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Audi begins construction of first North American plant

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Starting in mid-2016, the plant will produce the successor generation of the successful Audi Q5 SUV. r (Hungary); Bratislava (Slovakia); Changchun (China); Aurangabad (India); Martorell (Spain); and Jakarta (Indonesia). Audi’s current production sites include the German sites in Ingolstadt and Neckarsulm; Brussels (Belgium); Gy?r

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

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—Felipe Munoz, JATO’s global analyst. Globally, Europe was the world’s third-largest car market behind China and the US. 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.

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Opel introducing new 1.6L diesel engine family; fuel consumption reduced by up to 10%, Euro 6 compliant

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By the end of this year we will have launched three all-new generations of gasoline and diesel engines, as part of our roll-out of 23 new models and 13 new powertrains by 2016. liter diesel and its engine control unit have been entirely developed in-house by a global team of engineers in Turin, Rüsselsheim and the US.

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Toyota Environmental Activities Grant Program accepting application for 2017 awards

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Toyota established the annual program in 2000 in commemoration of Toyota’s receipt of the Global 500 Award in 1999 from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); this year marks the program’s 18 th year. 2016 Toyota Environmental Activities Grant Program Recipients. WWF Hungary. Grant Category. Project Description.

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Siemens and Valeo to form joint venture in high-voltage electric powertrains

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This joint venture also illustrates the ability of European companies to develop leading industrial partnerships to bring breakthrough technologies to the global market. The company’s structures will be lean and adapted to global market requirements and the international competitive environment.

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Mercedes-Benz Rastatt plant to produce compact electric EQ vehicles; 3rd center of competence for EQ models in Germany

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Mercedes-Benz announced that its Rastatt plant—the company’s lead plant in global production of compact cars—will produce compact-class electric EQ models in the future. In 2016, more than 300,000 vehicles rolled off its production lines. Ten billion euros (US$11.2

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Bosch supplying factory equipment for battery production; €250M business by 2025

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Our assumption is that the global battery market will grow up to 25 percent each year. The company has been involved in the field of electromobility since 2016 and, in addition to high-voltage heaters and recharging solutions, also focuses on battery systems for electrified vehicles. Bosch is doing its part to meet this demand.

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