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Volvo will make its first all-electric car in China; available in 2019, exported globally

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The all-new model will be based on Volvo’s Compact Modular Architecture (CMA) for smaller cars, and will be available for sale in 2019 and exported globally from China, Volvo said. Volvo Cars has been under the ownership of the Zhejiang Geely Holding (Geely Holding) of China since 2010.

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Nissan to Introduce New V-Platform and All-New Global Compact Car at Geneva 2010

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Nissan will reveal its new V-Platform technology and an all-new global compact car employing that technology at the Geneva Motor Show in March 2010. In other words, Nissan’s objective is to build a series of models on the same platform at three overseas production sites for sale in more than 160 countries. Earlier post.)

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Porsche’s North American CEO Leaves Company

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In 2004, he left Porsche for Daimler, where he rose to director of strategy for Mercedes-Benz Cars before returning to Porsche in 2010. & “We thank Kjell Gruner for his excellent work at Porsche,” stated Detlev von Platen , Member of the Executive Board for Sales and Marketing at Porsche AG. .&

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J.D. Power forecasts hybrid- and battery-electric vehicles will represent 7.3% of global auto sales in 2020

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Power forecast of hybrid-, plug-in hybrid- and battery-electric vehicle global sales through 2020. Power and Associates estimates combined global sales of hybrid-electric vehicles (HEVs), plug-in hybrid-electric vehicles (PHEVs) and battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) will total 5.2 Click to enlarge. A new report from J.D.

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Volkswagen Group appoints new heads of Global R&D, Group Design, Group Product and Modular Toolkit Strategy

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Following various management functions at Audi and Volkswagen, he was named Head of Development Vehicle Concepts at Audi in Ingolstadt in 2003, assuming responsibility for the same task at Volkswagen Passenger Cars in 2007 before becoming Technical Director at Italdesign Giugiaro in 2010 and returning to Audi AG as Head of Vehicle Concepts in 2013.

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Volvo Cars raises US$533M via issuance of preference shares to Swedish investors

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The detailed terms of the sale have not been disclosed, but the transaction will have an immaterial dilutive effect on the current 100% ownership of Volvo Cars by Zhejiang Geely Holdings. The bonds were issued for general corporate purposes and aimed at increasing the company's financial flexibility.

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Uber launches self-driving pilot in San Francisco with Volvo Cars

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The second part is a joint venture with Autoliv, the leading automotive safety technology company, to set up a new jointly-owned company to design and manufacturer separately-branded AD and driver assistance software technology packages for sale to third party OEMs.