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Ford and Volkswagen expand global collaboration to include EVs, invest in Argo AI

Green Car Congress

Ford Motor Company and Volkswagen AG are expanding their global alliance to include electric vehicles—and will collaborate with Argo AI to introduce autonomous vehicle technology in the US and Europe. The car-maker is planning to use this platform to build approximately 15 million cars for the Volkswagen Group alone in the next decade.

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Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand delivers almost 2M vehicles globally in period to April; 46% to China

Green Car Congress

The Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand delivered almost two million vehicles for the first time in the first four months of a year, 46% of them to China. In the South America region, deliveries from January to April declined to 183,900 (235,200; -21.8%) units, of which 144,700 (175,600; -17.6%) were handed over in Brazil.

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Volkswagen Passenger Cars delivers more than 3M vehicles in first half year for first time

Green Car Congress

Despite a decrease in sales in North America, the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand delivered more than three million vehicles in the first half year for the first time. Volkswagen Passenger Cars delivered 514,900 (June 2013: 509,200; +1.1%) models in the month of June. Hong Kong) during the same period.

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Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

Green Car Congress

Brazil, the largest and most populous country in South America, was importing 80% of its oil and 40% of its foreign exchange was used to pay for that imported oil. Automobile manufacturers were given tax breaks to produce cars that ran on hydrous ethanol, and, by 1980, every automobile company in Brazil was following this lead.

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Volkswagen Group sells 9.24 million vehicles in 2023, BEV share increases to 8.3% | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

The Volkswagen Group increased its global sales in CY2023 by 12% to 9.24 All regions contributed to this growth, with Europe (+19.7%) and North America (+17.9%) being the main drivers. The Volkswagen Group expanded its market share in Europe as well as North and South America and thus also increased slightly worldwide.

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As Electric Car Makers Ante Up Billions, Software Is Ace in the Hole

Cars That Think

In early 2019, Reuters estimated that the top 29 global auto manufacturers had already pledged to invest more than $300 billion towards developing electric vehicles (EVs) and supporting technologies including autonomous driving capability. Yet, even with the global EV market share projected to grow from only about 2.6

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

News | Markets | Technology | Personal Finance | Small Business | CNN.com RSS Newsletters Video Home Fortune 500 Technology Investing Management Rankings Warren Buffett takes charge Warren Buffett hasnt just seen the car of the future, hes sitting in the drivers seat. The car came straight to Omaha from the Detroit auto show.

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