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Nissan announces new strategy for customer ownership experience; leveraging connected car, big data, and personalization

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The company anticipates that, as a result, connected car services and greater choice in accessories and personalization will increasingly drive growth in its aftersales business, anticipated to contribute 25% of aftersales revenue by 2022. The ultimate goal is hyper-personalization.” —Kent O’Hara. —Kent O’Hara.

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IHS Markit: US gasoline demand could be cut almost in half due to COVID-19

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The four-week average US gasoline demand for the week ending 6 March 2020 was 9.1 Further, according to the latest IHS Markit forecasts, the global auto industry will exerience an unprecedented and almost instant stalling of demand in 2020, with global auto sales forecast to plummet more than 12% from 2019 to 78.8

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Global EV sales are ‘robust’ – more than 1 in 5 cars sold in 2024 will be electric

Baua Electric

Rising EV sales are set to remake the global auto industry and significantly reduce oil consumption for road transport, according to the new edition of the IEA’s annual Global EV Outlook , released today. The number of EVs sold globally in Q1 2024 is roughly equivalent to that in all of 2020. Get started here. –ad*

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Volkswagen extending Automotive Cloud to China and US in addition to Europe; core markets for future ID. EV

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Digital technology is rapidly changing every aspect of the auto industry—from the manufacturing process to the car itself. will be the first vehicle to use the Automotive Cloud and is to be launched in Europe in 2020. With the Volkswagen Automotive Cloud, we are working on a unique solution for our customers.

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New milestone in 2023: What drove India to record over 41 lakh car sales

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REUTERS) The just concluded year 2023 was a cheerful one for the Indian auto industry, as the car manufacturers in the country breached the four million mark for the first time. lakh crore has been showing astounding recovery since the pandemic shock in 2020. the Indian automobile industry has been showing great resilience.

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June 2023 – Tesla Model Y was the best selling car in Sweden

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Sweden’s June auto market saw plugin EVs take 59.2% Overall auto volume was 28,283 units, up some 9% YoY, though still below pre-2020 norms. There were no new faces in the top 20 (nor even any newcomers BEV models to the overall market), but June saw a few personal-best performances. share, up from 55.1% year on year.

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Welcome to the Year of the EV—Whatever It Will Be

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Some in-person activities will take place, but organizers told media if they have 50 percent of normal attendance they would consider it a success. In addition, that meant Tesla had sold more than 936,000 vehicles for the year, an 87 percent increase compared to 2020. What’s all this mean? Mass events may become a thing of memory.