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in April compared to the same month last year, according to figures from the ACEA, the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association.Over the first four months of 2010 the market expanded by 4.8% in comparison to January-April 2008. Germany (-25.5%) and Poland (-10.5%), however, recorded a decline. Source: ACEA. in Portugal.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2011

A 2006 study, High Speed Rail and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the US , released by the Center for Neighborhood Technologies, found that HSR lines in Europe and Japan released 30-70 grams of carbon dioxide per passenger-kilometer, versus 150 grams for automobiles and 170 grams for airplanes. The rise in HSR has been very rapid.

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JULY 15, 2009

million vehicles, according to the latest Economic Report from the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA). With a drop of 57.4%, the UK was the worst affected of the five largest European producers, followed by France (-46.0%), Spain (-40.2%), Italy (-38.6%) and Germany (-32.3%). over the whole year 2008.

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JULY 16, 2015

The DOE Hydrogen Program conducted a technical assessment of cryo-compressed hydrogen storage for vehicular applications during 2006-2008. This portfolio can be flexibly tailored to different vehicle concepts, customer requirements and legal and regulatory requirements in the international automobile markets. Earlier post.).

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APRIL 7, 2009

The number of EU countries with CO2-related car taxation rose to 15 in 2008. In 2008, motor vehicle taxes in the EU 15 added up to €378 billion (US$501 billion) or 4.1%

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MAY 10, 2012

Launched in September 2008 and ending in June 2012, this project is funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economics and Technology and, on the French side, by the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) and the automobile cluster Mov’eo. The predecessor projects were SeVeCom (2006 – 2009) and PRECIOSA (2008 – 2010).

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Automobiles are major contributors to air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. Even though the United States has just 25% of the total population of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) nations, in 2008 it alone accounted for just above 40% of the 10.3 trillion pkm in 2008. million.

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JULY 12, 2010

Süd-Chemie AG, a worldwide leading specialty chemical company based in Munich, Germany, is investing approximately €60 million (US$75 million) in the production of lithium iron phosphate (LFP) for use in batteries for electric vehicle drives and other applications. Earlier post.).

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MARCH 31, 2009

Experts predict that the Indian automobile market will grow from the present 1.2 In 2008, the Volkswagen Group produced 6.347 million vehicles worldwide, some 66.2% (4.201 million) of which were built outside Germany. million vehicles to more than 2 million vehicles by 2014.

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MARCH 2, 2011

SB LiMotive was established in September 2008 as a joint venture between Bosch and Samsung SDI. The objective of the alliance is to adapt lithium-ion battery technology to the requirements of automobiles, and thus explore the market for hybrid and electric vehicles. Cobasys, with two sites in Orion, Mich.,

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MARCH 13, 2009

less compared to the same month of 2008, according to figures from the European Automobile Manufacturers’s Association (ACEA). Germany stood out with a 21.5% Only Germany posted growth during that period(+4.0%). In February, 968,159 new passenger cars were registered in Europe (the EU27 + EFTA), 18.3%

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APRIL 30, 2012

and more than 1,200 vehicle models tested by Europe’s largest automobile club ADAC. and the target of 140 grams of CO 2 per kilometer (g/km) for 2008 was missed. The ICCT paper focuses on new passenger cars in Germany—the largest market in Europe (3 million new passenger cars each year) and a major exporter to other countries (5.5

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JANUARY 14, 2010

Peugeot and Greenwheels also will join the European EVA (Electric Vehicles for Advanced Cities) project, a consortium that brings together more than 20 European cities, automobile manufacturers and electricity suppliers from many countries, as well as research institutes.

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MARCH 6, 2009

The sedan and the five-door Fiesta hatchback are both built at the Changan Ford Mazda Automobile Company manufacturing facility in Nanjing. The Fiesta was Ford’s second best-selling vehicle in Europe’s main 19 markets in 2008. China is the world’s first market to introduce the four-door Fiesta sedan.

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MARCH 27, 2009

Under the leadership of BASF Future Business GmbH, eighteen partners from industry and science have formed the cross-sector consortium “HE-Lion” to develop and bring to market safer, more affordable high-energy lithium-ion batteries over the next four to six years for use in plug-in hybrid automobiles and electric-vehicles. Earlier post.)

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JULY 15, 2009

In the first quarter of the year, production fell to just 3.4million vehicles according to new statistics from the Economic Report from the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA). per cent and Germany down 32.3 per cent over the whole of 2008. This was followed by France, down 46 per cent, Spain down 40.2

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JULY 1, 2009

While full electric powertrains (battery and fuel cell) will at some point become pervasive in light-duty vehicles, the dominance of the internal-combustion engine will remain unchallenged over the next twenty years, according to Robert Bosch GmbH executives at their annual International Automotive Press Briefing in Boxberg, Germany.

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APRIL 21, 2009

Caroline Reichert, a spokeswoman for the Germany energy company RWE , said leading automotive and energy companies have reached an agreement for a standardized plug for electric cars. Some of the automakers include in that agreement are Volkswagen, BMW, Ford, General Motors, Fiat, Toyota and Mitsubishi. . is a Green Options Media Production.

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AUGUST 19, 2009

As of 2006, Germany had a passenger car parc of 46.6 million units, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers’s Association. Over the last 10 years, Germany has averaged 3.33 million new passenger vehicle registrations annually (with 2008 being the lowest, with 3.090 million new registrations.

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APRIL 30, 2009

In a session on total vehicle energy consumption, several people shared similar pie charts showing the flow of energy within an automobile. How did the high fuel prices impact customer behavior in 2008? Where does all of the energy go? Braking losses add another 6%. Only 22% remains to power the vehicle.

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JULY 6, 2018

This equates to around six million cars to Euro 5 and Euro 6 standard built since 2008 and delivered to customers in Europe and other markets (except the United States and Canada). Some two-thirds of those automobiles have already been dealt with. These apply to a total of around 240,000 vehicles worldwide.

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Bolstered by production in China for that key market, soon to be augmented by new plants in Austin, Texas, and Germany, Tesla does not appear to be looking back, but if it did would continue to see other automakers in its rearview mirror. since the Tesla roadster was introduced in 2008. More than half of them were in California.

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JULY 6, 2018

This equates to around six million cars to Euro 5 and Euro 6 standard built since 2008 and delivered to customers in Europe and other markets (except the United States and Canada). Some two-thirds of those automobiles have already been dealt with. These apply to a total of around 240,000 vehicles worldwide.

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APRIL 21, 2010

At present, 17 of the 27 EU Member States levy CO 2 -related taxes on passenger cars, and 15 governments provide tax incentives for electrically chargeable vehicles, according to the newly published European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) Tax Guide 2010.

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JULY 4, 2014

Mercedes-Benz unveiled the Future Truck 2025 in Magdeburg, Germany. Communication between vehicles is also standardized following an agreement between a consortium of automobile manufacturers, suppliers, public organisations and research institutions. The volume of road transport in Germany alone will increase from 3.7

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APRIL 21, 2009

In late 2008, BYD started selling the first production PHEV in China. First Escape PHEV delivered to SCE Nov 2007; 20 in 2008-2009. Beginning in 2005, we excerpted individual statements of intentions by carmakers, but by the start of 2008, the number of comments became too numerous for us to track. Batteries not ready.

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