric

From Michael Moore's Roger And Me in 1989 to Chris Paine's 2006 Who Killed The Electric Car?, there's no shortage of documentaries that portray auto-industry executives as incompetent, bumbling, short-sighted, arrogant fools.

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Canadian Study Concludes Rebates to Hybrid Buyers Not Cost-Effective for Reducing Carbon Emissions

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The study finds that the rebates had a large and positive effect on the market share of hybrid vehicles, largely at the expense of intermediate cars, intermediate SUVs and some high performance compact cars. Researchers used Canadian vehicle sales data over a 17-year period from 1989 to 2006.

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The EV Transition Explained: Policy Roadblocks

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Driving that timeline is the shift to electric vehicles, which the Administration wants to account for 50 percent of all new cars sold by 2030. Historically, auto regulation has dealt with “the negative externalities associated with the auto itself,” he explained. Issues like auto safety and pollution were the chief concerns.

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