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IHS Automotive: global vehicle production to increase by 21M units by 2021; China to account for half of the increment

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Global automobile production will increase by 21 million units by 2021, and has grown by 25 million units since 2009 as the industry continues to recover from the impact of the global economic recession, according to a forecast by IHS Automotive. Japanese and South Korean production will decline as local OEMs focus their efforts overseas.

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Alternative Fuel Vehicle registrations in Europe up 28.8% in first quarter

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In the first quarter of 2015, total alternative fuel vehicle (AFV) registrations in the EU significantly increased (+28.8 %), totaling 144,421, according to figures from the European Association of Automobile Manufacturers (ACEA). Propane and natural gas powered 63,087 new cars during this period, or 16.5%

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Researchers transform waste tire char into efficient fuel cell catalysts

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A team of researchers in Italy has transformed chars—the least valuable by-product of waste-tire pyrolysis—into highly efficient Oxygen Reduction Reaction (ORR) catalysts for use in alkaline fuel cells and metal air batteries. A paper on their work is published in the Journal of Power Sources. 2019.04.067.

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Asian EV Manufacturers You Should Know

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Since 2015, the company has produced ZD models primarily for the Asian market. However, Zhidou has sold a number of cars in Italy and several other European countries. Beginning as a steel trading company in 1945, Mahindra would eventually branch out into automobiles after forming a partnership with Jeep in the 1970s.

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Frost Sullivan Projects That About 80% of European Vehicle Sales Will Be in the 150 g/km CO2 Band by 2015; EVs as a Strategy of Premium Automakers

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A new report from Frost & Sullivan, Implementation Roadmap of CO 2 Tax Banding in European Countries and Impact Analysis on Powertrain and Green Technology Adoption , finds that about 80% of the European vehicle sales is expected to be in the less than 150 g/km CO 2 emission band by 2015. Hariher Balasubramanian.

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Study shows nearly half of Europeans text while driving

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(In the US, the Department of Transportation (DOT) has proposed guidelines to encourage automobile manufacturers to limit the distraction risk for in-vehicle electronic devices. million new vehicles in Europe will be equipped with SYNC by 2015. Earlier post.).

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Report: Japan carmakers downsizing in Europe as market shrinks

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in 2010, with a total of 13,360,599 new units registered throughout the year, according to figures from the European Automobile Manufacturers’s Association (ACEA). Such incentives also expired in Italy and elsewhere. The EU market for new passenger cars declined by 5.5% Earlier post.).