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Renault and Brilliance sign strategic cooperation agreement with Liaoning province, China; 3 new electric LCVs in 2 years

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Liaoning Province is one of China’s new automobile industrial hubs with more than 120 auto & auto-parts manufacturers and is the largest provincial economy of Northeast China. The Chinese LCV market forecast is for 3 million units per year, growing and moving rapidly. —Renault Chairman and CEO Carlos Ghosn.

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Green Hydrogen Cars: How They are Different?

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Fuel cells, like stem cells in medical science, are a new technology in the automobile industry. According to the International Energy Agency, global demand for hydrogen as a fuel has quadrupled since 1975, reaching 70 million tonnes per year in 2018. What exactly is an FCEV?

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VW Chief Executive Says Company Will Introduce EVs Based on the Up! New Small Family in 2013; Cautions Against Electro-Hype

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This performance, Winterkorn said, “ is no reason for euphoria ” but shows that the Volkswagen group—which comprises nine automotive brands—is staying on course, and shows that its strategy to 2018 is on the right track. Experts, consultants and politicians tumble over one another with forecasts. We have rock-solid finances.

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Nidec to form electric traction motor JV with a subsidiary of Guangzhou Automobile Group

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Nidec’s fully integrated automotive traction motor system E-Axle (announced in April 2018). As the trend of car electrification intensifies, the automotive motor market, strategically important for Nidec, is forecast to double its size to six trillion yen (US$55.9 The tentative name of the JV is Guangzhou Nidec Auto Drive System Co.,

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Are Rising EV Inventories Proof Nobody Wants Them?

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Despite elevated fuel prices, aggressive marketing, and most companies vowing to transition toward building electrified automobiles exclusively, America has an EV supply of more than 100 days on dealer lots. share of battery electric vehicles has grown from a negligible fraction of a percent to over 6 percent between 2018 and 2023.