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DECEMBER 29, 2010

Kyodo News reports that Fuji Heavy Industries may suspend production of its electric minivehicle, the Stella EV ( earlier post ). Fuji Heavy began selling the plug-in Stella electric vehicle to corporate customers and local governments in July 2009 with a sales target of 400 units by the end of March 2011.

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APRIL 14, 2010

a global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company headquartered in the Netherlands, introduced two bio-based performance materials for the automotive industry. Industry testing has proven that DSM has been able to achieve this high renewable content without making any sacrifice to product performance or production speeds.

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DECEMBER 26, 2007

Fuji Heavy Industries (FHI) has issued a press release, according to Green Car Congress , announcing that 2009 rather than 2010 will see the sales of the first 100 electric Subarus in Japan.

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APRIL 10, 2010

Automobile sales in China in March jumped up 55.8% year-on-year to a record 1,735,100 units, according to figures from the Automobile Association, the Ministry of Information Industry cited by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM). Passenger car sales were up 63.2% Passenger car sales were up 63.2%

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DECEMBER 13, 2009

The industry is currently tracking to sell approximately 10.3 of 2010 sales will be hybrids, about 2.2% In 2009, hybrid market share will be approximately 2.8%. In 2009, hybrid market share will be approximately 2.8%. In 2009, diesel market share will be approximately 2.1% million cars and light trucks this year.

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MARCH 20, 2009

Current market conditions could cause more than half of US Tier 1 automotive suppliers to file for bankruptcy in 2009, creating 1 million additional job losses and creating an estimated $9 billion income tax revenue shortfall, according to a new study from global management consulting firm A.T. Kearney Automotive Partner Doug Harvey.

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AUGUST 16, 2011

According to the association of the two-wheeler industry (ZIV) sales figures in Germany alone rose from 70,000 in 2007 to 200,000 in 2010. In 2018 the ZIV predicts that e-bikes will make up 15% of all bicycle sales in Germany.

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JULY 5, 2010

Ford Motor Company has delivered its best ever first-half new vehicle sales of 301,524 units in China during the first six months of 2010, representing 53% compared to sales figures from January to June 2009. Ford passenger car sales surged 46% to 151,779 units. All sales figures quoted are based on wholesale numbers.

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MARCH 27, 2020

Further, according to the latest IHS Markit forecasts, the global auto industry will exerience an unprecedented and almost instant stalling of demand in 2020, with global auto sales forecast to plummet more than 12% from 2019 to 78.8 during the global recession in 2008/2009. IHS Markit forecasts 2020 US auto sales to be 14.4

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MARCH 14, 2010

The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) is calling for US Federal policies to nurture the biobased chemicals and plastics industry in the US as a means to offset the two-decade-long shift of the industry away from the US and towards the Middle East and Asia. Presently, less than 4% of US chemicals sales are biobased.

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JUNE 23, 2022

He also continued his calls for the oil industry to increase refinery capacity to increase production. Particularly on the East Coast, which has lost 70% of its pre-2009 refining capacity, incremental supplies have historically been imported from international markets to supplement domestic manufacturing.

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APRIL 18, 2020

Looking across the full year, IHS Markit is expecting a 21% decline over 2019 production volumes due to a combination of factors including COVID-19, but also the natural weakening in truck demand following unusually strong sales in 2018-19. The local industry is already recovering, with commercial vehicle plants re-opened.

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DECEMBER 1, 2010

and Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to start trial sales of the i-MiEV electric vehicle (EV) in Yamada Denki retail stores. Sales began today from today at total of 17 stores, including Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures. Electronics retailer Yamada-Denki Co.,

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JULY 15, 2020

The recommendations call for an increased federal role and funding of more than $2 billion, including a national point-of-sale incentive program to help drive the near-term production of zero-emission medium- and heavy-duty vehicles (MHDVs), including clean trucks and buses, in the United States.

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JULY 1, 2021

From its foundation in 2009, Skeleton has grown from 4 to close to 200 people working for the company. Skeleton Technologies Group has three main locations: its manufacturing in Großröhrsdorf, Saxony, Germany, materials development in Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Saxony-Anhalt and electrical engineering in Tallinn, Estonia.

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MARCH 5, 2009

SAAR Feb 2008 to Feb 2009. Light-duty vehicle sales in the US in February plunged 41.4% Passenger car sales were down 38.4% year-on-year, light truck sales were down 44.1%. February 2009 had 24 selling days, compared to 25 the prior year. by volume compared with a year ago, driven by a 75% reduction in fleet sales.

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APRIL 3, 2015

The outcome is based on analysis of three indicators: technology, industry and market. Although China still lags behind other leading automotive nations in terms of the share of xEVs in total vehicle sales, in 2014 it became the second-biggest global market for xEVs in absolute terms. Technology.

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JUNE 28, 2019

The 40 percent drop in new vehicle sales due to the recession created an acceleration in average age like we’ve never seen before. This represents one of the highest annual increases the US auto industry has seen since IHS Markit began tracking VIO growth—second only to the 2.3% million (2.2%) since 2018. growth in 2016.

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MAY 21, 2019

The terms of the sale will not be disclosed. facility located in Springboro, Ohio, where Robert Bosch Battery Systems has assembled lithium-ion battery packs for use in the automotive industry since 2009. space for prototype battery pack assembly and offices located in Lake Orion, Mich.

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JANUARY 30, 2022

The oversubscribed round included top European entrepreneurs who have built some of the most successful tech companies in Europe, coupled with industry specialists. From its foundation in 2009, the company has grown from 4 to more than 260 people. —Taavi Madiberk, CEO and co-founder of Skeleton Technologies.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2009

Sales of light-duty vehicles (LDV) in the US continued their descent in January, dropping 37.1% The January 2009 Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate (SAAR) dropped below 10 million units to 9.57 The January 2009 Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate (SAAR) dropped below 10 million units to 9.57 Actual sales in 2008 were 13.2

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NOVEMBER 18, 2009

Cumulative sales of hybrid vehicles in the fleet sector will total nearly 4 million worldwide between 2009 and 2015, according to a recent report from Pike Research. In 2008, Pike notes, In 2008, the North America market accounted for 63% of global hybrid sales. By 2015, it is expected to comprise 38% of global PHEV sales.

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JULY 5, 2011

Combined government targets (line) and EV/PHEV production/sales (bars) reported by OEM. Production/sale capacity levels shown here are assumed to remain constant after year of construction. However, that figure is well below the existing national sales goals of about 1.5 Source: IEA. Click to enlarge.

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AUGUST 10, 2017

The pent-up demand from the 2007-2009 Great Recession, and record 2015 and 2016 sales, has been largely satisfied. Even so, current auto sales and profits remain strong. In 1985, more than two-thirds of Detroit Three unit sales were in North America. Innovation and market disruption. The analysis, “ What’s Driving the U.S

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AUGUST 23, 2013

TDI clean diesel represents almost 25% of Audi and Volkswagen US sales. Are these sales incentivized? —Anna Schneider, VP Industry and Government Relations, Volkswagen Group of America. The company sees the percentage of diesel sales into the compact car segment growing from 4% in 2012 to 11% in 2018.

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MAY 21, 2012

Overall, these annual retrofit sales numbers are relatively small compared to the total number of diesel engines currently operating in the US (up to 20 million based on EPA estimates), MECA noted. By comparison, MECA member companies sold 29,180 diesel retrofit devices in 2009 and 24,640 in 2010.

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MAY 27, 2011

HMSI), Honda’s wholly-owned motorcycle production and sales subsidiary in India, will increase its motorcycle production capacity in India by 150% to 4 million units a year from the current 1.6 million units (up 30% compared to 2009). Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India (Pvt.) million units.

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MARCH 11, 2009

HDA), a Honda subsidiary in Brazil responsible for production and sales of motorcycles and power products, will begin sales in Brazil of the flex fuel CG150 TITAN MIX in mid-March 2009. Industry-wide new motorcycle registrations in Brazil reached approximately 1.91 Moto Honda da Amazonia Ltda.(HDA),

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MARCH 27, 2014

It is on average 17% stronger than the industry standard, Alcoa’s 6061 alloy, in similar applications. Underscoring the importance of lightweighting to the industry, one of America’s largest flatbed carriers, TMC Transportation, is converting its fleet to the Ultra ONE starting in 2014.

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JUNE 14, 2011

Based on the results of the study, CAR believes the economic risk to the auto industry connected to mandating permanent fuel economy standards in the long run is “ very serious ” The group recommends periodic review to assess the rate of technology development and cost reduction of advanced technologies leading up to 2025.

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MAY 20, 2011

The stationary fuel cell market experienced 60% year-over-year growth in unit shipments between 2009 and 2010, according to a new report from Pike Research, which forecasts that sales volumes will continue to expand over the next several years, surpassing 1.2 Source: Pike Research. Click to enlarge. million units annually by 2017.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

Li-Tec Battery GmbH, the lithium-ion battery company jointly owned by of Evonik Industries AG and Daimler, plans to boost its production capacity for battery cells to 300,000 annual units by the end of this year. Its plant in Kamenz, Germany will begin serial production of several million cells in 2011. Earlier post.) Earlier post.).

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AUGUST 24, 2010

The United States used significantly less coal and petroleum in 2009 than in 2008, and significantly more wind power. The information is based on DOE/EIA-0384(2009), August 2010. Distributed electricity represents only retail electricity sales and does not include self-generation. The estimated US energy use in 2009 equaled 94.6

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2011

Honda stopped making cars with engine displacements of 660 cc or less in June 2007, farming out production to subsidiary Yachiyo Industry Co. Since then Honda’s sales in the segment have tumbled, falling by half to 160,000 cars a year. Honda is targeting minicar sales of more than 300,000 units within five years.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2013

collectively, Fisker Automotive) have entered into an asset purchase agreement with Hybrid Tech Holdings, LLC (Hybrid) for the sale of substantially all Fisker assets. The DOE originally offered Fisker Automotive a $529 million loan in 2009 as part of the department’s Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing (ATVM) loan program.

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JANUARY 24, 2010

The combined capacity of the 10 largest players Chinese automakers is expected to jump from around 12 million units in 2009 to 21 million or so in 2012. SAIC plans a 30% increase over 2009 capacity by 2012. In 2009, new car sales in China surged 46% to 13.64 China FAW plans to nearly double output capacity. Chana Auto Co.

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JANUARY 4, 2012

In its “2012 Outlook: US Auto Manufacturers and Suppliers”, Fitch assigns the industry a Positive Rating, expecting the credit profiles of the US OEMs and auto suppliers to generally strengthen in 2012, assuming that global economic conditions do not weaken materially from current trends. million units in 2012, up 4.4% million as of Nov.

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