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Fitch Ratings: US automakers well positioned for weak demand in 2012; estimates break-even for Detroit 3 at 10.5M units

Green Car Congress

This growth will be driven largely by modestly improving economic conditions and pent-up demand pressure, with the latter resulting from consumers putting off car purchases over the past several years. vehicle age in the US nears 11 years, an increasing number of drivers can no longer delay a vehicle purchase. As the average.

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Automotive Market Research Perspectives on Selling Green in a Try-to-Survive Market

Green Car Congress

Miller of Synovate believes that in the US “ 20% of the people are willing to pay up to 10% of the vehicle’s purchase price more (i.e. ” [Note: In the first quarter of this year takes rates have been averaging around 8-12% for the Camry, Civic and Escape hybrid versions.]. The role of emotion in buying cars.

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Buffett's Chinese electric car company

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The government will make direct grants to automakers (as we do, of course) and also provide “subsidies of up to $8,800 are being offered to taxi fleets and local government agencies in 13 Chinese cities for each hybrid or all-electric vehicle they purchase.”

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2020 Top 10 Countries in the Global EV Revolution

EV Sales

France’s auto industry is probably the largest Western auto industry that goes completely under the radar in the US. EV market share went from a stratospheric 45% to escape-velocity 63%, crossing 100k on a population of barely 5M. The 2008 $7.5k Domestic market not shabby either. Looking at you Tesla.

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