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UK auto industry warns anti-diesel agenda and slow uptake of EVs could mean missing 2021 CO2 targets; rising CO2 average in 2017

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The warning came as a new report published by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) confirmed that the fleet average CO 2 of newly registered cars rose for the first time in 2017, despite vehicles becoming ever more efficient. in 2017 to 119,821 units. of the overall new car market in 2017. to a new low of 165.4

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Toyota showcases experimental hydrogen-powered GR Yaris

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While the Mirai employs chemical reaction in the fuel cells to generate energy, the experimental GR Yaris features an internal combustion engine with hydrogen as the fuel. Japan’s auto industry must succeed in building passenger vehicles. With competition comes progress, as well as excitement among motoring fans.

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ICCT report finds US domestic EV production and investment continues to fall; only 5% of global EV investment to go to US EV assembly plants

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The United States is the third-largest electric vehicle (EV) producer behind China and Europe; a new study from the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) finds that the gap has widened. Similarly, European manufacturing accounted for 25% of global EVs through 2020, up from 23% in 2017. million nearly matched China’s 1.27

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How Tesla’s Model 3 Is Melting ICE Markets

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Tesla’s Model 3 triggered the Osborne effect in the auto industry and is causing the internal combustion engine (ICE) market to melt, The Driven shared and explained just how this happened. The post How Tesla’s Model 3 Is Melting ICE Markets appeared first on EV Obsession.

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Audi locating high-voltage battery development center at Neckarsulm

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High-voltage batteries and electric engines make up an important strategic component of future value creation in a transformed auto industry. The company will phase out production of internal combustion engines by 2033. A battery center for testing high-voltage storage technologies will go into operation by 2023.

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Tesla jumps 35 spots up Fortune’s 500 list following blockbuster 2021 results

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billion, and Tesla, of course, represents a revolution in the auto industry. ” Tesla entered the Fortune 500 for the first time in 2017, with the company becoming No. . “Tesla made a huge jump again this year, 35 spots from number 100 up to number 65. Tesla’s profits shot up more than 600% last year to $5.5

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Auto Alliance urges EPA to withdraw premature Final Determination on light-duty GHG regulations, resume Midterm Evaluation process with NHTSA

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The Auto Alliance has sent a letter to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt requesting that the US Environmental Protection Agency withdraw the Final Determination on the Appropriateness of the Model Year 2022-2025 Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards under the Midterm Evaluation which EPA announced on 13 January 2017.

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