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DECEMBER 17, 2015

The Volkswagen Group is continuing its restructuring in the aftermath of the diesel engine emissions scandal. The number of top managers reporting directly to the CEO has been almost halved, and new appointments to several posts will take effect in the first quarter of 2016. Wolfram Thomas takes charge of Group Production.

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MAY 9, 2017

China-based automobile manufacturer Guangzhou Automobile Group (GAC Group), the parent company of GAC Motor, has begun construction of a large industrial park for electric and intelligent vehicles as part of its efforts to boost its electric vehicle business. More than 45 billion yuan (US$6.5 billion yuan (US$679 million).

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AUGUST 16, 2017

BMW Group, Intel and Mobileye signed a memorandum of understanding with the intention for Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) to be the first automaker to join them in developing a world-leading, state-of-the-art autonomous driving platform for global deployment. Earlier post.)

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Prius set the global benchmark for hybrids, but now is breaking its own boundaries with more engaging style and fun-to-drive dynamics. —Bill Fay, group vice president and general manager, Toyota Division. The 2016 Prius is the first global vehicle to implement Toyota’s New Global Architecture (TNGA).

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JUNE 26, 2017

On 23 June 1992, the BMW Group announced its decision to build its US plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina. The BMW Group has invested US$8 billion in the production location to date and produced around 3.9 The BMW Group produces BMW X models in Spartanburg for the US and global markets. More than 1.5

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JULY 12, 2019

Ford Motor Company and Volkswagen AG are expanding their global alliance to include electric vehicles—and will collaborate with Argo AI to introduce autonomous vehicle technology in the US and Europe. Volkswagen started developing its MEB architecture in 2016, investing approximately $7 billion in this platform. Earlier post.).

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MAY 25, 2018

Foton Motor and Piaggio Group signed the agreement for a joint development project for new light-duty commercial vehicle products in Italy. Since 2016, Foton Motor and Piaggio Group have signed a Memorandum of Understanding and a Framework Agreement in succession.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2017

The Renault-Nissan Alliance delivered significant sales growth in 2016, with global sales of 9.96 million vehicles—including Mitsubishi Motors sales of 934,013 vehicles globally. In 2016, the Renault-Nissan Alliance, including Mitsubishi Motors i-MiEV series, sold 94,265 EVs, up more than 8% from 2015. Earlier post.)

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MARCH 19, 2014

The Volkswagen Group is re-ordering major parts of its international plant capacity deployment. The Group is building a new plant at Wrze?nia, nia plant will be commissioned in the second half of 2016. The Volkswagen Tiguan is to be assembled in Hanover in addition to Wolfsburg from 2016. The new Wrze?nia

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MAY 17, 2018

The BMW Group thus has become the first international auto maker to obtain the Autonomous Driving road test license in China, marking a big step on its path to Autonomous Driving. This achievement underlines BMW Group’s leading role in the development of autonomous driving in the Chinese automotive industry.

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APRIL 28, 2016

China-based internet company LeEco unveiled its LeSEE electric car concept this week at Auto China 2016—The 14th Beijing International Automobile Exhibition. Ding Lei is the Co-Founder, Global Vice Chairman, and Managing Director of SEE Plan. Ltd overseeing over twenty companies under the Zhangjiang Group. Earlier post.)

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JANUARY 13, 2023

Urban Mobility Systems BV, founded in 2016 by Lars Kool, is a clean-tech engineering, developer and supplier of electric powertrains for heavy-duty and off-road vehicles. Nuvera is a subsidiary of Hyster-Yale Group, Inc., Hyster-Yale Group is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc.

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JUNE 12, 2015

Ford will return to Le Mans in 2016 with the all-new Ford GT supercar ( earlier post ) to compete in the LM GTE Pro class, commemorating the 50 th anniversary of Ford’s 1966 overall victory. The Ford GT race car will debut in 2016, and will be campaigned by Chip Ganassi Racing. Click to enlarge. Drivers will be announced later.

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APRIL 5, 2022

Protean and DFM started to collaborate in 2016; last year, ProteanDrive successfully powered DFM’s E70 4WD to complete winter testing. In 2018, Weifu Group led Protean’s Series E funding round to support the industrialization of ProteanDrive, which included the launch of the joint venture, WFDT, in China.

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JUNE 2, 2017

The proposed merger brings together two leading companies in the global industrial gas industry, leveraging the proven strengths of each. Praxair’s Chairman and CEO, Steve Angel, will become CEO of the new group and will also be a board member of the new holding company.

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AUGUST 3, 2021

GAC Group and Huawei: the two firms are partnering to develop a medium- to large-size electric SUV Level 4 autonomous driving capabilities. GAC Group embraces and encourages extensive technological innovation in its vehicles, and Huawei is a global leader in many types of technology.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2015

Hyundai Motor is launching an all-new global luxury brand—Genesis—as a stand-alone brand that operates alongside the company’s popular Hyundai marque. To elevate and differentiate the Genesis brand from Hyundai, a distinct design identity, emblem, naming structure and customer service offering is being established.

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MARCH 28, 2014

BMW plans to invest US$ 1 billion in the company’s South Carolina plant, boosting annual production capacity by 50% up to 450,000 vehicles by the end of 2016. Norbert Reithofer, Chairman of the Board of Management, BMW Group. Today’s capacity is around 300,000 vehicles.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2017

ExxonMobil and Renewable Energy Group (REG) announced that by utilizing REG’s patented fermentation technology, the companies’ joint research program has demonstrated the ability to convert sugars from a variety of non-edible biomass sources into biodiesel. Earlier post.). In June 2017, ExxonMobil and partner Synthetic Genomics, Inc.

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JULY 31, 2019

Australia-based biotechnology company Circa Group, which produces its bio-based solvent Cyrene from waste cellulose, is participating in a project to develop the first UK industrial scale capability to reclaim and reuse the most valuable components of end-of-life electrical vehicle (EV) batteries. 50(68), 9650–9652. doi: 10.1039/c4cc04133j

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JULY 11, 2017

Siemens AG and The AES Corporation are forming a new global energy storage technology and services company under the name Fluence. The joint venture will bring together AES’ experience deploying energy storage in seven countries with Siemens’ energy technology leadership and its global sales presence in more than 160 countries.

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JUNE 8, 2017

At the close of the meeting, Governor Brown and Chair Nichols agreed to establish a new working group through the China-US ZEV Policy Lab at UC Davis to expand cooperation with Chinese zero-emission vehicle and battery technology companies. million ZEVs on the roads by 2025 and 4-5 million by 2030.

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MAY 6, 2014

One will be a PHEV version of the new Chrysler Town & Country minivan to be introduced in 2016; the second will be a PHEV version of a new full-size crossover vehicle to be introduced in 2017. With the exception of a relatively small group of early adopters, the market continues to be primarily driven by regulatory requirements.

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JULY 3, 2014

The BMW Group will invest $1 billion to build a new plant in Mexico in close proximity to the city of San Luis Potosí in the state of the same name. This move is in line with the company’s clear strategic policy of ensuring globally-balanced growth. The Americas are among the most important growth markets for the BMW Group.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2014

million units by 2016. The dual-clutch gearboxes produced especially for the Chinese market will be used in several Group models in China in the future. The new transmission production company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group. Think Blue Factory. million vehicles, representing an increase of 15.2%

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JULY 11, 2016

Global Bioenergies, IBN-One and Lantmännen Aspen, world market leader in alkylate gasoline for two- and four-stroke small engines, have entered into a partnership on renewable isooctane ( earlier post ) for specialty fuel applications. —Thomas Buhl, Head of business development at Global Bioenergies. billion (US$3.8 billion).

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JUNE 18, 2022

META’s Advanced Materials and Battery Products group will continue joint development, licensing, and manufacturing scale-up of Optodot’s technology in partnership with leading OEMs. The global market for lithium-ion battery separators was an estimated $5.1 —George Palikaras, President and CEO META.

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OCTOBER 24, 2017

the BMW Group opened a new “High-Voltage Battery Center” in Shenyang, China. By 2025, we expect our electrified BMW and MINI models to account for between 15 and 25 percent of global sales. The high-voltage batteries needed for these models come from the BMW Group plants in Dingolfing, Spartanburg and now also Shenyang.

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OCTOBER 30, 2014

Ford projects utility vehicles will account for 29% of its global sales by the end of the decade. Ford utility vehicles—ranging from the compact EcoSport to the eight-seat Expedition—accounted for 23% of brand sales globally in 2013, up from 17% a year earlier. Small utilities are now the largest segment in the US market.

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MARCH 30, 2022

Denmark has been a global leader in sustainability, and has pledged to reduce its carbon emissions by 70% by 2030. In 2016, Geely Holding invested in Carbon Recycling International (CRI) which utilizes renewable energy and carbon capture to synthesize green e-methanol on an industrial scale.

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APRIL 29, 2016

In his remarks at the Annual Media Conference, where the Group presented 2015 results, Matthias Müller, Chairman of the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG, said that 2016 will be a year of transition for Volkswagen, and will also see the accelerated transformation of the company. The Volkswagen Group delivered 9.9

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JANUARY 29, 2014

With previous professional experience as CEO of Asian Operations for Chrysler Group and the CEO of General Motors China Group, Murtaugh provides keen insight into Pinnacle’s planned expansion in 2014, focused heavily on Asian markets.

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JANUARY 30, 2023

This novel pathway will provide one more option to address the global need to produce and make SAF available globally and help the aviation industry decarbonize. The Alcohol to Jet Synthetic Paraffinic Kerosene pathway (ATJ-SPK) has been certified in 2016 as meeting international standards for jet fuel.

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JANUARY 5, 2016

Torotrak Group and Wrightbus have completed the in-service trial of a Wrightbus StreetLite midi bus fitted with Torotrak’s Flybrid mechanical kinetic energy recovery system (KERS). In collaboration with its global Tier 1 manufacturing partner, Torotrak is on track to commence production of bus KERS systems from mid-2016 onwards.

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OCTOBER 24, 2012

PSA Peugeot Citroën and General Motors confirmed important steps toward the execution of their Global Strategic Alliance. The Alliance aims to launch the first vehicles on these common programs by the end of 2016. A joint Multi-Purpose Vehicle program for the small car segment for Opel/Vauxhall and the Citroën brand.

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MARCH 20, 2024

Sajjan Jindal the chairman of the JSW Group says he wants to create a ‘Maruti movement’ with the “new energy vehicles.” “With MG, my dream is that we will create a Maruti movement. But then this idea of making a car in India by the JSW group remained in my head.” MG is a global brand with a history of 100 years.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2019

In 2016, Honda officially announced its strategy to accelerate electrification: its global sales of the electric vehicles including HEV, PHEV, and EV are to reach 65% of the group in 2030. The cooperation models, which will be developed by Honda and CATL together, will be introduced to global markets beyond China.

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