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EIA: China promoting both fuel efficiency and alternative-fuel vehicles to curb growing oil use

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To counter this trend triggered by China’s rapid motorization, the Chinese government is adopting a broad range of policies, including improvements in the fuel economy of new vehicles and the promotion of alternative-fuel vehicles, EIA notes. China vehicle sales and gasoline consumption. Source: EIA. Click to enlarge. l/100 km) by 2020.

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Toyota to launch two new plug-in hybrid models in China; Corolla and Levin

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Levin Hybrid (left) and Corolla Hybrid (right) introduced at the 16th Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition in 2015. in 2012 and 2013, respectively. Click to enlarge. Later, the establishment of Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (China) Co., and Sinogy Toyota Automotive Energy System Co.,

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Volkswagen Group to invest more than €9.8 billion in China by 2015; efficient products and production

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The Volkswagen Group, through its two Chinese joint ventures, will be investing more than €9.8 Volkswagen complies with the fleet consumption legislation which has been in force in China since 2012 and will take further measures to achieve ambitious reductions in fleet consumption over the next few years.

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Volkswagen Group to Invest 4B by 2011 to Expand Activities in China

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The investments are to be financed from the cash flow of the Chinese joint venture companies. At the Nanjing and Chengdu plants, production is to be boosted to between 300,000 and 350,000 units in each case by 2012. From 2012, three new models are set to leave the production lines at Nanjing and two at Chengdu. "In

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China publishes plan to boost fuel-efficient and new energy vehicles and domestic auto industry; targeting 500K PHEVs and EVs in 2015, rising to 2M by 2020

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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. Experts urged greater efforts on China’s part to boost development of the new energy vehicle industry.

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Exploring the adoption of EVs in the US, Europe and China; charging scenarios and infrastructure

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In 2012 the German government declared a goal of having one million EVs registered by 2020. Between 2009 and 2011, Chinese buyers purchased 13,000 EVs and PHEVs—more than U.S. In Germany, for example, consumers bought 2,100 EVs in 2012—less than 0.1 All three regions have established targets for EV registrations.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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Partnering with Alcoa, Duke Energy, Google.org, Johnson Controls Indiana startup plans to unveil vehicle May 2009 at EVS-24 in Norway; mass production in 2012. Ford Escape PHEV-40 around 2012. This is different from anything Ive ever seen in my 40 years in the automobile industry." ( Detroit Free Press ). This is unusual.

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