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Continental Mobility Study 2020 finds many people still have doubts about EVs

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The Continental Mobility Study 2020 , surveyed representative groups of people in France, the US, Japan, China and Germany about their mobility habits in cooperation with social research institute infas. Since 2011, Continental has carried out the Continental Mobility Study on various key topics at regular intervals.

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KBR Awarded Contract by Chemetall Foote Corp. for Lithium Hydroxide Operation Expansion

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The project is expected to be completed by the end of 2011. Chemetall Foote, a member of the Chemetall group headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany is the world’s leading manufacturer of lithium-based compounds and an innovative developer of metal-based fine chemicals for use in specialty applications.

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ZAP, Zhejiang Jonway Partner to Target China and Export EV Markets

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ZAP hopes to leverage a stimulus from the government for plug-in forms of transportation. The Chinese State Council General Office announced that it intends to raise its annual production capacity to 500,000 all-electric cars, hybrids and buses by the end of 2011. ZAP Hangzhou.

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Research Suggests Renewables Could Generate 40% of Global Power by 2050

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In Europe, Britain’s industry has called on the British government to shell out £625 million (€675 million, US$872 million) for renewables support, and the latest data show that EU Member States France and Germany have committed large sums of green stimulus money, especially for renewables.

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When Will EVs Hit Primetime?

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Cleantech Group and Deloitte. advocacy group Plug In America.&#. billion invested in 180 green-technology companies worldwide in the first quarter of 2010, according to a study by the Cleantech Group and Deloitte. Bob Lutz, the outgoing vice chairman of GM, has said the company will produce about 8,000 Chevy Volts in 2011.

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Grant Thornton LLP Warns of Potential Collapse of Automotive Supply Chain

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To right-size capacity levels and promote a viable industry, we believe 30 to 40 percent of all suppliers are at risk due to the necessary alignment of capacity with demand, which should stabilize in the 12 to 14 million-unit range by 2010-2011.

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The Long Road to Today’s Cochlear Implant

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The surgery appeared to be successful, but as Clark recalled in a 2011 oral history with the Australian Academy of Science, he still slept fitfully that night, worried about his patient. To test whether Saunders could sense different tones and stimulus rates, the team played “God Save the Queen.”

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