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Zinnov: automotive witnessing highest disruption among all industries; ~$6B invested in start-ups in FY 2015

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With ~$6 billion invested in automotive start-ups in FY 2015, new companies are booming. Additionally, the report also discusses the massive changes in the traditional siloed innovation structures with its clear demarcations for internal and external collaborations.

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Ford Car Buying Trends 2015 shows increasing demand for semi-autonomous driving technologies in Europe

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Ford Car Buying Trends 2015 , a study of new car buying habits in 22 countries across Europe, highlights regional trends and national differences. In the past year, more customers in Ireland went for diesel-powered cars (70%) than anywhere else, followed by Turkey and Romania (both 65%).

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Study: air pollution causes 800,000 extra deaths a year in Europe and 8.8 million worldwide

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Using a new method of modeling the effects of various sources of outdoor air pollution on death rates, the researchers found that it caused an estimated 790,000 extra deaths in the whole of Europe in 2015 and 659,000 deaths in the 28 Member States of the European Union (EU-28). million deaths in 2015.

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European car market logs best year for alternative fueled vehicles, lowest diesel share since 2001

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Poland, Slovakia, Luxembourg and Lithuania all posted record levels of volume, while it was the best year since 2007 for Spain and Estonia, and the best year since 2008 for Romania, Hungary, Croatia and Latvia. In contrast, it was the worst year for registrations in Switzerland since 2010, the UK since 2013, and Norway since 2014.

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Ford doubles German production capacity of 1.0L EcoBoost to 1,000 units per day

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Ford of Europe has previously announced plans to triple annual production of vehicles equipped with fuel-efficient EcoBoost petrol engines to approximately 480,000 by 2015, from 141,000 in 2011. liter EcoBoost is also built in Ford’s Craiova, Romania, engine plant. Ford in Europe recently announced a new version of the Focus 1.0-liter

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Ford expands use of near-dry machining to six plants worldwide

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Craiova Engine Plant (Romania). Ford continues to work toward cutting water use 30 percent per vehicle by 2015. Plants that have switched to the MQL process include: Changan Ford Engine Plant (China). Cologne Engine Plant (Germany). Livonia Transmission Plant (Michigan). Romeo Engine Plant (Michigan).

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Renault-Nissan Alliance delivers €4.3B synergy target early; autonomous drive and connectivity expected to deliver major savings

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billion) in synergies in 2015, one year ahead of schedule and an increase of 13% from 2014. In 2015, Renault began selling the Kwid in India, followed by the launch of the Redi-Go by Datsun in mid-2016. and in India, Brazil, Romania, Turkey and China, among other locations. Renault-Nissan Alliance generated €4.3 billion (US$4.8

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