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Audi worldwide sales up 6.8% in September; strong Q7 performance

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Audi saw its worldwide sales increase by 6.8% With a strong start from the new Audi Q7, Audi saw its best-ever September sales in company history in Europe with almost 80,000 units. Since the start of the year, global sales have increased by 3.8% Since the start of the year, global sales have increased by 3.8%

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RUSAL opens new low-carbon aluminum smelter in Taishet

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Russia-based RUSAL, a global aluminum producer, opened the first phase of its low-carbon aluminum production plant, Taishet Aluminum Smelter (TaAZ), in Taishet, Siberia. of global production of aluminum and 6.5% In 2020, RUSAL accounted for about 5.8%

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Volkswagen Group and Tata Motors Ltd. to explore strategic alliance for joint development projects; ŠKODA to lead

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Tata cars, buses and trucks are being marketed in several countries in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, South East Asia, South America, Australia, CIS and Russia. ŠKODA became the fourth brand of the Volkswagen Group, alongside VW, Audi and SEAT, in 1991 via a joint venture. Global ŠKODA sales reached 1.3

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Volkswagen again reaffirms 20 new PEV models coming across the Group; MEB development

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Positive effects from exchange rates and from the efficiency program were unable to compensate for negative effects arising from the markets in Brazil and Russia as well as from market support measures linked to the emissions issue. In the past fiscal year, global demand for trucks and buses was well below the previous year’s level.

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VW Chief Executive Says Company Will Introduce EVs Based on the Up! New Small Family in 2013; Cautions Against Electro-Hype

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Winterkorn noted that the industry is experiencing its worst crisis in decades, with a collapse in the global market of 18% in the first half of this year. Volkswagen is Europe’s largest automaker, and saw its global new vehicle market share increase to 11% during the first quarter of 2009. about 7% of global CO 2 emissions.

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Volkswagen Group global deliveries up 4.8% in 1st 3 quarters to 7M vehicles

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from 479,000 in 2012, of which 226,100 (-3.7%) were handed over in Russia, the region’s largest single market. Audi delivered 1.18 The Group delivered 470,200 units to customers in the Central and Eastern Europe region in the period to September (down 2.0% The brand developed particularly well in China, where 1.79

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EVs, influencers and riot police: Our man Iain Curry on the ground at the Beijing Motor Show

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Even so, much on these familiar global brands’ stands already looked a tad passé (and were relatively quiet foot traffic-wise) in the shadow of the glitzy, youthful EV parties happening in close quarters. .” Sobering stuff from the Big Man, and no small cause for concern from the old established. 2024 Beijing Motor Show.

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