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Plugless: first wireless charger to provide 1 million charge hours for PEVs

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Plugless continues to be the only wireless EV charger for sale to consumers in the world. In 2016 Plugless was installed on a fleet of a leading fully autonomous shuttlebus company based in Europe. In 2016 Evatran introduced the 2nd Gen Plugless system loaded with enhanced features and more than doubling the power to 7.2kW.

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Volkswagen Financial Services AG acquires parking mobile payments company PayByPhone

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The deal positions Volkswagen Financial Services AG solidly in the mobile payments and parking sectors, while providing the foundation for future PayByPhone growth globally. In the future, we will be bundling this know-how in a separate business field around the theme of parking. million registered users.

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Is A Second OPEC Cut In The Cards?

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According to its latest Monthly Oil Market Report published in February, total OECD commercial oil stocks fell in December 2016 (before the cuts took effect) to stand at 2.999 billion barrels. Contango is a condition when the futures price is above the expected future spot price. Global oil supplies plunged nearly 1.5

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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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The number of top managers reporting directly to the CEO has been almost halved, and new appointments to several posts will take effect in the first quarter of 2016. The Group Board of Management can focus more closely than previously on overarching issues of the future, safeguard cross-brand synergies and further develop overall strategy.

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Skydio Stops Selling Consumer Drones

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This capability blew my mind even as a very early prototype in 2016 , and it still does. And since the Skydio 2+ is still being produced for sale for enterprise customers, it seems like those parts and accessories may be available longer than they would be otherwise.

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IHS Markit: average age of cars and light trucks in US rises again in 2019 to 11.8 years

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growth in 2016. A larger fleet means more service and repair opportunities in the future. The shift among various age categories continues to be a closely-monitored measure, as it is important to those who manage inventories of required parts and plan for sales and service activity accordingly. —Mark Seng.

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VW Group restructuring in response to emissions testing scandal; greater focus on the modular toolkits; Klinger out, Horn stays

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The interim Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Berthold Huber, said that the new structure strengthens the brands and regions; gives the Group Board of Management the necessary leeway for strategy and steering within the company; and lays a focus on the targeted development of future-oriented fields. Further Board of Management changes.

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