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Volkswagen Group to Invest 4B by 2011 to Expand Activities in China

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At the Nanjing and Chengdu plants, production is to be boosted to between 300,000 and 350,000 units in each case by 2012. From 2012, three new models are set to leave the production lines at Nanjing and two at Chengdu. "In In China, deliveries by the Group rose to 652,222 units (2008: 531,612 units; +22.7 billion (US$1.9

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Daimler and Toray to establish JV for carbon-fiber based automobile parts; new production and joining process enables large-scale production

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The partners plan to start supplying the mass-produced CFRP parts utilizing SCRTM for Daimler’s Mercedes-Benz passenger vehicles to be launched in 2012. Reducing the vehicle weight for boosting fuel efficiency is an important issue in the automobile industry.

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Non-intrusive bio-monitoring system anticipates driver fatigue in the vehicle to prevent accidents

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In 2008 there were 1.2 The HARKEN project received funding from the EU FP7 Capacities Work Programme: Research for the Benefit of SMEs and started in July 2012. With a short time-to-market scope, Project Harken will shortly have vehicles in the streets in order to run tests in real traffic scenarios. Background.

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Story of TESLA Motors: Beginning, Fight, Survival, and Success

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Would it be wrong if I said that the history of the automobile industry has been divided into two parts, before Tesla and after Tesla , some might argue that I understand? The image and common impression of Electric vehicles were re-written by the introduction of the Tesla Roadster in the year of 2008. Story Of Tesla, Inc.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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In late 2008, BYD started selling the first production PHEV in China. Partnering with Alcoa, Duke Energy, Google.org, Johnson Controls Indiana startup plans to unveil vehicle May 2009 at EVS-24 in Norway; mass production in 2012. Ford Escape PHEV-40 around 2012. First Escape PHEV delivered to SCE Nov 2007; 20 in 2008-2009.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

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It will appear in Europe next year as the Opel Ampera and in Australia as the Holden Volt in 2012. needs to have an indigenous automobile industry, and not merely "transplants". Whats more, the General promises the Volt will be the foundation for a slew of cars to be sold worldwide. Never again.

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