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Tesla giga casting gets its biggest supporter yet from legacy auto

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It involves the use of house-sized machines that are able to produce aluminum parts that are significantly bigger than anything traditionally used in auto manufacturing. IDRA has been a unit of China’s LK Industries since 2008. The use of giga casting was pioneered by Tesla with the Model Y crossover.

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EVs Take 55% Of The German Auto Market In December!

CleanTechnica EVs

The tide has turned in the electrification of the German auto market, with plugin electric vehicles taking the majority of sales for the first time in December. of the month’s passenger auto sales, with full electrics taking a third (33.2%), and plugin hybrids taking over a fifth (22.2%). Plugins took 55.4%

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Tesla Model Y Takes Over 38% Of Norway’s Auto Sales In March!

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share of the auto market in March, down from 91.9% Overall auto volume was 19,366 units, up some 19% YoY, and the highest March sales since at least 2016 […] Norway’s plugin electric vehicles took 91.1% year on year. The slight dent in share came from a drop in plugin hybrid volume, against overall market growth.

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Yamaha Motor produces 3 mn Performance Damper since 2004 – ET Auto

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In 2008, it was selected for the 40th “Ichimura Prize in Industry for Distinguished Achievement”, hosted by the New Technology Development Foundation (currently the Ichimura Foundation for New Technology), the company said in a media release.

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Tesla Model Y continues to lead auto sales in Norway

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share of the auto market in March, down from 91.9% Overall auto volume was 19,366 units, up some 19% YoY, and the highest March sales since at least 2016 (though compensating from a hangover earlier in Q1). The Model Y alone took over 38% of Norway’s new passenger auto registrations in March. year on year. comprised 86.8%

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CarDekho Group eyeing 40% consolidated growth in FY25: Founder Amit Jain – ET Auto

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Established in 2008 by brothers Amit Jain and Anurag Jain, CarDekho started as an online review portal for car reviews in the tier-2 city of Rajasthan – Jaipur. Since its inception, the entity has transformed from being a car review platform to a unicorn, and a house of brands with auto and non-auto solutions businesses.

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Plugins EVs Near Third Of Autos In Germany, Recession Forecast

CleanTechnica EVs

of Europe’s largest auto market, Germany, in October, up from 30.4% This in the context of overall auto market growth of 16.8% Plugin electric vehicles (EVs) gained 32.4% YoY, to 208,642 units. This, however, is still down by almost 25% from the pre-2020 seasonal norms.

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