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Carlos Ghosn sues Nissan for $1 billion, over funds and recognition

Baua Electric

In 2020, a UN panel discovered that Ghosn’s detention in a Jap prison for greater than 100 days used to be neither important nor cheap and violated his rights. The lawsuit comprises alternative folks and entities, that have now not but been served, in keeping with Ghosn’s criminal consultant.

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AlixPartners study finds post-crisis auto industry facing new set of challenges; sales projected below historical levels for foreseeable future

Green Car Congress

The AlixPartners 2011 Automotive Outlook finds that while automakers and suppliers have seen profits bounce back—North American original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) posted $12.5 million units in 2011 and only 13.6 pickup sales for 2011 are estimated to reach only 1.7 billion in 2010 profit on a net margin of 4.6%

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IEA World Energy Outlook view on the transport sector to 2035; passenger car fleet doubling to almost 1.7B units, driving oil demand up to 99 mb/d; reconfirming the end of cheap oil

Green Car Congress

The International Energy Agency (IEA) last week launched the 2011 edition of the World Energy Outlook (WEO), the current edition of its annual flagship publication assessing the threats and opportunities facing the global energy system out to 2035. —WEO 2011. —WEO 2011. Click to enlarge.

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Analysis: What’s the Best Way to Market EVs?

Clean Fleet Report

Good examples of all-new electric cars are the Nissan Leaf battery-electric and the Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid , which both debuted in 2010 as 2011 models. Not easy or cheap, but it has worked so far. Nissan’s Leaf stood alone as an EV. Create a New EV Company.

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The Sneaky Standard

Cars That Think

Personal computing has changed a lot in the past four decades, and one of the biggest changes, perhaps the most unheralded, comes down to compatibility. Ebbing demand for personal computers has slowed innovation in advanced PCs. And some are as cheap as high-end PCs. Intel’s chips face another challenge, too. Thunderbolt.

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Q&A with CharIN North America President: It’s all about interoperability

Charged EVs

After the proposal for the Combined Charging System (CCS) was published in Germany in 2011, a group of automakers and suppliers formed CharIN to promote the adoption of CCS. I personally believe that destination charging will take a very significant role in how we charge our vehicles. Any thoughts on automated charging?

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China and the Electric Car | Autos | Smart Spending | Mainstreet

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

market in 2011, along with a plug-in hybrid model, the F6DM. The Chinese-made two-person Flybo XFD-6000ZK closely resembles the Smart Fortwo developed by Smart, a unit of Daimler AG (Stock Quote: DAI ), and is already being sold in the United States.

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