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JULY 31, 2016

The Financial Times reports that Uber will invest $500 million into a global mapping project in an effort to decrease its dependence on Google Maps and to prepare for autonomous driving. The FT cited “ a person familiar with Uber’s plans ” as the source. This summer they hit the road in Mexico. —Brian McClendon. Earlier post.).

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FEBRUARY 24, 2014

2015 Ford Focus. Ford revealed the redesigned 2015 Ford Focus at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the world’s largest exhibition for the mobile industry. Ford estimates Focus sales globally reached 1.1 The 2015 Ford Focus goes on sale in the second half of 2014. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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MAY 10, 2016

ABI Research forecasts that global electric vehicle revenue will hit $58 billion in 2021, more than five times its market value in 2015. Similarly, Tier 1 companies, such as Continental, are designing and manufacturing batteries and engines that can better accommodate small, personal electric vehicles. —Susan Beardslee.

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JULY 5, 2016

According to a new forecast report from Navigant Research, global commercial alternative powertrain medium- and heavy-duty vehicle (MHDV) sales will grow from about 347,000 vehicles in 2016 to more than 820,000 in 2026, representing a CAGR of about 9%. Medium- and heavy-trucks represent 4.3% of vehicles in the US, drive 9.3%

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JANUARY 6, 2017

from the previous high in 2015. China remained GM’s largest market in terms of retail sales for the fifth consecutive year, accounting for more than one-third of the company’s global sales. General Motors and its joint ventures delivered a record 3,870,587 vehicles in China in 2016, which was an increase of 7.1%

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APRIL 9, 2014

2015 Focus four-door sedan. Since its launch in 1998, the Focus nameplate has sold more than 12 million vehicles globally. 2015 Ford Focus Electric. China now is responsible for just more than one out of three Focus vehicles sold globally, based on Polk data. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.) Click to enlarge.

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DECEMBER 10, 2014

As the world population increases by the estimated 30% from 2010 to 2040, ExxonMobil sees global GDP rising by about 140%, but energy demand by only about 35% due to greater efficiency. Even as demand increases, the world will continue to become more efficient in its energy use, according to the 2015 Outlook for Energy: A View to 2040.

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MARCH 4, 2020

The global total is 233 (221–250) million per year. Using a new method of modelling the effects of various sources of air pollution on death rates, the researchers estimated that globally air pollution caused an extra 8.8 million premature deaths a year in 2015. Lelieveld et al. million deaths); HIV/AIDS by 0.7

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JULY 26, 2021

ABB will acquire ASTI Mobile Robotics Group (ASTI), a leading global autonomous mobile robot (AMR) manufacturer with a broad portfolio across all major applications enabled by the company’s software suite. Since 2015, the company has enjoyed close to 30% growth on an annual basis and is targeting approximately $50 million in revenue in 2021.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Global sales of passenger vehicles increased from 75.4 The auto industry’s production capacities are far from fully used; PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) estimates current global vehicle assembly capacity at almost 95 million, the report notes. Rising sales translate into an ever-expanding global vehicle parc. million to 78.6

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Honda and Google have been collaborating since 2015 with the broader automotive industry to introduce the Android platform to automobiles. Navigation: By integrating Google Maps to the vehicle, the familiar and personalized maps the user already enjoys on their smartphone, can be used on Display Audio in the vehicle.

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AUGUST 9, 2019

After a successful pilot project in Stuttgart, chark—an in-car delivery service and a corporate start-up project of Lab1886, Daimler AG’s global innovation incubator—is expanding to Berlin. They positively highlighted the personal convenience, the greater ease in daily life as well as the speed of the delivery.

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APRIL 29, 2024

Andrew Bowie, the UK’s minister in Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, confirmed the news to Class CNBC: G7 countries generated 16% of their electricity from coal in 2023, down from 29% in 2015, according to data from energy thinktank Ember. G7 countries generated 34% of their electricity from gas in 2023, up from 29% in 2015.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2021

In the remaining positions of this Top 5 we have the #4 Renault Zoe and #5 Tesla Model Y, that have beaten their personal records too. The surprise of the month came in Third, with the VW ID.3

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APRIL 9, 2018

The growth factor is based on the medium estimates, using the average of 2045–2050 over the average of 2010–2015. IMAGE is an integrated assessment model describing global environmental change based on a detailed description of both energy and land use. Deetman et al. Click to enlarge. —Deetman et al.

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MAY 2, 2019

The level of practical use of these personal monitoring methods has not yet been developed to the point of directly impacting policy (e.g., There are challenges in enabling policies that limit personal exposures, but the likely improvements in health and welfare are potentially massive. Globally, 4.2 —Caplin et al.

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APRIL 14, 2016

Three emerging and converging factors—connectivity, autonomy and transport-as-a-service—will fundamentally change the automotive industry over the next few decades, according to Mike Abelson, GM’s VP of Strategy and Global Portfolio Planning. US ridesharing company Lyft had 85 million rides in 2015; China’s DiDi had 1.5

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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 5, 2018

ExxonMobil’s newly released Outlook for Energy: A View to 2040 anticipates that global energy needs will rise about 25% over the period to 2040, led by non-OECD countries. The Outlook projects that global transportation-related energy demand will increase by close to 30% by 2040. l/100 km) now to close to 50 miles per gallon (4.7

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JUNE 3, 2024

Global renewable capacity additions reached almost 560 gigawatts (GW) in 2023, an unprecedented 64% year-over-year increase from 2022, and China was by far the most significant contributor. Official NDC commitments currently amount to 1,300 GW – just 12% of what’s required to meet the global tripling goal set in Dubai.

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MARCH 21, 2016

Last year, China accounted for more than one-third of the company’s global deliveries. The China market will also benefit from GM’s global initiatives to accelerate the refreshing of its portfolio. GM announced last July that it will invest $5 billion over the coming years in a family of vehicles for global growth markets.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2012

Teijin has been expanding ECO CIRCLE Plantfiber’s global market for applications ranging from apparel, car seats and interiors to personal hygiene products. The company aims to increase sales to over 50% of its total polyester fiber sales for automotive seats and interiors by 2015.

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OCTOBER 8, 2016

Autonomous vehicle technology company Nauto has entered into strategic agreements with three major auto companies, including BMW i Ventures and Toyota Research Institute, as well as with Allianz Ventures, part of the leading global financial service provider and insurance company Allianz Group.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2018

General Motors on Monday outlined a series of major restructuring steps that it said would accelerate its transformation for the future, building on the strategy it laid out in 2015 to strengthen its core business, to capitalize on the future of personal mobility and to drive significant cost efficiencies. Optimizing product portfolio.

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JULY 5, 2023

Winners of the 2021 Global Cooling Prize—both heat pumps—reduce cooling’s climate impact by as much as 80 percent. grid, that plant used a CO 2 -emitting source, then the local problem may be solved, but only at the expense of a more global threat. If, like 60 percent of the U.S. Still, in the U.S.,

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JANUARY 6, 2014

Chevrolet announced at the Consumer Electronics Show that the 2015 Chevrolet Corvette, Impala, Malibu, and Volt would be the first General Motors’ vehicles to come optionally equipped with OnStar 4G LTE, running on AT&T’s network. —Alan Batey, senior vice president of Global Chevrolet.

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APRIL 26, 2013

This technology could in the future support the development of a four-person car that only occupies the space of a two-person car today. Ford said it will work with Schaeffler and other partners on a follow-up research project, including producing two more drivable vehicles by 2015. billion to 6.4

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APRIL 15, 2020

Demand for rare earth magnets is being driven by electric vehicles (electric motors and batteries), wind generators (direct drive generators), medical devices (personal “vital signs” monitors and medical imaging machines), smart phones, and aerospace/defense applications, where high-performance in extreme conditions is important.

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MARCH 3, 2016

To resolve this conflicting objective satisfactorily within the timeframe and budget of the EA189 project, according to the current state of knowledge, a group of persons—whose identity is still being determined—at levels below the Group’s Management Board in the powertrain development division, decided to modify the engine management software.

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DECEMBER 7, 2022

The system enabled my colleagues and me to run some personal errands, see our doctors, and pick up our kids from school, among other activities. Iceland ran a pilot between 2015 and 2019, and this year it said the program was an overwhelming success, the BBC reported.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2015

Volkswagen Group took the top spot again as the world’s most sustainable automaker in RobecoSAM AG’s 2015 annual review of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI). The 2015 review. Top three least improved industries relative to last year were: Life Sciences Tools & Services (-7.71%); Personal Products (-6.73%); and.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2015

announced that Takahiro Hachigo, currently the company’s Managing Officer, will become Senior Managing Officer effective in April 2015, and will become President, Chief Executive Officer and Representative Director in late June 2015. Honda Motor Co.,

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MAY 3, 2010

By beefing up production facilities, including a plant in Hyogo Prefecture, the company aims to capture 40% of the global market for green-car rechargeable batteries by fiscal 2020. It hopes to grow the solution businesses to be worth around 100 billion yen by fiscal 2015.

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JULY 23, 2022

By 2050, the global population aged 65 or more will be nearly double what it is today. in 2015 to explore autonomous cars, robotics, and “human amplification technologies,” has also been focusing a significant portion of its research on ways to help older people maintain their health, happiness, and independence as long as possible.

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MARCH 26, 2015

To celebrate its 150 th anniversary in 2015, BASF is rolling out a global co-creation program with partners on the topics of energy, food and urban living. Electric (Battery) Materials Personal Transit Solar Urban mobility Weight reduction' —Oliver Risse, Founder and CEO of Floatility.

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JANUARY 13, 2015

Honda also announced plans to introduce new VTEC Turbo engines to be built in Ohio and debut later in 2015. Production of the new VTEC Turbo engines will begin later this year at Honda’s Anna, Ohio, engine plant, the largest automobile engine plant in Honda’s global production network. Honda FCV Concept.

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MARCH 27, 2024

Between 2012 and 2016, diesel accounted for half of the company’s global sales. Electrek’s Take It’s good to see the end stages for diesel, which peaked in 2015, some 30 years after it first achieved a double-digit share of the European market. But those days are over now as the company moves toward an all-electric future.

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