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Nikkei: India passes Japan to become world’s No. 3 auto market in 2022

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India’s sales of new vehicles totaled at least 4.25 million sold in Japan, according to a Nikkei report. million between January and November 2022, according to the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM). In Japan, 4,201,321 vehicles were sold in 2022, down 5.6% million vehicles, followed by Japan at 4.44

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Honda targeting 100% BEV & FCEV sales in N America by 2040; new e:Architecture EVs coming in second half of this decade

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Honda last week announced key targets for sales of electrified vehicles in North America, with a plan to make battery-electric and fuel cell electric vehicles (BEVs and FCEVs) to represent 100% of its vehicle sales by 2040, progressing from sales of 40% by 2030 and 80% by 2035. Honda SUV e:prototype shown at Shanghai 2021.

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Japan Vehicle Output in July Down 31.9%; 10th Straight Monthly Decline

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Vehicle production in Japan in July fell 31.9% year-on-year to 742,284 units—the tenth straight monthly decline— according to the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA). Of those autos, output of standard models (displacement greater than 2,000 cc) dropped 37.5% (209,252 units) to 348,028 units.

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Honda targeting 2/3 of unit sales from PHEVs, HEVs and ZEVs by ~2030; PHEVs the core of electrification

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At a press event in Tokyo to lay out his future vision and direction for the company, Honda Motor President & CEO Takahiro Hachigo said that the company will strive to make two-thirds of its overall unit sales from plug-in hybrid/hybrid vehicles and zero-emissions vehicles such as fuel cell vehicles and battery EVs by around 2030.

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CCID Consulting estimates upsurge in aluminum for automobile bodies in China if technical breakthroughs in alloy performance and application technology are made

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China-based and -focused CCID Consulting estimates that the China passenger vehicle market will need at least 1.802 million tons of aluminum sheets annually, assuming that aluminum replaces 15% of the steel used in automobile manufacturing by 2015. The sales volume is expected to reach 25.287 million by 2015.

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New Maruti Swift retains winning formula in a new avatar | Autocar Professional

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Reason enough why the Swift has swiftly clocked sales of over 3 million units in the domestic market since its introduction in India two decades ago. While the new Z-series unit gets a mild-hybrid system in overseas markets such as Japan, the India-spec model only gets an engine-idle-start-stop system.

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Vehicle production in Japan slumps

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Toyota, Honda and Nissan may be leading the green car revolution, but that didn’t stop vehicle production in their native Japan slumping by 31.9 It marked the 10 th straight monthly decline as production fell to 742,284 units according to the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA). per cent to 195,472 units.

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