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Honeywell Expects Turbocharged Engine Segment to Double by 2015

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Honeywell expects the global turbo segment to double in the next five years, from 17 million new turbo vehicles in 2009 to 35 million in 2015. In China, turbocharging will grow from approximately 10% today to 20% by 2015. million engines in 2009 to six million engines in 2015. Power & Associates, and R.L. Polk & Co.,

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Renault-Nissan jointly developing new vehicle program for growth markets; CMF-A for affordability

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The program, internally named CMF-A, covers the most affordable category of cars in the Common Module Family (CMF, earlier post ), Renault-Nissan’s modular system of vehicle architecture. Production of vehicles within the CMF-A scope will begin in 2015 at the Renault-Nissan Alliance plant in Chennai, India.

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Autonomous driving visionary Dr. Lawrence Burns joining Neural Propulsion Systems as Executive Advisor; L4/L5 autonomous driving

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After leaving GM in 2009, Dr. Burns was a Professor of Engineering Practice at the University of Michigan (2011-2015), and Director of the Program for Sustainable Mobility at Columbia University (2010-2014). Woebcken, most recently President and CEO of Volkswagen Group of America Inc., Larry Burns.

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US DOE progress report says 1M plug-ins by 2015 ambitious but achievable; not likely to be constrained by production capacity

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) has released One Million Electric Vehicles by 2015 , a short status report on advances in deployment and progress to date in meeting President Obama’s goal of putting one million plug-in electric vehicles (PEV) on the road by 2015. Estimated US supply of PEVs from 2011-2015. Ford Focus EV.

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Configure A 2015 Porsche 918 Spyder Plug-In Hybrid Sports Car For Yourself

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For the Porsche 918 Spyder, it has been a long journey from the 2010 Geneva Motor Show, where the plug-in hybrid hypercar was first shown as a concept, to the start of production on September 18. While most people probably can''t afford the $845,000 Spyder, everyone can at.'

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How many vehicles can the earth sustain?

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By 2010, we were at 1 billion vehicles. By 2015, there were 1.3 First, it is not reasonable to assume that, by 2050, every household in the world will be able to afford a vehicle. From that level, a 10-fold increase to 100 million vehicles was reached by 1956, 36 years later. billion vehicles. billion (up from the current 7.6

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Hyundai NEXO FCEV and Kona electric CUV win spots in 2019 WardsAuto 10 Best Engines

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The new electric CUV offers youthful design, sporty driving character, leading safety technology and advanced infotainment features in an affordable, compact footprint along with an abundant suite of standard safety equipment. liter), 2010 (4.6-liter) liter); the Gamma I-4 in 2012; the hydrogen fuel cell powertrain in 2015; the Nu (2.0-liter

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