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Will the Japanese Auto Industry Completely Collapse?

My Electric Car

The Japanese auto industry is facing a potential demise due to its slow adoption of electric cars. However, the Japanese auto industry has been slow to adopt this technology, and has not been able to keep up with the competition from other countries. Add to that the huge debt burden already carried by the likes of Toyota.

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Nissan unveils Hyper Adventure EV, Hyper Urban EV concepts ahead of Japan Mobility

Teslarati

Ahead of an appearance at the Japan Mobility Show later this month, Nissan has unveiled its second vehicle concept it plans to digitally display at the expo. Nissan also said it plans to make further announcements regarding its upcoming EV lineup on October 17 and 19, and the Japan Mobility Show is set for October 25.

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CAR: US light-duty vehicle sales to dip in 2019

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The Center for Automotive Research’s (CAR’s) updated automotive sales outlook forecasts US light-duty vehicle sales at 16.8 CAR’s forecast includes a continuation of sales declines in 2020 and 2021 down to 16.5 CAR projects sales to rebound to 16.8 US Light Vehicle Sales, 2015-2018, and CAR’s Forecast, 2019-2025.

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Electric car sales in Germany finally start to soar: Tesla leads

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While electric cars were launched simultaneously in Japan and the United States, Europe lagged somewhat behind. Now, however, Germany—home to the largest piece of Europe's auto industry—appears to be.

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Nikkei Editorial Urges Japan to Match US, China EV Moves

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An editorial in Japan’s Nikkei argues that Japanese automakers need to respond aggressively to compete in the rapidly changing global market for electric vehicles.both Toyota and Honda had until recently thought that the era of hybrids would continue for a while before electric vehicles began to gain popularity.

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EC rolls out CARS 2020 action plan for European auto industry

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assess impacts of each trade agreements as well as their cumulative impact on competitiveness of the automotive industry in a thorough and comprehensive way. Due to the current macro-economic situation, automotive sales in EU markets have declined this year (a 6.8% decline for the first half of 2012 for passenger cars and a 10.8%

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ICCT report finds US domestic EV production and investment continues to fall; only 5% of global EV investment to go to US EV assembly plants

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Cumulative electric vehicle sales and production from 2010 through 2020, in major regions (based on EV-Volumes, 2021). million in 2020, followed by 450,000 in the US and about 110,000 each in Japan and South Korea. Similarly, of the automakers’ announcements that together total 22 million annual EV sales by 2025, about 2.3

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