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150 millionth Volkswagen rolls off assembly line at Wolfsburg plant: a Golf GTE plug-in hybrid

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The 150 millionth car—a blue Golf GTE plug-in hybrid— rolled off the assembly line in Wolfsburg on Thursday. There will be 19 new SUVs in total by 2020. family based on the new electric architecture (MEB) marks the start of the Volkswagen brand’s focused electric offensive from 2020. All in all, 21.5

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California, 4 automakers reach framework agreement on GHG standards; slight FE weakening, no upstream emissions calculations

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for Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEV), tapering off at the current MY 2020 and MY 2021 levels in MY 2025 and MY 2026, respectively. This agreement represents a feasible and acceptable path to accomplishing the goals of California and the automobile industry.

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JAMA: Supporting Growth of Japan Plug-in Vehicle Fleet to 600,000 by 2020 Will Require Combination of Technical Breakthroughs, Market Innovations and the Elimination of Obstacles

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However, JAMA cited McKinsey data to point out that, assuming Japan will account for 10% of the world’s total demand for next-generation vehicles, sales of electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid vehicles will reach 600,000 units in the year 2020. Scenarios for widespread EV use. Source: JAMA. Click to enlarge.

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China publishes plan to boost fuel-efficient and new energy vehicles and domestic auto industry; targeting 500K PHEVs and EVs in 2015, rising to 2M by 2020

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China’s State Council has published a plan to develop the domestic energy-saving and new energy vehicle industry, which includes battery-electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid vehicles and fuel cell vehicles. Experts urged greater efforts on China’s part to boost development of the new energy vehicle industry. L/100km (52.3

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GAC Group begins construction of $6.5B industrial park for electric and intelligent vehicles

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The move will help promote the development of the automobile industry and drive economic growth. Our goal is for GAC Motor to take the lead in the EV business and achieve sales of 20,000 electric vehicles by 2020. —Yu Jun, General Manager of GAC Motor.

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Renault presents the 235 mpg EOLAB prototype; plug-in “Z.E. Hybrid”; targeting production

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Hybrid” plug-in hybrid system—the last offering all-electric trips of up to 60 km (37 miles) at speeds of up to 120 km/h (75 mph). In the course of the prototype’s design, Renault developed the technologies necessary for the introduction of a car with fuel consumption of just 2 liters/100 km by 2020. Hybrid system.

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EIA: China promoting both fuel efficiency and alternative-fuel vehicles to curb growing oil use

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Under the Energy Saving and New Energy Vehicle Plan for 2012 to 2020 released in 2012, average passenger car fuel economy is targeted to increase to 34 miles per gallon (6.9 l/100 km) by 2020. The national target for cumulative production and sales of electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles is 500,000 units by 2015. Source: EIA.