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However, generally speaking, the government continued, China has not achieved a breakthrough with new energy automobiles and core components of the key technologies. 2012 Chinese Auto Industry Development Report. Energy-saving and new energy vehicles have become the development direction of the international automobile industry.

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million in 2011, and 2012 may bring an all-time high of 80 million or more vehicles, according to new research conducted by the Worldwatch Institute for its Vital Signs Online service. million in 2012, writes report author and Worldwatch Senior Researcher Michael Renner. Worldwide light-duty vehicle production. Source: Worldwatch.

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American Honda Motor will temporally adjust automobile production at all six Honda auto plants in the US and Canada due to the disruption of the flow of parts from Honda suppliers in Asia because of the ongoing flooding in Thailand. Auto production will be at approximately 50% of the original plan through 10 Nov. Earlier post.).

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Hyundai Motor Company has begun construction of a third plant in China to respond to growing demand in the world’s largest automobile market. With its expanded capacity, Hyundai aims to be a leading passenger car maker and an exemplary company in the Chinese auto industry. 28 in Shunyi District, Beijing.

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The Auto Alliance has sent a letter to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt requesting that the US Environmental Protection Agency withdraw the Final Determination on the Appropriateness of the Model Year 2022-2025 Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards under the Midterm Evaluation which EPA announced on 13 January 2017. Background.

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Michael Brooks of the Heart for Auto Protection is quoted as announcing the timeline “raises more questions about whether the agency is equipped to respond to emerging safety issues in a timely manner.” The post NHTSA in any case ready to go the needle appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News.

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Ford Auto Start-Stop. Ford will begin applying start-stop technology—currently used in Ford hybrids and some Ford cars in Europe—in conventional cars, crossovers and SUVs in North America in 2012. Ford’s patented new Auto Start-Stop system for gasoline engines will improve fuel economy for most drivers by at least 4%.

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Production of the automotive motors would begin in 2012. The Houston location will allow Toshiba to increase its marketing of automotive systems and components in the United States, establish closer contact and collaboration with automobile manufacturers, and allow auto companies to increase local procurement of key components.

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The Austrian automobile club ARBÖ (Auto-Motor und Radfahrerverbund Österreiche) has awarded the Toyota Mirai with the “2015 Environmental Award”. If we want to secure the future of the automobile as flexible, personal and clean transport for the next 100 years, we need to consider which energy can power our cars tomorrow.

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The Detroit Free Press reports that Chrysler will display a battery-electric version of the Fiat 500 at the upcoming North American International Auto Show. That plan suggested the introduction of a battery-electric light commercial vehicle around 2012, with future introductions left even more unspecified. Click to enlarge.

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From its founding as a taxi-hailing business, DiDi has been building up a world-leading one-stop transportation platform since 2012. The platform will introduce to individuals and corporate partners not only diversified models from automakers, but also auto-related finance and insurance services. Source: DiDi. Click to enlarge.

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The new plant will be located adjacent to the new automobile plant that will begin mass production early next year of the all-new 2015 Honda Fit. In addition to supporting HDM auto production, the plant will provide transmissions to Honda auto plants outside Mexico. Honda de Mexico, S.A.

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The technical training centers for powertrains at Anna and auto manufacturing in Marysville will provide Honda engineers, equipment service technicians and line-side associates with opportunities to develop skills that will refine their technical know-how in a hands-on environment. million automobiles each year.

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(HDM) plans to construct a new transmission plant in Celaya, near the city of Guanajuato, on the same site as the new automobile plant currently under construction that will begin production of the Honda Fit in Spring 2014. million automobiles per year in the region. In 2012, Honda sold 54,000 units in Mexico (up 150.6%

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Ford China posted a 32% sales increase in July 2012, with 42,560 wholesale units sold. At Beijing’s Auto China 2012, Ford unveiled three new SUVs for China: the EcoSport, Kuga and Explorer. Year to date, Ford China has sold 319,882 wholesale units, up 4% from January – July 2011.

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Honda continued the expansion of its manufacturing operations in North America with the production start of the redesigned 2015 Honda Fit at a new, automobile plant of Honda de Mexico, S.A. The start-up of the Celaya Plant increases Honda’s annual automobile production capacity in North America to approximately 1.92 million units.

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Source: Booz & Company “Global Innovation”; Battelle R&D Magazine; Center for Automotive Research 2012. The report, supported by the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, measures the technological nature of today’s auto industry and compares it to other sectors of the economy often viewed as technologically advanced.

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In May 1899, taxi driver Jason German reportedly became the first operator of an automobile arrested for speeding after being clocked at a heady 12 mph on Manhattan’s Lexington Avenue. The city council began pushing for electric taxis around 2012, but concerns over charging led officials to consider hybrids instead.

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HMSB), a Honda automobile production and sales joint venture in Malaysia, has begun construction of a second automobile production line at the existing auto plant in Malacca, Malaysia. Honda Malaysia Sdn.

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On the eve of the 2016 Beijing International Automobile Exhibition, Toyota announced that it will launch plug-in hybrid versions of the Corolla and Levin—two mass-market models, both of which have conventional hybrid variants—in China during 2018. in 2012 and 2013, respectively. Click to enlarge.

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The Audi A6 L e-tron concept presented at Auto China 2012 in Beijing. In 2012, Audi unveiled an Audi A6 L e-tron concept at Auto China in Beijing with an all-electric driving range of 80 km (50 miles). Now we are cooperating on the next generation of automobiles. Click to enlarge.

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in 2012 and has greater than 25 years of automobile enjoy in such markets as Mexico, Colombia, Brazil and Japan, the corporate stated in a June 1 information drop saying his promotion. The post Infiniti will get brandnew world boss with Jose Roman appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News.

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Put in in 2012, the array, on reasonable, generates about 13 p.c When it first started construction the unedited Audi e-tron, in 2018, the automobile’s battery cells have been trucked into the plant. The post Audi adjustments what, the way it builds to pressure out CO2 appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News.

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The decision to go forward with the project followed a thorough evaluation of renewable energy sources for the plant, which Honda announced in February 2012. auto plants in Marysville and East Liberty, Ohio have ongoing initiatives to reduce energy consumption. Honda of America Mfg.

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The state parent of China’s Chang’an Automobile Group is taking over five vehicle units of the Aviation Industry Corp of China (AVIC) to create the third-largest automaker in China. million units by 2012 and to 5 million by 2020,” said Xu Bin, general manager of COEGC. SAIC and FAW Group hold the top two slots. Earlier post.).

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Japan-based DENSO Corporation will exhibit for the first time at the 11 th Auto Expo 2012, in New Delhi, India, from 5-11 Jan 2012 as part of an effort to expand its business in the country. Among its exhibits, DENSO will present Resonance 2021, which is a cockpit simulator envisioned for the 2021 automobile.

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While China remains the world’s largest automotive market, the greatest growth in demand for automobiles will come not from traditional Tier 1 cities such as Beijing and Shanghai, which have implemented license plate restrictions to manage traffic congestion, but rather from smaller but fast-growing cities in the interior of the country.

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The Nissan Serena minivan has taken the Nº1 position in minivan sales in Japan for calendar year 2011, fiscal year 2011 and for the first half of calendar year 2012. It is is the only model in its class to be exempted from Japan’s automobile acquisition and weight taxes. Nissan Motor Co., launched the new Serena S-HYBRID in Japan.

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John DeCicco at the University of Michigan argues that to reduce transportation sector greenhouse gas emissions, the proper policy focus should be upstream in sectors that provide the fuel, rather than downstream on the choice of fuels in the automobile. —“Factor Analysis of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Automobiles”.

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Between 2012 and 2016, diesel accounted for half of the company’s global sales. In a new milestone last year , the number of new electric car registrations has exceeded those of diesel-powered vehicles in Europe for the first time, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers Association. Get started here.

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The partnership between Blink and Hubject, which will become operational in early 2019, will provide new opportunities for Blink and auto dealers by providing enhanced access for Blink to car buyers at the point of sale. Hubject does not operate any charging stations itself but enables the smooth exchange of data in the background.

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Ford will invest US$760 million to build a new assembly plant in Hangzhou, China with its joint venture Changan Ford Mazda Automobile (CFMA), adding initial capacity of 250,000 units. Ford will unveil four new global vehicles at the upcoming Auto China 2012 in Beijing. million units annually, doubling current output.

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General Motors is accelerating the development of electrified vehicles in China, Jon Lauckner, GM Chief Technology Officer, vice president of Global Research & Development, and president of GM Ventures, said in a presentation at the FISITA 2012 World Automotive Congress in Beijing. Earlier post.).

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in 2010, with a total of 13,360,599 new units registered throughout the year, according to figures from the European Automobile Manufacturers’s Association (ACEA). Daihatsu announced on Friday that it will discontinue auto sales in Europe on 31 Jan. The EU market for new passenger cars declined by 5.5% Earlier post.).

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We attribute this to a number of factors, including the economy and the increasing quality of today’s automobiles. In comparison, a record high of more than 14 million vehicles were scrapped in 2012. This while VIO is up 1.5%, a rate the auto industry hasn’t seen in the US since 2004-2005. years through 2015, then rise to 11.5

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2012 and 2013 market share vs. per-vehicle incentive for battery-electric (BEV) and plug-in hybrid electric PHEV (where applicable, only company car market incentives shown here). Norway has the highest share of electric automobile sales (BEV and PHEV combined) at about 6% of all passenger cars sold in 2013. Source: ICCT. Source: ICCT.

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An analysis of the global automobile industry’s recent patent activity by the Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters has found a massive commitment from carmakers and their suppliers to new propulsion technology. Source: Thomson Innovation & Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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