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EEA: almost all Euro car makers met specific 2017 CO2 targets on new sales, but emissions up year-on-year

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All but three European car manufacturers met their specific emission targets in 2017, based on current European vehicle test rules. Nevertheless, average carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions from new cars sold in the European Union in 2017 rose by 0.4g This increase brings car manufacturers further away from their 2021 targets.

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Toyota moves to expand mass-production of fuel cell stacks and hydrogen tanks towards ten-fold increase post-2020

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To prepare for this growth, the company unveiled plans for two major new facilities: a brand-new building near its original automobile factory for expanding fuel cell (FC) stack mass production, and a new line in an existing plant to manufacture high-pressure hydrogen tanks.

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Colorado releases plan to support EVs on state’s highways, accelerate EV adoption

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John Hickenlooper released of the Colorado Electric Vehicle (EV) Plan , delivering on a directive set forth in the July 2017 Executive Order, “Supporting Colorado’s Clean Energy Transition.” As of October 2017 there were 11,931 EVs (BEVs and PHEVs) in Colorado, according to the ZEV Sales Dashboard. Colorado Gov.

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Toyota and Panasonic to establish automotive prismatic battery JV

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The scope of the joint venture's business operations will cover research, development, production engineering, manufacturing, procurement, order receipt, and management related to automotive prismatic lithium-ion batteries, solid-state batteries, and next-generation batteries. Toyota will hold 51% of the JV, and Panasonic 49%.

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NEVS partners with Hewlett Packard Enterprise to accelerate global electric car production

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As part of the project, HPE will create a global manufacturing IT platform for NEVS that will operate across plants in Sweden and China. NEVS, a Swedish holding company, was founded in 2012 and acquired the main assets of the former Saab Automobile company. NEVS will begin production of its first electric vehicle in 2017.

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FCA US and Aurora to partner to develop and to deploy self-driving commercial vehicles

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Delivering level 4 autonomy, Aurora Driver is composed of technology that is able to sense and navigate the environment without human intervention. —Mike Manley, Chief Executive Officer, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. The Aurora Driver is Aurora’s self-driving platform that comprises hardware, software, and data services.

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Audi to launch 3 new electric models by 2020; subsequent electrification in renewed core; targeting 1/3 electrified unit sales by 2025

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The premium manufacturer will unveil the A8 at the first Audi Summit to be held in Barcelona on 11 July. With a subsidiary founded in March 2017, Audi will take over the leading role within the Volkswagen Group in the development of autonomous driving. billion (US$1.3 The net cash flow increased to more than €1.5 billion (US$1.7

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