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Near-Term Prospects for Automotive Li-ion Batteries: 21% of Hybrid and EV Market by 2011

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(Reflecting the current difficulties in forecasting, Anderman, who publishes an annual market forecast for the sector, said he decided not to produce the 2009 report. Dividing that forecast in to application segments—micro-, mild-, full-, and plug-in hybrids; mini-electric (e.g., By 2015, he suggests, full hybrids (e.g.,

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Tesla To Offer Auto Leases

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boost,&# said Mike Omotoso, senior manager of power train forecasting for. The Roadster is charged not with gas but with a 240-volt house plug which. 100-mile driving range and hits the market in December; it will be priced. ’s Chevy Volt, an extended range electric vehicle, will launch by December.

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Bosch supplying factory equipment for battery production; €250M business by 2025

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Bosch also uses its production know-how in its own plants: at its plant in Eisenach, Germany, Bosch is now launching full-scale production of second-generation 48-volt batteries. Forecasts say that demand for lithium-ion batteries will rise from around 200 GWh in 2019 to more than 2,000 GWh by 2030 (source: BMWi, 2021).

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GM Releases New Viability Plan, Launches Bond Exchange; Phasing Out Pontiac

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The baseline sales assumption in the Viability Plan for the United States in 2009 is 2,048,000 vehicles, which is based on a baseline industry vehicle sales forecast for 2009 of 10.5 billion in 2009, and investments ranging from $5.3 million total vehicles sold in the United States. billion from 2010 to 2014.

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