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SEPTEMBER 12, 2009

The Volkswagen Group is set to continue its growth in China over the next few years. Between 2009 and 2011, the Group is to invest a total of €4 billion (US$5.8 For the Volkswagen Group, China is one of the most important markets in the world. Winfried Vahland, President and CEO of Volkswagen Group China.

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JULY 7, 2022

The Moscow partners KAMAZ and GAZ Group have already delivered more than 1,000 modern electric buses to the Russian capital. Argenbright, Robert (2011). In 2011, Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev announced that the city of Moscow would expand spatially, with federal agencies relocating to the annexed area. Argenbright, Robert.

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DECEMBER 18, 2017

The BMW Group has delivered more than 100,000 electrified vehicles to customers worldwide in 2017, as promised at the beginning of the year. The BMW Group selected this glowing symbol to represent the technological change taking place in mobility. We deliver on our promises.

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JUNE 26, 2023

Hyundai Motor Group surpassed 10 million global connected car service subscribers this month. The Group said that this rapid growth supports the acceleration of the Group’s Software-Defined Vehicle (SDV) strategy. The milestone comes one year and 10 months after reaching 5 million subscribers in August 2021.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Volkswagen Group France et la Société Nouvelle d’Affinage des Métaux (SNAM) signed a partnership agreement through which the hybrid and EV batteries from group brands—Volkswagen, Audi, SEAT, ŠKODA and Volkswagen Utilities—will be recycled in the two French factories owned by SNAM, Saint-Quentin-Fallavier (Isère) and Viviez (Aveyron).

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JANUARY 19, 2016

Michael Sivak and Brandon Schoettle at University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) has found recent decreases in the proportion of persons with a driver’s license across all age groups in the US. The percentages for 1983, 2008, 2011, and 2014 were 55.0%, 78.4%, 79.2%, and 79.0%, respectively.

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JANUARY 7, 2011

Chrysler Group Global Electric Motorcars LLC (GEM), a wholly owned subsidiary of Chrysler Group LLC, recently launched the 2011 GEM vehicle line of low-speed battery-electric vehicles. More than 45,000 GEM vehicles are on the road worldwide.

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MARCH 3, 2017

Dubbed the “Supermajors’ Cost Index,” Apex concludes that the supermajors spent 66 percent more on development costs in 2015 than they did in 2011, despite the widely-touted “efficiency gains” implemented during the worst of the market slump. As a whole, the development costs for the group of “supermajors” rose 66 percent to $18.39

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JUNE 21, 2016

The PSA Group and Iran Khodro have signed the final joint venture agreement to produce latest-generation vehicles in Iran. million vehicles in 2011. This 50/50 joint venture is expected to invest up to €400 million over the next five years in manufacturing and R&D capacity. The Iranian market reached a peak of 1.6

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MAY 12, 2017

Approved in 2009 and first implemented in 2011, the LCFS requires California fuel providers to reduce the carbon intensity of transportation fuels at least 10% by 2020, by phasing in less carbon-intensive fuel technologies. In five years—2011 to 2016—the LCFS helped encourage a 57% uptick in the use of clean fuels in California.

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JANUARY 6, 2020

Since 2011 , I have periodically examined changes in the proportion of persons with a driver’s license as a function of age. The previous study compared data for 1983 (as the baseline) with those for 2008, 2011, 2014, and 2017. That was followed by modest increases in the licensure for all age groups between 2014 and 2017.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2015

Following three years of construction, the Volkswagen Group today inaugurated its new engine plant at Kaluga, Russia. liter EA211 gasoline engine—the most modern engine technology of the Volkswagen Group. The plant will produce the newly developed 1.6-liter

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JANUARY 26, 2013

AB Volvo has signed an agreement with the Chinese vehicle manufacturer Dongfeng Motor Group Company Limited (DFG) to acquire 45% of a new subsidiary of DFG, Dongfeng Commercial Vehicles (DFCV), which will include the major part of DFG’s medium- and heavy-duty commercial vehicles business. The purchase price is RMB 5.6 billion (pro forma).

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AUGUST 31, 2012

The Volkswagen Group is expanding its production network in China with a new transmission plant in Tianjin. The People’s Republic of China is the largest sales market for the Volkswagen Group. In 2011, the company delivered 2.26 The plant in Tianjin is designed for an annual production capacity of 450,000 units. 230 million.

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JANUARY 3, 2013

Chrysler Group LLC reported US sales of 152,367 units in December 2012, a 10% increase compared with sales in December 2011 (138,019 units), and the group’s best December sales since 2007. The FIAT brand’s 59% increase was the largest sales gain of any Chrysler Group brand for the month.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2016

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has released a Request for Information (RFI) on critical materials in the energy sector, including fuel cell platinum group metal catalysts. The information received from the RFI will be used to update the analyses in DOE’s Critical Material Strategy Reports that were released in 2010 and 2011.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2023

It took more than a decade since the first model was introduced in July 2011.

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MAY 8, 2014

The Volkswagen Group continues to make progress on the way to its goal of becoming the world’s most sustainable automaker, according to its 2014 sustainability report. The Group now takes one-third of its electric power from renewable sources. The Volkswagen Group’s Sustainability Report has been published annually since 2011.

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DECEMBER 1, 2016

The BMW Group is expanding the remit of its BMW i Ventures venture capital unit and creating a new fund of up to €500 million (US$531 million) over ten years to support it. BMW i Ventures, which was founded in New York in 2011 with an initial venture capital of US$100 million (€94 million), is relocating its headquarters to Silicon Valley.

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DECEMBER 19, 2013

The World Environment Center ( WEC ) will award its 30 th Annual Gold Medal for International Corporate Achievement in Sustainable Development to the Volkswagen Group. —Volkswagen Group Head of Sustainability Gerhard Prätorius. It is a great honor for Volkswagen to receive the Gold Medal Award for Sustainable Development in 2014.

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JULY 18, 2013

Chrysler Group is working with NextEnergy to evaluate vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology using four all-electric minivans. The two-year Chrysler-NextEnergy partnership launched in 2011 and has been gathering data from four Chrysler Town & Country minivans equipped with all-electric powertrains.

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MARCH 27, 2012

BMW Group and Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) have signed an agreement on collaborative research in the field of next-generation lithium-ion battery cells and have begun said research. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). liter and 2.0 liter diesel engines to TME starting in 2014. liter and 2.0 liter diesel engines to TME starting in 2014.

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AUGUST 28, 2012

China-based FAW Group manufactures trucks, buses, special vehicles and sedans. Established in 1953, it is the oldest and largest automotive group in the country. In 2011, FAW Group sold more than 2 million vehicles. —Jun Li, Deputy Chief Engineer and Director of FAW R&D Center.

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OCTOBER 17, 2012

The new Pike Pulse Report: Clean Diesel Vehicles from Pike Research ranks the Volkswagen Group as the leader in this market, due to the efforts of the Volkswagen and Audi brands. Hyundai Kia Automotive Group; Fiat-Chrysler; and the automotive partnership of RenaultNissan. Volkswagen Group. Pike Pulse Grid for clean diesels.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

SGL Automotive Carbon Fibers (SGL ACF)—a joint venture of SGL Group and the BMW Group ( earlier post )—officially opened its new carbon fiber manufacturing plant in Moses Lake, WA. The new BMW i3 will be manufactured from these parts at the BMW Group plant in Leipzig, Germany.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2012

Chrysler Group LLC withdrew its application for an Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing loan from the Department of Energy. Chrysler had a great year in 2011 and posted a 44 percent increase in sales for January 2012 alone. Since it was formed in June 2009, Chrysler Group LLC has announced investments of more than $4.5

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MAY 24, 2012

Last year, the BMW Group sold 233,630 vehicles in China—an increase of 37.7%. The BMW Group retail network expanded from 210 to 290 dealerships over the course of 2011. The launch of engine production will allow the joint venture’s two production locations in Dadong and Tiexi to be supplied locally.

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JUNE 1, 2013

In its order, the SEC noted that between 2004 and 2011, Scuderi Group sold more than $80 million worth of securities through offerings that were not registered with the Commission and did not qualify for any of the exemptions from the Securities Act’s registration requirement. million in Scuderi Group spending on such purposes.

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JUNE 3, 2013

Chrysler Group LLC reported US sales in May of 166,596 units, an 11% increase year-on-year, and the group’s best May sales since 2007. The Ram Truck brand’s 24% increase to 32,649 units—97% of which was the pickup truck—was the largest sales gain of any Chrysler Group brand in May.

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AUGUST 28, 2012

The Volkswagen Group is expanding its capacities in Russia with the construction of a new engine plant in Kaluga, Russia. The Volkswagen Group will invest approximately €250 million (US$314 million) at the new location, where a a 1.6-liter Russia is the primary strategic growth market in Europe for the Volkswagen Group.

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JANUARY 13, 2015

The Lufthansa Group will be fueling their aircraft at Oslo airport with a biokerosene mixture beginning this March. The Group recently became the first airline group to sign this kind of contract with the Norwegian oil company Statoil Aviation. For one year beginning March 2015, Statoil will feed 2.5

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DECEMBER 9, 2009

The Hyundai-Kia Automotive Group plans to add a diesel hybrid to its liquefied petroleum gas and gasoline hybrid offerings. Commercialization will be established around 2011,” said Kim Hae-jin, Hyundai-Kia’s managing director. Commercialization will be established around 2011,” said Kim Hae-jin, Hyundai-Kia’s managing director.

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MAY 2, 2012

Two additional ethanol producers are joining the Butamax Advanced Biofuels Early Adopters Group (EAG) and have signed letters of intent. The Early Adopters Group (EAG) was announced in December 2011 with founding member Highwater Ethanol, an ethanol producer based in Lamberton, Minnesota. Earlier post.).

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DECEMBER 11, 2012

The Volkswagen Group laid the foundation stone for its new engine plant next to the Volkswagen vehicle plant at Kaluga. From 2015, the Group will supply its vehicle assembly plant at Kaluga and contract production at the GAZ plant in Nizhny Novgorod with the locally produced engines. billion) in Russia over the next three years.

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OCTOBER 9, 2023

Bollore’s Blue Solutions has signed a memorandum of understanding with Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn) and its subsidiary, SolidEdge Solution, to jointly develop a solid-state battery ecosystem for the electric two-wheeler market.

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JULY 6, 2016

Car-sharing service DriveNow is extending its service to Brussels—the tenth European city where the premium car sharing joint venture from BMW Group and Sixt SE will operate. Following its launch in Munich in June 2011, DriveNow has constantly expanded its mobility services in Europe and now has more than 600,000 customers.

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JANUARY 16, 2012

United States M&A activity for upstream oil and gas deals set records in 2011 for both deal values and deal counts, according to PLS, Inc., Totals for 2011 are $86 billion (versus prior 2010 record of $75 billion) in 369 deals (versus prior 2010 record of 313 deals). Values of US upstream M&A oil and gas M&A deals, 2006-2011.

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