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Volkswagen Group and FAW to build 2 new vehicle plants in China; “Our most important market”

Green Car Congress

To satisfy the demands of our customers in the country, we are engaging in a further substantial expansion of our capacities in China together with our Chinese partner FAW Volkswagen. Volkswagen has been active on the Chinese market for 30 years and is one of the Western pioneers of the automobile industry in the country.

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Volkswagen Group and SAIC to produce EVs and PHEVs in China

Green Car Congress

In about four years, a new electric vehicle model based on Volkswagen’s Chinese bestseller, the Lavida, is due to roll off the production line at the Anting plant—this will be the first fully electric vehicle produced at the plant. million vehicles in China in 2014, representing an increase of 12.4% over the previous year.

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

Green Car Congress

The Volkswagen Group, through its two Chinese joint ventures, will be investing more than €9.8 Dr. Jochem Heizmann, said that it was planned to offer vehicles with an electrified powertrain from 2014/2015. The seven new plants will set new standards for sustainable automobile production.

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Continental in strategic agreements with NIO on EVs, Baidu on autonomous driving

Green Car Congress

Our collaboration with NIO will contribute to further advance the development of electric vehicles and the Chinese electric vehicle market. NIO and Continental have been cooperating in a number of areas ever since NIO was established in 2014. Already today, China is one of the leading markets for electric vehicles.

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

Green Car Congress

Spain has set a goal of 250,000 electric vehicles on the road by 2014. Between 2009 and 2011, Chinese buyers purchased 13,000 EVs and PHEVs—more than U.S. The automobile industry has said that without additional government subsidies they can only sell 600,000 electric cars by 2020 at best.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Expects production around 2014. The electrification of the automobile is inevitable." This is different from anything Ive ever seen in my 40 years in the automobile industry." ( Detroit Free Press ). Because nobody has fully figured out the optimum use of lithium-ion batteries in automobiles. This is unusual.

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