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Volkswagen Group appoints new heads of Global R&D, Group Design, Group Product and Modular Toolkit Strategy

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Our goal is to play a decisive role in shaping the transformation of the automobile. Having started his career at Ford, he was Head of Volkswagen Group Research from 2000 to 2003. Ralf-Gerhard Willner will lead Group Product and Modular Toolkit Strategy. Wolfram Thomas takes charge of Group Production.

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Study of Sustainable Value in Automobile Manufacturing Finds Mixed Performance for Most OEMs, BMW and Toyota as the Clear Leaders

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Ford has also languished in negative territory from 2001 onwards, and only temporarily showed signs of recovery in 2004 and 2005 (although still not managing to create positive Sustainable Value). Economic crisis, energy crisis, climate crisis and recent global developments have affected the automobile industry like few other sectors.

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Severstal North America achieves up to 42% weight reduction in steel vehicle parts

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—Jon Powers, Manager, Advanced Engineering and Product Applications. Severstal North America was established in 2004 when OAO Severstal acquired the assets of the former Rouge Industries and its operating subsidiary Rouge Steel Company. As a result of these efforts, 20% mass reduction was achieved in select vehicle parts.

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CAM/PwC name Volkswagen Group most innovative global automotive company, Mercedes-Benz most innovative brand

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CAM also selected Mercedes-Benz as the most innovative brand; BMW came in second, followed by Volkswagen, Audi and Ford. The CAM study emphasized that the trend towards networking is driven by the broader range of electric car products. Mercedes-Benz took the top brand award, followed by BMW, Volkswagen, Audi and Ford.

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Automakers assembling a numerous provider ecosystem

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James, based the corporate in 1971, and it has grown through the years to trade in an expansive carrier listing that incorporates logistics, provide chain control and e-commerce products and services. ” These days, the crowd’s purchasers come with Ford, GM, Stellantis and Toyota. James was once running for Chrysler Corp.

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Pike ranks Volkswagen Group as the global leader in clean diesel vehicles

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Peugeot Citroën (PSA); General Motors (GM); Mazda; Mercedes; Mitsubishi; Ford; Honda; the. million diesel passenger cars sold in 2011, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers Association. Diesel’s share in new passenger car sales in Western Europe has been increasing since 1997, Pike notes, surpassing 50% of sales in 2004.

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EPA annual trends report finds new vehicle fuel economy at record 24.1 mpg; new powertrain technologies rapidly gaining share

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mpg increase over the previous year and an increase of nearly 5 mpg since 2004. The report also noted that: Since alternative fuel vehicle production [CNG, PHEVs and EVs] has generally been less than 0.1% of total vehicle production until very recently, the impact of excluding alternative fuel vehicles was negligible.