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Porsche’s North American CEO Leaves Company

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President and CEO of Porsche Cars North America, Kjell Gruner, has left the company. Porsche Cars North America COO Joe Lawrence and CFO Thierry Kartochian will assume the relevant business duties until a suitable replacement is found.& Gruner joined Porsche in 1999 from Boston Consulting Group.

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BCG study finds conventional automotive technologies have high CO2 reduction potential at lower cost; stiff competition for electric cars

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Conventional automotive technologies have significant emission-reduction potential, according to a draft of the Boston Consulting Group’s (BCG) latest report on automotive propulsion, Powering Autos to 2020. BCG expects these to be mainstream across most passenger-car segments in all major markets. Source: BCG.

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Volt supporters hit back at criticism

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According to Jay Friedland, the legislative director for Plug-In America, the Toyota Prius took five years to break even but has gone on to be a wild success - he believes that any new technology like the Chevy Volt takes time to become profitable. . Tags: Chevrolet Green cars Latest news general motors Chevrolet Volt.

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U.S. EV adoption is happening faster than anticipated

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The research directly contradicts and challenges a statement by Jack Hollis, the executive vice president of sales at Toyota Motor North America. Eventually, they will get it right because we’ll be in 2030 and we’ll know exactly how many cars were sold that are EVs versus combustion engines. EV adoption in the U.S.

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The EV Transition Explained: Reshaping Labor Markets

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2050 net-zero strategy document , which explains how America will get to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. GM announced in an investors call that it was pushing back its target of making 400,000 EVs in North America by the end of 2023 into mid-2024. Neither does the U.S.

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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Supporters of the car say that’s shortsighted. Electric car supporters are rising to defend General Motors’ development of the Chevy Volt after the Obama Administration’s automotive task force proclaimed that the car was probably too expensive to be commercially successful in the near future. The group pointed to a B.C.G.

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