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Daimler to invest around $457M in the commercial vehicle plants in Brazil over next two years

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The financing will be placed mainly in research and development of new products and innovative technologies, as well as in process optimizations and modernization of the two production plants São Bernardo do Campo (Federal State São Paulo) and Juiz de Fora (Federal State Minas Gerais). billion Brazilian real (US$1.14 Thus far, around 1.5

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Pike Research forecasts global biofuels market to double by 2012 to $185.3B

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despite huge demand for biofuels from transportation end-markets, access to inexpensive feedstocks and financing hurdles remain challenging obstacles for biofuels production trying to keep pace with emerging mandates. Governments are expected to retreat from stimulus investment highs, shifting financing. versus chemicals, etc.),

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Volkswagen Group to spend >$40B over next 5 years to develop electric mobility, autonomous driving, new mobility services and digitalization

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In 2016, the corresponding capex ratio stood at 6.9%. The Volkswagen Group expects Brazil, China, Russia and North America to be the main growth drivers in the coming years. These companies finance the investments in the Chinese plants and products from their own resources. from 2020 onward.

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IHS Automotive forecasts 88.6M unit global light vehicle market in 2015; 2.4% growth

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million units, aided with increased auto finance penetration, fast dealership expansion and government vehicle scrappage programs. The size of the market contraction in Russia is the biggest wild card facing vehicle manufacturers across the European continent, if not the world, in 2015 and 2016.” The year preliminarily closed with 5.34

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Audi plans almost €22-billion investment through 2018; targeting 2M annual deliveries

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—Axel Strotbek, Member of the Board of Management of AUDI AG for Finance and Organization. The Audi Group is also expanding overseas, and will build its first Audi factory in North America, in the Mexican city of San José Chiapa, where the Audi Q5 is scheduled to roll off the production line starting in 2016.

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Pike Research forecasts global biofuels market value to double to $185B by 2021

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—“Biofuels Markets and Technologies” Disproportionate feedstock access and utilization is expected to lead to increased global trade in biofuels, Pike said, with countries like Brazil emerging as leading suppliers for the world market. Governments are expected to retreat from stimulus investment highs, shifting financing.

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Volkswagen again reaffirms 20 new PEV models coming across the Group; MEB development

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In his remarks at the Annual Media Conference, where the Group presented 2015 results, Matthias Müller, Chairman of the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG, said that 2016 will be a year of transition for Volkswagen, and will also see the accelerated transformation of the company. Prospects for 2016. billion in 2015, an increase of 6.5%

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