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Report: Shin-Kobe, GS Yuasa Targeting Battery Market for Stop-Start Systems

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The Yano Research Institute estimates that more than 10 million cars worldwide will be equipped with stop-start systems in 2015, compared with some 900,000 in 2009. Shin-Kobe is expanding a Chinese battery factory this fiscal year, doubling the annual production capacity to 2 million units.

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J.D. Power Asia Pacific study finds auto brands improve in gratifying new-vehicle owners in China

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After remaining flat during the past three years, owner satisfaction with new-vehicle performance and design in China has improved from 2009, fueled by intense competition between brands and models in the market, according to the J.D. The overall APEAL score in 2010 averages 807 on a 1,000-point scale, increasing by eight points from 2009.

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KPMG survey finds global auto execs ranking fuel efficiency the top consumer priority

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When asked to predict global market share winners over the next five years, Ford jumped to 43% seeing market share gains compared with 29% in 2010 and 13% in 2009. The vehicle categories seeing the most significant response increases in the 2011 survey compared with 2010 were SUVs, luxury vehicles, large pick-up trucks, and cross-overs.

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Who is winning the green car race? Part II. The Green Piece

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The company had already delivered more than 700 vehicles by the end of September, 2009 (see article ). Chinese automaker BYD may have been founded in 2003, but it wasn’t until 2008 that it garnered mainstream attention when Berkshire Hathaway, led by Warren Buffet, bought a 10 per cent stake in its parent company. Fisker Automotive.

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Chrysler unveils new electric minivan for the US Postal Service

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SAIC-GM-Wuling JV Launches New Boajun Passenger Car Brand

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SAIC-GM-Wuling (SGMW), GM’s mini-commercial vehicle joint venture with SAIC and Wuling Motors, is launching the Baojun brand (Boajun is the Chinese word for “treasured horse”). It will enable us to better address the increasingly segmented Chinese vehicle market. The passenger cars of the new brand will be built and sold in China.

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GM China Sales Rise 38.0% in 1H09 to 814,442 Units

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General Motors China and its joint ventures sold 814,442 vehicles in China in the first half of 2009. The market benefited from stimulus policies adopted by the Chinese government as well as growing demand for personal transportation in tier-three and tier-four cities and rural areas. This represented an increase of 38.0%

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