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Cumulative worldwide sales of Honda hybrids passes 1 million units

Green Car Congress

This milestone was reached 12 years and 11 months after the start of sales of the first generation Insight in Japan November 1999, which realized fuel economy of 35 km/liter (82.3 15 mode with a 5-speed MT vehicle—at the time the world’s highest fuel economy among all mass-production gasoline-powered vehicles. Fit Hybrid.

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The Coming Boom in Rare Earths

Cars That Think

MP Materials For insights into the global rare-earth industry at this important juncture, IEEE Spectrum contacted Melissa “Mel” Sanderson , a board member and consultant at American Rare Earths , for which she previously served as president of the company’s North American operations. Sanderson: Well, Lynas has got some issues in Malaysia.

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How Continental, a marginal player in the Indian tyre market, plans for big technology-led impact – ET Auto

Baua Electric

With the Indian economy in a healthy state, and a revised upward growth revision, Continental looks at tapping the India opportunity further. We don’t sell this kind of robustness in Malaysia, or in Europe, or in the Americas, and not even in China,” says Gupta. Till then tyre sizes 19-inch and above were largely imported.

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