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PwC’s Autofacts forecasts global light vehicle assembly to reach 81.8M units in 2013, up 3.3% from 2012

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Global light vehicle assembly will reach 81.8 Consumer demands and regulatory requirements are motivating the global automotive industry to push ahead with technological breakthroughs on a larger scale ,” said Rick Hanna, PwC’s global automotive leader. Global automotive industry regional highlights include: North America.

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Pike forecasts 26.4% CAGR for electric-drive buses to 2018; hybrid, battery-electric and fuel cell

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Pike Research forecasts that the global market for all electric-drive buses—including hybrid, battery electric, and fuel cell buses—grow steadily over the next. from 2012 to 2018. North America is the leading market for this technology, with hybrids capturing 30% to 40% of annual transit bus sales. Li-ion batteries.

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Li-ion maker Boston-Power adds $30M in funding; China expansion

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Located in the Shanghai Corridor and scheduled for completion by the end of 2012, the facility will be capable of producing 400 MWh of lithium-ion battery cells annually. Long-standing Boston-Power investors Oak Investment Partners and Foundation Asset Management (FAM) also participated. '.

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Dow to produce advantaged materials for energy storage; initial focus on automotive

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—Monty Bayer, global business director, Dow Ventures & Business Development, Licensing and Venture Capital. Federal stimulus funds channeled toward domestic development of electric vehicle technology has created an opportunity to strengthen the energy storage industry in the US, which is currently based in Japan and Korea.

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Deutsche Bank Forecast sees slower transportation electrification and greater gasoline demand near-term; increased confidence in the pace and breadth of long-term shift to efficient transportation systems

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DB has lowered its advanced lithium-ion battery cost projection by about 30% for 2012. Slower than expected sales of hybrids everywhere in the world but Japan in 2010. In the US hybrids fell from about 3% of total sales in 2008-09 to 2.2% CAGR from 2012 through 2020 to about $250/kWh. Click to enlarge. gallon gasoline.

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Li-ion battery maker Boston-Power announces $125M in new financing; focus on and support from China

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Additionally, through its stimulus programs and local industrial policies, the Chinese government is providing a range of grants, low-interest loans and related financial and tax incentives. Due to the strategy to focus predominantly on China in both the immediate and longer term, the company is reallocating its global resources.

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Germany Launches H2 Mobility Initiative to Expand Infrastructure for Refueling Hydrogen Vehicles

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Noting the importance of a hydrogen infrastructure with sufficient density, the automakers—Daimler, Ford, GM/Opel, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Renault Nissan Alliance, and Toyota—in that LoU strongly supported building up a hydrogen infrastructure in Europe, with Germany as regional starting point, among other global starting points. Earlier post.).

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