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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 new lean structure will enable us to develop the considerable potential of our Company, its brands and employees to great effect. He has been Head of the Design Department at Porsche AG since 2004 and was also given responsibility for styling the 2007 Porsche Cayenne, the Panamera and the 918 Spyder.

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Iogen More Than Doubled Cellulosic Ethanol Production in 2009, Passes 1M Liter Mark

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Iogen Corporation announced that its cellulosic ethanol production in 2009 topped 581,000 liters (153,000 gallons US), more than doubling the firm’s 2008 fuel production, and surpassing the one million liter (264,000 gallons US) mark in cumulative production since 2004. This achievement is second to none.

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Their Bionic Eyes Are Now Obsolete and Unsupported

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He got the first-generation Argus I implant, made by the company. Second Sight Medical Products , in his right eye in 2004 and the subsequent Argus II implant in his left 11 years later. He helped the company test the technology, spoke to the press movingly about his experiences, and even met Stevie Wonder at a conference.

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Up close and personal with Volkswagen’s e-Golf carbon offset project: Garcia River Forest

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This project, to which Volkswagen contributes along with companies such as UPS, repairs and preserves a ~24,000-acre native redwood forest, increasing carbon sequestration and storage, while also helping to restore the natural wildlife habitat. In general, the commercial quality timber stand is young, healthy, and vigorously growing.

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Daimler buys stake in Tesla

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Tesla is the only production automaker selling a highway capable electric vehicle in North America and Europe, and as such Daimler’s investment will see the company furthering its development of battery-run cars. “As a young and dynamic company, Tesla stands for visionary power and pioneering spirit.

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Volkswagen Group delivers more than 10M vehicles in one year for first time

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city car to heavy commercial vehicles. —Group Board member for Sales Christian Klingler. Including the figures for heavy commercial vehicles, Group brands delivered a total of 3.95 (3.75; +5.1%) million vehicles to customers on the overall European market in 2014. In total, 10.14

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Plug-In Hybrids (or Plugin Hybrids)

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A PHEV with only a 20-mile all-electric range is 62% lower (see printed page 95 in the 2004 study ). They are converting up to 40 15-passenger Mercedes commercial vans into PHEVs, with some vehicles using NiMH and others advanced lithium-ion batteries, plus diesel and gasoline engines. The GREET 1.6

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