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How and When the Chip Shortage Will End, in 4 Charts

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The auto industry is a relatively small chip end-user, but it’s growing fast. However, those conditions meant a big fraction of the workforce recreated the office at home, purchasing computers, monitors, and other equipment. In comparison, spending to equip 300-mm fabs is expected to hit $78-billion in 2021.

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Europe’s biggest EV market is about to hit a perfect storm of problems

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According to Automotive News Europe , manufacturers are pushing back rollouts of EVs, and rental firms are “paring purchases for their fleets.” For comparison, the US produced 1.1 But peaks and valleys are par for the course in the auto industry, and EVs certainly aren’t immune to this. million, that’s a pretty big gap.

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Was the Jeep Wrangler 4xe 2021’s 3rd Highest-Selling EV in the US?

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I’m estimating 28,000 as an executive with a leading auto analyst firm confirmed to me privately that their registration estimates for 2021 put the RAV4 Prime and Wrangler 4xe as a toss up. Auto Industry Analyst. I can’t tell you our exact number but if they beat RAV it was very narrow. Flip a coin.

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Ford Exec Cites US Energy Policies As Critical Factor in Shaping Future Vehicle Fleet, Calls for Cap-and-Trade Program

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Cischke cited the recent agreement on one national standard for fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions regulations as an example of how the government, the auto industry and the environmental community can work together toward common goals. By comparison, meeting Japan’s standards for 2004-2015 requires a 1.9% Earlier post.)

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The EV Transition Explained: Reshaping Labor Markets

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auto industry jobs could rise by 150,000 by 2030 if battery electric vehicles sales reach 50 percent by 2030 and the vehicle market share of U.S.-assembled It believes that there will be a net loss of 275,000 auto industry jobs by 2040, with most of the drop off coming between 2030 and 2035.

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

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Appendix B: Car of the Future: A Comparison of Alternative Vehicles. It is alarming to see comparisons of the Chevrolet Volt PHEV with battery electric cars when the comparison focuses only on the electric range and ignores the other important differences. More information on e-mile comparisons is given by Reference Nº 2.

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Interview: Sudeepth Puthumana, Head of Segment ADAS, Continental Automotive Systems | Autocar Professional

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Sudeepth Puthumana talked about how India was catching up with global automotive safety protocols and the company’s localisation efforts in making ADAS technologies more democratic for the auto industry. How has safety evolved in the automotive industry? There is absolutely no comparison between China and India.

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