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Scotia Economics report sees double-digit increase in global vehicle production in first half of 2011; China to surpass European vehicle output this year

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Rising global vehicle sales and profitability have encouraged automakers to continue to increase vehicle production, providing the global economy with some positive offset to the dampening impact of the recent surge in energy prices, according to the latest Global Auto Report released on Friday by Canada-based Scotia Economics.

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SAIC-GM-Wuling to Export Mini-Commercial Vehicles to South America, Middle East and North Africa

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SAIC-GM-Wuling will export Wuling N200 series and Wuling N300 series products. The Wuling N200 entered the Chinese market in 2007. Under an earlier agreement, SAIC-GM-Wuling began exporting the N200 to Peru in July 2008 as the Chevrolet N200. The vehicles will be sold under the Chevrolet brand through GM’s distribution networks.

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Bionic Hand Gives Amputees Sense of Touch

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released its first product—the Ability Hand —in September. He earned a bachelor's degree in biology in 2007 from Loyola University in Chicago. Akhtar and Nguyen flew to Quito, Ecuador, to test their product on Juan Suquillo, who lost his left hand during a 1979 border war between Ecuador and Peru. Akhtar is the CEO.

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