Green Car Congress
APRIL 18, 2020
March appears to have been solid, on preliminary data, and April may even reach prior-year volumes thanks to strong government stimulus, but we do not see all of the lost volume being made up. The local industry is already recovering, with commercial vehicle plants re-opened. However, restrictions are expected to ease through May.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 1, 2011
In DB’s Fall 2009 note, they had forecast 12% growth. Slower than expected sales of hybrids everywhere in the world but Japan in 2010. Current prices have fallen from $650/kWh+ in 2009 to about $450/kWh now, and DB’s forecast is the price to fall at about a 7.5% An explosion of hybrid sales in Japan.
Green Car Congress
MAY 1, 2020
Impacts to global auto demand in the wake of COVID-19 have rapidly progressed to severity levels higher than the 2008-2009 recession, and significant uncertainty around prospects for a meaningful recovery remain. Europe will see mixed recovery cycles, as a result of local restrictions and varied economic support and stimulus.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 20, 2012
This latter development is due as much to the fact that developed bus markets may experience a general slowdown, due to austerity measures and the end of stimulus funding, as to any changes in demand for electric drive. Europe is behind on hybrid bus deployments, although stimulus. The exception to this is China, which has been.
Green Car Congress
JULY 22, 2009
He identified three major themes in 2009 for renewable energy: “ Energy markets are undergoing their most fundamental changes since the 1930s; cap and trade is the most complex issue outside of health care; and schisms exist within the energy community that will grow stronger over time. M barrels/day of oil within the next 10 years ”.
Green Cars News
MAY 12, 2009
In Europe sales amassed 530,000 units - down 16.7%; while in Japan, sales dropped to 612,000 units, down 15.1%. The global sales forecast for fiscal 2009 is 3.08 Despite the obvious frustrations, Nissan President and CEO Carlos Ghosn remained optimistic. million units.
Green Cars News
AUGUST 4, 2009
In the US, Chrysler and General Motors fell into bankruptcy; while in Japan even its major automakers have been left reeling from significant profit falls. Today (August 4, 2009), Toyota will announce its earnings for the fiscal first quarter as it battles its worst crisis since being founded in 1937. Averting a slump.
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