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DECEMBER 20, 2016

Volvo Cars has raised SEK5 billion (US$533 million) from the sale of newly-issued preference shares to a group of Swedish institutional investors. The detailed terms of the sale have not been disclosed, but the transaction will have an immaterial dilutive effect on the current 100% ownership of Volvo Cars by Zhejiang Geely Holdings.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2016

years, according to IHS Markit, a provider of business information and analysis for the global automotive industry. growth set in 2015. The recession created an acceleration beyond its traditional rate due to the nearly 40 percent drop in new vehicle sales in 2008-2009. million (2.4%) since last year. months, more than 1.5

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MAY 14, 2013

GM expects the Chevrolet City Express, based on the Nissan NV200, to be available for sale in the fall of 2014. Nissan currently sells a version of the vehicle as the NV200 in numerous markets globally, including the United States and Canada. —Ed Peper, US vice president of GM Fleet and Commercial Sales.

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APRIL 12, 2016

Lexus International announced it has sold more than 1 million hybrid vehicles worldwide since the RX 400h went on sale in April 2005. The first luxury hybrid sports coupe, the RC 300h, was launched globally at the end of 2015. The LC 500h will be available for sale in the spring of 2017.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2011

A new study sponsored by Indiana University concludes that President Obama’s vision of one million plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) on US roads by 2015 will require concentrated efforts action from all stakeholders— the auto industry, federal government, the scientific community, and consumers—to be realized.

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JUNE 9, 2014

—Mark Seng, director, aftermarket solutions and global aftermarket practice leader at IHS Automotive. years through 2015, then rise to 11.5 This rate of growth is slowing as compared to the last five years due to the substantial increase in new vehicle sales. years by 2017 and 11.7 years by 2019.

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JULY 5, 2012

PEV Sales in China by segment: 2012-2017. However, according to a new report from Pike Research, PEV production will fall well short of the government’s ambitious goals of manufacturing 500,000 PEVs a year by 2015. Source: Pike Research. Click to enlarge. this goal, the government plans to invest CNY100 billion (US$15.7

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

The Focus Electric will go on sale early next year. By 2015, there will be more than 3.5 While others are backing off or cutting product investments, we at Ford are accelerating the introduction of new products, leveraging our One Ford global strengths. The EcoSport, a new global small SUV, will go on sale within 18 months.

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OCTOBER 20, 2014

In other words, the automakers still have to meet the fleet-based emissions requirements through their sales mix. In 1990, California adopted a zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) requirement, mandating that the seven largest automotive companies in California “make available for sale” an increasing number of vehicles with zero tailpipe emissions.

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MARCH 8, 2017

OPEC’s coordinated effort to curtail global supply has so far managed to put a floor under oil prices, which have been sitting modestly above US$50 since the deal was announced at the end of November last year. Inventories at end-December were below 3 billion barrels for the first time since December 2015. But resurgent U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

Honda unveiled the new 10th-generation 2016 Civic Sedan, slated for sale in the US this fall. This includes the addition of the company’s innovative new inner-frame weld body construction process in both Indiana and Canada, a system first utilized for production of the 2015 Honda Fit.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2009

The plans, updated in the context of a worsening sales outlook for the entire auto industry, outline a need for up to an additional $16.6 Following the steep decline in US industry sales in December 2008 and January 2009, GM responded by further lowering its forecast for 2009 US industry sales to 10.5 million units (57.5

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MARCH 10, 2011

The ZEV mandate requires that large volume manufacturers produce and offer for sale in California a specified number of ZEVs. The existing ZEV program requirements are primarily expressed in terms of the number of vehicles that must be offered for sale, with adjustments for different types of vehicles.

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JANUARY 3, 2012

Global automotive market intelligence firm Polk forecasts worldwide new vehicle sales in 2012 will rise 6.7% Polk analysts believe the global economy will weather the current European sovereign debt crisis and consumers will return to showrooms around the world in 2012. Polk forecast, millions of units. Click to enlarge.

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OCTOBER 6, 2015

According to the IMF’s 2015 Article IV Consultation-Press Release and Staff Report , published August 3, oil and natural gas exports constituted 65 percent of exports, 52 percent of the Federal government budget, and 14.5 in 2015 and 2016 respectively). in 2015 and 2016 respectively). percent of GDP in 2014.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Honda Motor Co continues to target lease of sales of about 200 of its FCX Clarity fuel cell vehicles combined in the US and Japan in its first three years, Sachito Fujimoto, FCX Clarity’s chief project manager, told Reuters at the Reuters Global Climate and Alternative Energy Summit. kg at 5000 psi/34.5 Earlier post.).

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JUNE 8, 2015

In 2014, Volkswagen of America announced that starting with the launch of the zero-tailpipe emissions battery-electric 2015 e-Golf ( earlier post ), it would invest in projects to offset the carbon emissions created from the e-Golf on a full lifecycle basis: production, distribution and up to approximately 36,000 miles (57,936 km) of driving.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2022

It said, in part: “We are a recognized global leader in neuromodulation devices for blindness and are committed to developing new technologies to treat the broadest population of sight-impaired individuals.” But even so, he says, the company was losing money: “With all the overhead of sales and regulatory people, it wasn’t profitable.”.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2012

The allowances sold at the auction are for compliance with the state’s greenhouse gas reduction effort under the 2006 Global Warming Solutions Act (AB 32). allowances and 39,450,000 year 2015 future vintage allowances for sale. allowances and 39,450,000 year 2015 future vintage allowances for sale.

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He saw this scheme chiefly as a way for companies to smooth out the volatility of sales and make their business more predictable. It has annualized sales revenue of about $500 billion a year. In principle, Amazon could mandate that sellers had to accept amazons instead of dollars for sales in the Amazon marketplace.

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APRIL 16, 2009

Last year Oregon had also aggressively negotiated with the Chinese carmaker, BYD , to manufacture its line of plug-in hybrids in the state for sale in the U.S.) So imagine a million electric cars on US roads which all need to change these batteries in say 2015.

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