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Study of Sustainable Value in Automobile Manufacturing Finds Mixed Performance for Most OEMs, BMW and Toyota as the Clear Leaders

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The ranking of the 17 manufacturers based on the Sustainable Value Margin. The authors note that other leading manufacturers including Porsche, KIA or Chinese manufacturers are still not producing sufficient sustainability performance data.). Daihatsu, on the other hand, generally fell just within the negative zone.

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1st major utility proposal for EV charging infrastructure presented to CPUC

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NRG EV Services LLC, Smart Grid Services Siemens AG, KN Grid, CALSTART, General Motors, Honda Motors, and the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers.

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40,000 pre-built charging piles in North America, the status quo of charging piles in Europe, America and Japan

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General motors at 10 month 26 Announced Wednesday , As 7.5 at present , The EU has about 70? therefore , European Association of automobile manufacturers ?ACEA? Not long ago , National 11 long holiday “ Highway charging queue 4 Hours ” Caused a lot of discussion.

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The Race To Autonomous Cars Gets better As GM Partners With Microsoft

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One of the main reasons that autonomous vehicles are not present on our roads in higher volumes is that they are not matured enough to handle the complexities and ambiguities in our roads. Now, let us look into the strategies automobile manufacturers has come up with to resolve this pressing need.

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European automakers define recommendations to standardize charging of plug-in vehicles; 2017 for harmonized application

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The European automobile manufacturers, though ACEA, the automobile manufacturers’ trade association, have defined a comprehensive set of recommendations to standardize the charging of electrically-chargeable vehicles. Global technical specification on “envelope”—vehicle inlet—for global solution.

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Green Star to Demonstrate Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle

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Presently there are no plug-in electric hybrid vehicles offered by any major car company in the U.S. Green Star Products is not in competition with Toyota or any other major automobile manufacturer because it is targeting a different market.

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