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JUNE 16, 2017

The Volkswagen Group and GAZ Group have extended their manufacturing agreement for Volkswagen and ŠKODA models in Russia until 2025. Volkswagen Group Rus and GAZ Group are extending their joint project to produce Volkswagen and ŠKODA cars at Gorky Automobile Plant and are opening up new development opportunities for the brands’ model ranges.

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APRIL 14, 2016

BAIC BJEV has been building its global R&D network in its core areas, i.e. electric and smart technologies, by establishing oversea R&D centers in Silicon Valley, USA; Aachen, Germany; Detroit, USA; and Barcelona, Spain. The first production car model based on the platform will be unveiled at Auto China 2016 in April. Earlier post.).

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NOVEMBER 1, 2017

The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) has published new data demonstrating the correlation between the market uptake of electrically-chargeable vehicles (ECVs) and both GDP and customer incentives. ECV market share of 5 biggest EU car markets in 2016. Lowest ECV market share in EU in 2016.

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JANUARY 23, 2014

AGC) to increase production for HFO-1234yf, a new refrigerant for automobiles with a global warming potential (GWP) of less than 1. AGC will manufacture HFO-1234yf in Japan, and Honeywell will market the product to customers in the U.S, The plant will use new process technology and is expected to be fully operational in 2016.

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MARCH 21, 2015

—Markus Schäfer, Member of the Divisional Board Mercedes-Benz Cars, Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management. The number of vocational training positions will also be increased by a total of 150 for five years starting from 2016. Engines Fuel Cells Hybrids Manufacturing Transmissions' Earlier post.)

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MARCH 1, 2017

Germany-based semiconductor supplier Infineon is Volkswagen’s first partner under its TRANSFORM 2025+ strategy ( earlier post ). A modern automobile is equipped with as many as 100 networked electronic control units (ECUs) and thousands of electronic components. Powerful ECUs ensure outstanding driving comfort and safety.

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DECEMBER 11, 2012

The Volkswagen Group is the largest foreign automobile investor in Russia. With the new engine plant, Volkswagen will ensure that at least 30% of the vehicles produced in Russia are equipped with locally manufactured engines by 2016. Since 2006, the Group has invested about €1 billion (US$1.3

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Auto manufacturing capacity continues to grow, and annual output could reach the 100 million mark by 2016. Automobiles are major contributors to air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. China consolidated its lead, manufacturing 17.3 Rising sales translate into an ever-expanding global vehicle parc.

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OCTOBER 24, 2017

The new plant is the first battery factory of any premium automotive manufacturer in China and the third in the Group’s production network, after Germany and the US, said Oliver Zipse, member of the Board of Management of BMW AG, responsible for Production.

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JANUARY 18, 2010

The countries covered in this research service are Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. g/km—in model year 2016. Eco-innovations will count for up to 7 grams of manufacturers’ fleet targets. Earlier post.)

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DECEMBER 2, 2015

A team from the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) with colleagues from the US, China and Germany tested 73 Euro 6 diesel passenger cars on a chassis dynamometer over both the European type-approval cycle (NEDC, cold engine start) and the more realistic Worldwide harmonized light-duty test cycle (WLTC version 2.0,

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MAY 14, 2016

The system was presented in a near-production scenario at the Volkswagen AG IT Symposium 2016. Google Germany GmbH. A further exhibit was concerned with automobile fleet data. Key features include the measurement of ambient conditions using several sensors, collision detection and avoidance as well as intuitive gesture control.

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DECEMBER 10, 2015

At a press conference in Germany today, Volkswagen Group executives provided details on the status of its investigation—which is being coordinated by a special committee of the Supervisory Board—into the diesel emissions debacle. liter TDI, will begin in January 2016. Earlier post.). The software of the 2.0

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APRIL 5, 2011

In Germany, renewable electricity generation will be 35 percent by 2020, and 50 percent by 2050. mpg by 2016. Or an RPS program that is non-voluntary with a common goal and timing objective such as those found in China, Germany or France? In contrast, China’s 12 th five-year plan, March 5, 2011, requires 11.4 Source: EIA.

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OCTOBER 7, 2015

Research institutes and manufacturers cooperate to investigate how humans and machines interact and how to predict human behavior. Completion date for the consortium’s research work is early 2016. Novel techniques are developed on the basis of experimental studies. University of Braunschweig; Tech. University of Chemnitz; Tech.

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for 2016, followed by the Model X. Bolstered by production in China for that key market, soon to be augmented by new plants in Austin, Texas, and Germany, Tesla does not appear to be looking back, but if it did would continue to see other automakers in its rearview mirror. The Model S is the best-selling plug-in car in the U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

In Neuberg, Germany, Audi presented the Group’s first all-electric race car: the Audi e-tron FE04 for the Formula E series. In Formula E, the teams and manufacturers are allowed to develop the powertrain consisting of the motor, transmission, parts of the suspension and the respective software.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Audi is the first manufacturer worldwide to use this technology in a production plug-in hybrid. The Q7 PHEV will arrive in dealerships in Germany in 2016, and will likely come to the US, although perhaps with a gasoline-engine variant. Audi and other German manufacturers use the Combined Charging System (CCS).

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Europe Is Getting Organized In February 2021 , the European Union was advised by the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association that binding targets should be set to have one million electric vehicle charging stations set up by 2024 and three million in place by 2029.

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