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PwC’s Autofacts forecasts global light vehicle assembly to reach 81.8M units in 2013, up 3.3% from 2012

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million units in 2007. Stimulus measures such as lowered interest rates are offset by tighter credit restrictions in lending, restraining the full-year 2013 sales forecast to approximately 1.3% Full-year sales for Turkey in 2013 are forecasted to reach 840 thousand units, an 8.2% Autofacts sees full-year 2013 sales reaching 15.6

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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Mr. Thesen said that a factory in Turkey was being refurbished to be able to produce 100,000 electric vehicles a year. Unfortunately, there is very little specific funding for wireless transmission in the stimulus bill that was just signed by the USA President. Battery recharging would typically take two to four hours, he said.

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