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AlixPartners study finds post-crisis auto industry facing new set of challenges; sales projected below historical levels for foreseeable future

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Specifically, the firm estimates US auto sales will reach just 12.7 AlixPartners also estimates that on-going unemployment and underemployment could cost the auto industry up to 1.5 million units in 2011 and only 13.6 million in 2012. million units in lost vehicle sales this year. Preventing that erosion will be key.

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Big Auto is begging governments to let them go bankrupt as Chinese EVs loom

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The auto industry is electrifying, and all new cars will be electric in the relatively near future. And yet, the auto industry – which is responsible for more pollution than any other sector, at least in rich countries – still lobbies to worsen emissions reduction targets, even when those targets were already pushed back to begin with.

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Top 5 Electric Vehicle Start-Ups in India

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The company has since raised money from big players in the Indian auto industry, including Ola’s Bhavish Aggarwal, and Ratan Tata, the former Chairman of Tata Sons. Jeetender Sharma and Rupali Sharma started the Indian electric two-wheeler firm Okinawa in Gurugram in 2015.

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The Long View from SAE 2009 World Congress

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For example, President Obama has issued the United States the challenge of having one million plug-in hybrids on the road by the end of 2015—a goal which many keynote speakers supported but also identified significant barriers to achieving. Another issue is being capacity constrained during rush hour if you only have one person per vehicle.

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EAA National Board nominations from across North America

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He works in the sustainable energy technologies industry and he is an advocate for change. He worked for SolarCity and Tesla between 2015 and 2018 and now for Solar Smart Living (since 2018). I am a "car guy" from Detroit and have worked in the auto industry from both a construction and facility service standpoint.

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EAA National Board nominations from across North America

Electric Auto Association

He works in the sustainable energy technologies industry and he is an advocate for change. He worked for SolarCity and Tesla between 2015 and 2018 and now for Solar Smart Living (since 2018). I am a "car guy" from Detroit and have worked in the auto industry from both a construction and facility service standpoint.

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The EV Transition Explained: Reshaping Labor Markets

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auto industry jobs could rise by 150,000 by 2030 if battery electric vehicles sales reach 50 percent by 2030 and the vehicle market share of U.S.-assembled It believes that there will be a net loss of 275,000 auto industry jobs by 2040, with most of the drop off coming between 2030 and 2035.

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