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DECEMBER 12, 2013

General Motors hosted the 2013 GM China Tech Day at the GM China Advanced Technical Center (ATC) in Shanghai from 9-12 December. GM created this annual event in 2011 to introduce its latest technology achievements to Chinese media. At the ATC’s Lightweight Materials Lab, GM is exploring lightweight magnesium alloy technology.

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MAY 7, 2018

Japanese companies accounted for 70% of the global automotive battery market in 2013, but they are being challenged by China and South Korea. Chinese companies expanded their combined global share to 26% in 2016 from just 3% in 2013. For the time being, it is targeting a more modest range of 550 km (342 miles) by 2025.

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JULY 12, 2018

Daimler and Chinese partner Tsinghua University signed an agreement further to deepen their research cooperation in the fields of automated driving and intelligent mobility. In 2013, the Center collected data from traffic situations at urban roads and highways, ring roads, and intersections. Earlier post.).

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

In China, people breathe ozone-laden air two to six times more often than people in the United States, Europe, Japan, or South Korea, according to a new international study published in Environmental Science & Technology Letters. For China, sites in 74 major cities with continuous observations from 2013?2017 2017 are included.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

The Chinese team will race in the first season of the Championship in 2014 featuring cars racing on city street circuits. FIA Formula E Team China Racing also aims to be a constructor in its own right and to build their own Chinese electric formula cars within 3 years with support from Chinese EV manufacturers.

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MAY 2, 2018

GKN Driveline is expanding its presence in China with the construction of a new plant in Pinghu, Zhejiang Province, through its Chinese joint venture Shanghai GKN HUAYU Driveline Systems (SDS). In 2013, GKN expanded its relationship with SDS to introduce the production of torque management technologies and all-wheel drive systems into China.

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MAY 13, 2014

million barrels per day (bbl/d) in 2003 to more than 2 million bbl/d in 2013, according to figures from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). Additionally, in 2012 the Chinese Ministry of Finance announced it would provide annual subsidies up to two billion yuan ($323.6 Consumption of gasoline in China grew from 0.9

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

The International Energy Agency (IEA) 2013 has forecast annual sales of electric vehicles (EVs) of nearly 6 million units by 2020. Given that total global flake graphite production in 2013 was approximately 375,000, a 60% increase in supply would be required to satisfy this projected additional demand.

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OCTOBER 21, 2013

The International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) and the China Automotive Technology and Research Center (CATARC) recently finalized a memorandum of understanding detailing the two organizations’ intentions to collaborate on a joint research project analyzing passenger vehicle technologies and costs in China.

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JANUARY 20, 2015

A total of 78,499 EVs were manufactured in China in 2014, an increase of almost 250% on 2013, and CCM forecasts that this figure will more than triple again in 2015 to reach 250,000.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Yanchang Petroleum International Limited is buying Novus Energy Inc., The acquisition—which still needs approval—would be the largest purchase of a Canadian oil and gas company by a Chinese company since CNOOC’s $15.1-billion billion takeover of Nexen. billion takeover of Nexen. Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum (Group) Co.,

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JANUARY 7, 2013

According to figures released by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM), in the first eleven months of 2012 Chinese self-developed brands exported 470,000 passenger vehicles in total—with automotive manufacturers on average showing a 30% sales increase over 2011 figures.

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APRIL 21, 2014

BAIC), one of the major Chinese carmakers, signed a joint venture agreement at the 2014 Beijing International Automotive Exhibition and outlined their plan to utilize Siemens’ electric drive train components in a range of BAIC new energy vehicles (NEVs). billion); it ranked 336 on the 2013 Fortune Global 500.

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MARCH 31, 2015

Part of Fraunhofer IAO’s China TechWatch research project involves analyzing developments in Chinese technology. Since 2013, Chinese inventors have filed more than 2,500 patents in this field, putting China way ahead of the United States (1,065 patents) and Germany (441), with China’s efforts accelerating. Industry 4.0,

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Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2018

With collaboration between German and Chinese companies accelerating in the areas of automated driving and intelligent connected vehicles, Daimler and Baidu recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance their Sino-German cooperation in these strategic fields. topics and tailor them to the Chinese market.

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APRIL 7, 2016

Although new car sales growth for 2015 was still in the double digits, the rate declined for a second year in a row—dropping to 11% from 13% in 2014 and 16% in 2013. Although local players might be gaining ground, the largest international manufacturers still dominate the market by volume sold.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2014

As a key element for our sustainable growth strategy in China, our new R&D Center will help us to fully tap our potential here and give our Chinese customers’ voice even more weight in our global network and future product development. With these collaborations, Mercedes-Benz engineering teams get also access to a vast Chinese talent pool.

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JANUARY 9, 2018

Eni has now sold the licence and basic engineering project to the Chinese company Sinopec for the construction of a refining plant based on EST. The plant will be built at the Sinopec refinery in Maoming, in Guandong province, and is due to be completed by 2020. Eni opened its first plant based on EST in 2013.

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APRIL 24, 2016

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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DECEMBER 12, 2013

Protean Electric introduced its production in-wheel motor at the 2013 Society of Automotive Engineers World Congress in Detroit. Protean has been awarded 33 patents for its technology and design, with 101 additional international patent applications pending. —Kwok-yin Chan, CEO of Protean Holdings Corp.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2014

The fast-growing semiconductor market for China’s automotive industry is set for double-digit expansion in revenue this year, propelled by an increasing desire among Chinese car buyers for added vehicle safety features and helpful infotainment applications such as car navigation, according to a new report from IHS Technology (NYSE: IHS).

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APRIL 19, 2013

Separately, the company will debut to the China market its 48-volt Micro Hybrid battery demonstration module ( earlier post ) at the 15 th Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition (Auto Shanghai 2013). The company has now introduced the Micro Hybrid battery to the North American, European and Chinese markets.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2011

The Concept Car is going to give a first outlook on BDNT’s fully electric vehicle that is scheduled to be launched in 2013. Both partners have decided to sign a number of China-based international as well as local suppliers. The supplier sourcing for the new vehicle is nearly completed.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2009

The international automotive supplier Continental AG has opened its new Asia Headquarters and R&D Center in Shanghai’s Yangpu district, China. The Center aims to provide increased localization and advanced technical support to customers in the Chinese market.

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JANUARY 28, 2015

Production capacities at the Mercedes-Benz Tuscaloosa plant (Mercedes-Benz US International – MBUSI), which will be gradually be released in this process, will then be used for the M-Class, the GL-Class and the new GLE Coupé due in summer. The Mercedes-Benz R-Class has been offered exclusively in China since 2013.

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MARCH 17, 2018

The recent progress is creating new demand for agricultural production of hemp, NAFILean’s primary raw material, a topic raised by Faurecia at last week’s international Salon de l’Agriculture show in Paris.

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MARCH 6, 2012

China Yuchai International Limited’s main operating subsidiary, Guangxi Yuchai Machinery Company Limited (GYMCL) has inaugurated a new project to develop and produce a full portfolio of natural gas powered engines to complement its existing suite of diesel engines. China’s 12 th Five-Year Plan targets natural gas to make up 8.3%

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Under his leadership, the latter board celebrated milestones including the launch of IEEE’s first multidisciplinary open-access publication, IEEE Access ; the creation of a Chinese-language edition of IEEE Spectrum ; and the 100th anniversary of Proceedings of the IEEE. He was inducted into the Silicon Valley Hall of Fame in 2013.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2011

We regard the Chinese market as the second home market for Volvo Car Corporation and a very important part of the plan to build a successful future for the company. Our aim is to reach a sales volume of about 200,000 cars in the Chinese market by 2015. —Stefan Jacoby, President and CEO of Volvo Car Corporation.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

In the second century CE, the Chinese scientist Zhang Heng developed an “earthquake weathercock.” At the 1895 International Geographical Congress, Rebeur-Paschwitz proposed setting up a worldwide network of seismological stations. Reitherman’s Earthquakes and Engineers: An International History (ASCE Press, 2012).

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MARCH 7, 2013

The lack of inert production during methanol synthesis allows for the use of a large internal synthesis gas loop and less complex synthesis gas conversion design within the refinery. The US National Science Foundation and the Chinese Academy of Sciences provided funding for the research. —Baliban et al. Baliban, Josephine A.

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AUGUST 7, 2013

The resulting increase in internal trade and transportation of merchandise will also lead to a significantly more prominent role for diesel, Bosch says. In 2013,US manufacturers started to offer diesel versions of their own vehicles again. China currently represents only 1% of the global market for diesel passenger cars.

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JANUARY 27, 2014

China Yuchai International Limited’s main operating subsidiary, Guangxi Yuchai Machinery Company Limited (GYMCL), unveiled 8 new engine models for truck, construction and marine applications. —Weng Ming Hoh, President of China Yuchai.

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APRIL 29, 2010

Most established automakers will cautiously field a few thousand vehicles annually starting in 2011-2013—much lower numbers than suggested by heavy media coverage of the technology, the report suggests—and plan to increase production pending prove-out of the technology. billion in 2020. Earlier post.)

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

Today’s announcement reinforces our commitment to the further expansion of our China operations to meet the continued rise in demand from Chinese consumers for world-class Ford products and services. By 2013, C-segment vehicles are projected to account for nearly 28% of global sales. By 2013, Ford will be producing 1.3

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APRIL 28, 2014

According to the International Energy Agency, natural gas demand in China’s commercial road transport sector will reach around three times higher than today’s levels by 2035. According to NGVA Europe, China has the largest number of natural gas stations in the world, with 880,000 medium and heavy duty natural gas buses and trucks in 2013.

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JUNE 1, 2010

Already, the move provoked resentful comments from some ordinary Chinese who question why the government is using public funds to subsidize car purchases for wealthy buyers. Japan and Europe in each of 2011 and 2012 and then leap to 500,000 in 2013, when the company says the Leaf will be profitable.

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