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MAY 23, 2012

Daimler’s Japanese commercial vehicle subsidiary, Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC), has launched the sale of its Fuso Canter Eco Hybrid truck in Japan. L/100km), with all models over-fulfilling the 2015 Fuel Efficiency Standard. The hybrid truck delivers best-in-class (2-ton class) fuel efficiency of 12.8

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NOVEMBER 26, 2014

Of those EVs, Japan-based Nissan has sold a cumulative 148,700 units worldwide since December 2010, when Nissan LEAF went on sale. The top markets for Nissan LEAF are the United States with about 67,000 sales since its launch; Japan with about 46,500 units; and Europe with about 31,000 units. went on sale in October 2011.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2011

Volvo Car Corporation, owned by Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, outlined its plans for strategic expansion in China, which President and CEO Stefan Jacoby called the company’s second home market. Our aim is to reach a sales volume of about 200,000 cars in the Chinese market by 2015. compared to 2009.

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DECEMBER 19, 2011

established with China FAW Group Corporation in China’s Sichuan Province, has begun production of the third-generation Prius”gasoline-electric hybrid vehicle at its Changchun Plant. Sales of the vehicle will begin in early 2012. In 2010, GAC Toyota Motor Co., Sichuan FAW Toyota Motor Co., a joint vehicle-production company.

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APRIL 9, 2019

Since 2010, when monitoring started under current EU legislation, official emissions from new cars have decreased by 15.5% (almost 22 g CO 2 /km). However, between 2015 and 2016, emissions decreased by only 1.5 of all new car sales in 2017, exceeded their specific emission targets for 2017.

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AUGUST 19, 2010

Japan’s Nidec Corporation, the world’s leading manufacturer of motors for hard-disk drives, has entered into an asset and stock purchase agreement with Emerson Electric Co. billion) by the fiscal year 2015. EMC) to acquire EMC’s Motors & Controls business in an all cash deal. Terms of the arrangement were not disclosed.

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DECEMBER 20, 2016

Volvo Cars has raised SEK5 billion (US$533 million) from the sale of newly-issued preference shares to a group of Swedish institutional investors. The detailed terms of the sale have not been disclosed, but the transaction will have an immaterial dilutive effect on the current 100% ownership of Volvo Cars by Zhejiang Geely Holdings.

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JANUARY 1, 2011

” Their analysis is in the context of the “ surprising [oil] demand strength of 2010 “; 2010 saw absolute incremental demand at around 2.2mb/d of growth—the second highest in 30 years, despite oil prices in the $90/bbl region. Slower than expected sales of hybrids everywhere in the world but Japan in 2010.

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OCTOBER 3, 2014

Renault-Nissan and Daimler launched their partnership in 2010. The scope of the original collaboration in 2010 was limited to three projects primarily in Europe. Since its start in 2010, this cooperation has delivered what it has promised, and even more. We remain confident about our relationship for the foreseeable future.

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JUNE 21, 2011

The Ford Motor Company has selected Toshiba Corporation to supply automotive inverters for hybrid electric vehicles (HEV) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV). Toshiba already has a June 2010 contract with Ford under which it will supply high-performance drive motors for HEV and PHEV from 2012, from its facility in Houston, Texas.

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OCTOBER 29, 2009

Anticipating strong future demand, Toshiba Corporation will construct a second dedicated production facility for its safe, long-life, rapid charge SCiB battery ( earlier post ), in the Kashiwazaki Frontier Park, in Kashiwazaki city, Niigata prefecture. Construction is scheduled to start in April 2010, with a completion date of October 2010.

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JULY 9, 2015

Alternative powertrain sales. Sales of light-duty vehicles with alternative powertrains in 2014 was a mix of increases and decreases over 2013 sales. Belzowski 2015. Data: Polk, 2015. Percentage differences in miles per gallon (mpg) between comparable diesel and gasoline vehicle pairs. Click to enlarge. Model year.

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MAY 19, 2011

Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) and China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec Corp.) The new polycarbonate production plant will be located in SSTPC and is expected to be operational by 2015. signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate on polycarbonate production in China.

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JULY 31, 2011

billion in 2010 profit on a net margin of 4.6% —things are far from back to “normal,” or at least the normal defined by the consumer-incentive-induced sales levels of the past. billion in 2010 profit on a net margin of 4.6% Specifically, the firm estimates US auto sales will reach just 12.7 million in 2012.

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APRIL 6, 2016

Since 2013, the share of premium gasoline in total motor gasoline sales in the US has steadily increased to 11.3% in August and September 2015—the highest share in more than a decade, according to data from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). Energy Information Administration, Prime Supplier Sales Report.

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APRIL 21, 2014

China has been GM’s largest market since 2010, last year accounting for about one-third of its global sales. Investments in GM’s quality growth will include the opening of five new manufacturing facilities by the end of 2015: four vehicle assembly plants and one powertrain plant. MPV sales will likely double to 2.8

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OCTOBER 11, 2013

ITOCHU Corporation announced today that California-based Simbol, Inc., in which ITOCHU made an investment in June 2010, has succeeded in producing lithium carbonate (with a purity in excess of 99.9%) using geothermal brine for the first time in the world.

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DECEMBER 10, 2015

—Mike O’Brien, vice president, Corporate and Product Planning, Hyundai Motor America. To be eligible, a new or significantly improved engine or propulsion system must be on sale in a production vehicle during the first quarter of 2016, with a base price capped at $61,000. liter), 2010 (4.6-liter) liter) and 2011 (5.0-liter);

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NOVEMBER 18, 2010

By early 2012, TMC plans to begin sales of a “Prius”-based PHV, mainly in Japan, the United States and Europe. Sales are targeted at more than 50,000 units annually, and the price for Japan is expected to be in the ¥3 million range (US$36,000). L/100km) under the 10-15 Japanese test cycle. Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

This new transmission plant, our first in China, will help power the launch of 15 new vehicles in China by 2015. Since then, CFMA has continued to expand sales and production. Globally, Ford intends to increase its sales to 8 million by mid-decade, up from 5.3 million units by mid-decade. Ford owns 30 percent of JMC.

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JUNE 17, 2011

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation has selected Toshiba Corporation’s SCiB battery ( earlier post ) to power two new models of electric vehicles (EV), the i-MiEV and MINICAB-MiEV. In July 2010, the two companies had announced they were working together to bring the SCiB batteries to EVs. 20Ah SCiB cell. Click to enlarge.

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DECEMBER 28, 2009

The supervisory board of the Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies ( RusNano ) has approved the state corporation’s participation in a project with China-based Li-ion battery manufacturer Thunder Sky to manufacture Lithium-ion batteries, the first such project in Russia. The external coinvestor will loan 3.9

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NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Kia Motors Corporation plans to build a third manufacturing plant in China in order to meet increasing local demand and to maintain its positive sales momentum in the market. in 2010 (13 th ). million units in 2015. Kia’s China market share has grown from 2.0% in 2007 (ranking 18 th in the industry) to 3.0%

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MAY 13, 2011

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) has launched the Prius α (Prius alpha) in Japan. The vehicle exceeds the existing Japanese 2010 fuel efficiency standards by 25% and meets new 2015 Japanese fuel efficiency standards under the Law Concerning Rational Use of Energy. Prius α S Click to enlarge. km/L (73 mpg US, 3.2

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AUGUST 9, 2011

For purposes of the new HD National Program, the heavy-duty fleet incorporates all on-road vehicles rated at a gross vehicle weight at or above 8,500 pounds, and the engines that power them, except those covered by the current GHG emissions and Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards for model year 2012-2016 passenger vehicles. emissions.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Wojnar, vice president for Corporate Strategic Planning. In total, full hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and electric-only vehicles will be approaching 40% of global light-duty vehicle sales in 2040, compared to about 3% in 2016, according to the report. This is because of growing demand from commercial transportation and the chemical sector.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2009

The plans, updated in the context of a worsening sales outlook for the entire auto industry, outline a need for up to an additional $16.6 Following the steep decline in US industry sales in December 2008 and January 2009, GM responded by further lowering its forecast for 2009 US industry sales to 10.5 million units (57.5

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OCTOBER 25, 2010

For purposes of the proposed rulemaking, the heavy-duty fleet incorporates all on-road vehicles rated at a gross vehicle weight at or above 8,500 pounds, and the engines that power them, except those covered by the current GHG emissions and Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards for model years 2012-2016. EPA Emissions Standards. (g

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JULY 22, 2011

Summit Power Group, LLC and Blue Strategies, LLC have signed a 15-year CO 2 offtake agreement with Whiting Petroleum Corporation for some of the CO 2 that will be captured by Summit’s Texas Clean Energy Project ( TCEP ), a coal gasification with carbon capture polygen project being developed in Penwell, Texas, outside Odessa. Earlier post.).

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MAY 12, 2009

The first application will be GE’s hybrid locomotive, which will be commercialized in 2010. Immelt said that GE expected to generate about $500 million in sales from its batteries by 2015, building forward to a $1-billion franchise over time. Earlier post.). Battery Requirements for Hybrid Locomotives. 1,000 kWh useable energy.

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DECEMBER 9, 2009

For 2012 and later model years: Companies would be required to comply with the unique fleet average GHG emission standards for passenger automobiles and light trucks for each model year, determined based on footprint and sales.

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DECEMBER 14, 2007

The first of Toshiba's groundbreaking SCiB packs will ship in March 2008 to an industrial systems market that Toshiba forecasts being worth 100 billion Yen by 2015. Meanwhile, Mitsubishi Corporation intends to enter the battery manufacturing business and aims to create other related businesses as well.

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MAY 19, 2009

EPA is proposing GHG emissions standards under the Clean Air Act (CAA), and NHTSA is proposing Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards under EPCA, as amended by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA). EPA envisions that this allowance would be available only during the MY 2012-2015 phase-in years of the program.

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AUGUST 20, 2009

At the moment it operates about 3,000 vehicles and moving forward it wants to increase the share of electric vehicles in its fleet to 20 per cent by 2015 and to more than 60 per cent from 2020. The airport is the third largest in Europe and the largest in Germany.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

The Australian Government has released a discussion paper outlining the issues involved in the setting of mandatory standards to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from passenger vehicles from 2015. The average level of CO 2 emissions of the new light vehicle fleet in 2010 was just under 213 g/km.

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AUGUST 30, 2009

Going forward, GM plans to spend proportionally less of its marketing budget on the corporate identity and more on the vehicle brands. As one of the GM employees at the event told me, “ We can make each car great, we don’t have to worry about cannibalizing sales from a sister vehicle. ”. GM has 11 models available with AFM in 2010.

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APRIL 2, 2013

Toshiba Corporation recently launched the third generation of its Visconti series of image recognition processors, Visconti3. The company targets annual sales of 2 million Visconti image recognition processors in fiscal 2015. First device in the new Visconti3 series. Click to enlarge. Background.

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