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The Long View from SAE 2009 World Congress

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During the intervening six and half years in the US alone, the auto industry will sell a projected 70-80 million internal combustion engine cars, pointing out the importance of improving today’s technology. Appleyard, Planning Advisory Service Report Number 546/547, 2007, pp. Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency (CAFE) challenge.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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Audi Volkswagen-owned company exploring PHEVs Metroproject Quattro Sub-compact PHEV Concept Car shown October 2007; PHEV of A1 Sportback under consideration Bright Automotive For-profit spin off from Rocky Mountain Institute designing lightweight PHEVs, successor to RMIs 1990s "Hypercar" concept. Auto-week ) 5/10/07 "Toyota Motor Corp.

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Inflation Reduction Act – How It Supercharges the Electric Vehicle Industry

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Volkswagen, which was the top-selling car company in the world as recently as 2020, announced in June 2022 that it was “actively in the process of looking at another production facility and also looking at a battery facility,” then began production of its first U.S. . $3 Tesla just opened its new Austin, Texas factory in April .