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BYD to Chinese Auto Industry: "Demolish the Old Legends" in the EV Race

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million units manufactured in 2022. Though enormous, BYD isn’t satisfied with dominating its home market and wants the rest of the Chinese electric auto industry to come with it. It’s unclear if BYD and others will be able to make inroads in the United States.

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Renault CEO calls for Auto European plan to protect against ‘onslaught of EVs from China’

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Renault CEO Luca de Meo released a 19-page open letter to Europe describing an auto European plan to protect against the ‘onslaught of electric vehicles (EV)’ coming from China.” Meo stated that the center of the global automotive market has gravitated toward Asia. China is making rapid inroads into the all-electric vehicle segment.

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Will the Japanese Auto Industry Completely Collapse?

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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.

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EC rolls out CARS 2020 action plan for European auto industry

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Antonio Tajani, Vice President of the European Commission in charge of Industry and Entrepreneurship, introduced the EC’s CARS 2020 Action Plan aimed at reinforcing the European automotive industry’s competitiveness and sustainability heading towards 2020. —“CARS 2020”. The car sector will also face a similar trend.

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ISU study finds large potential for biobased materials in auto industry, but with challenges

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To create the largest impact, the researchers concluded, emphasis should be placed on the largest producers of vehicles; the five largest producers of automotive vehicles in the United States are General Motors, Ford, Toyota, Chrysler, and Honda. This car also includes a bioplastic for the instrument panel and other interior fittings.

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

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It's starting to look like China will lead the world in adoption of plug-in electric cars, but which carmaking nations will follow it? While electric cars were launched simultaneously in Japan and the United States, Europe lagged somewhat behind.

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

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CAR’s forecast includes a continuation of sales declines in 2020 and 2021 down to 16.5 million units in 2021. CAR projects sales to rebound to 16.8 million units by 2022 and continue an upward trend through 2025. US Light Vehicle Sales, 2015-2018, and CAR’s Forecast, 2019-2025.

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