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Volkswagen Group to Invest 2.3B in Brazil by 2014; Targeting 1M vehicles

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Volkswagen will be investing a total of €2.3 billion) in new products and manufacturing capacity expansion in Brazil between 2009 and 2014. We will enjoy significant growth in Brazil this year and win market share. —Thomas Schmall, CEO Volkswagen do Brasil. Brazil is seen as a market with high growth potential.

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Lux Research: the $40,000, 200-mile-range EV is the biggest coming growth opportunity for energy storage in transportation

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Analysis by Lux Research suggests that the market space represented by the emerging lower-cost, 200-mile-range EV will be the biggest coming growth opportunity in electric storage for transportation. According to Lux Research’s Automotive Battery Tracker, in 2014 EVs used $2.1-billion billion worth of energy storage in 2014.

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Cummins MerCrusier and Volkswagen Partner on Tier 3 Marine Diesels

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Cummins MerCruiser Diesel (CMD), a supplier of marine propulsion solutions, and Volkswagen have formed a partnership to develop and supply marine engines. The Tier 3 emissions standard comes into effect in the United States in 2012, with the corresponding European standards following from 2014 onwards. Tags: Brief.

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Volkswagen Opens New Plant in Pune, India

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Volkswagen has officially opened a new plant in Pune, India on Tuesday in the presence of some 500 international guests. Production of a hatchback version of the Volkswagen Polo specially developed for the Indian market will be added from 2010. Experts predict that the Indian automobile market will grow from the present 1.2

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Update: Top 10 Electric Cars

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We update this list regularly because the market is changing so quickly. We’ll try to keep this up-to-date as the EV market continues to evolve. Plug-ins are trending in key markets around the country, although much of the action remains focused in California and other West Coast states. Volkswagen ID4 10,685.

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Volkswagen offers insight into electric Golf

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More details have been provided about the electric version of the Volkswagen Golf – to be known as the Golf blue e-motion. The vehicle is now scheduled to reach the market by 2014 having been previously been touted for a 2013 release. It will be driven by an electric motor that is integrated in the [.].

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Volkswagen has provided an update on its Golf blue-e-motion electric vehicle ( earlier post ), now scheduled to arrive on the market in 2014. At the presentation of the concept in Germany earlier this year, VW had said the EV would launch on the market in 2013. Tags: Electric (Battery).

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