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150 millionth Volkswagen rolls off assembly line at Wolfsburg plant: a Golf GTE plug-in hybrid

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In the post-war era, it was the Volkswagen Beetle that initially shaped the automobile industry. million of this much-loved small car were built before production finally came to an end in Mexico in 2003. Post-WWII series production of the Volkswagen brand began on 27 December 1945 with the Type 1 Käfer. All in all, 21.5

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EIA: China promoting both fuel efficiency and alternative-fuel vehicles to curb growing oil use

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million barrels per day (bbl/d) in 2003 to more than 2 million bbl/d in 2013, according to figures from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). Consumption of gasoline in China grew from 0.9 This continues a trend of significant growth in China’s transportation sector since the 1990s.

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KPMG study identifies 10 sustainability “megaforces” with accelerating impacts on business; imperative of sustainability changing the automotive business radically

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Deforestation: Wood products contributed $100 billion per year to the global economy from 2003 to 2007 and the value of non-wood forest products, mostly food, was estimated at about US$18.5 billion in 2005. Yet the OECD projects that forest areas will decline globally by 13% from 2005 to 2030, mostly in South Asia and Africa.

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Story of TESLA Motors: Beginning, Fight, Survival, and Success

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Would it be wrong if I said that the history of the automobile industry has been divided into two parts, before Tesla and after Tesla , some might argue that I understand? The Beginning (2003). But there is no doubt that Tesla has divided the history of the electric vehicle into two that is, before Tesla and after Tesla.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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The electrification of the automobile is inevitable." When Lutz first proposed creating an electric car in 2003, the idea "bombed" inside GM, he says. "I This is different from anything Ive ever seen in my 40 years in the automobile industry." ( Detroit Free Press ). I got beaten down a number of times." This is unusual.

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