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How and When the Chip Shortage Will End, in 4 Charts

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The auto industry is a relatively small chip end-user, but it’s growing fast. However, those conditions meant a big fraction of the workforce recreated the office at home, purchasing computers, monitors, and other equipment. Despite the auto industry’s desperation, there’s no great rush to build new 200-mm fabs.

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Minda Corporation, Pricol to present arguments to CCI over stake acquisition | Autocar Professional

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The move was labelled a “hostile takeover” by many in the auto industry, setting the stage for a potential battle before the antitrust regulator. For example, if the assets of the acquirer and target cross INR 2000 crores in India, an acquisition has to be notified. Minda Corporation and Pricol Ltd.

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EcoMotors Names Donald Runkle CEO; Power Density as the Holy Grail

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EcoMotors International, a Khosla-funded startup working to commercialize a diesel opoc (opposed-piston, opposed-cylinder) engine ( earlier post ), has named auto industry veteran Donald Runkle as its new CEO. EcoMotors was founded in 2008 by Prof.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

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It occurred in the wake of the California electricity crisis of 2000 and 2001, when mismanaged deregulation, market manipulation, and environmental catastrophe combined to unhinge the power grid. And the auto industry had just canceled the battery EV. At the moment, the auto industry does not have a clear interest in V2G.

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The EV Transition Explained: Reshaping Labor Markets

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auto industry jobs could rise by 150,000 by 2030 if battery electric vehicles sales reach 50 percent by 2030 and the vehicle market share of U.S.-assembled It believes that there will be a net loss of 275,000 auto industry jobs by 2040, with most of the drop off coming between 2030 and 2035.

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The EV Transition Explained: Policy Roadblocks

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The US electrical power industry alone “is influenced by a variety of decision-makers, including over 200 investor-owned utilities, 10 federal power authorities, over 2000 publicly-owned utilities, about 900 rural electric cooperatives, seven RTOs [ Regional Transmission Organizations ], 48 state regulatory bodies [e.g.,

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Ill never purchase one again, no matter what the mpgs. guess who GM sold the NIHM auto-battery patents too. should be illegal for companies to purchase patents for the purpose of blocking technology. JUST TRYING TO MILK and Suck as much from the fall of the Auto industry as possible. thats right. the oil companies.

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