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NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Spain-based SEAT, a member of the Volkswagen Group, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Volkswagen Group China and Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Group Corp., Ltd (JAC) to advance e-mobility in China. This partnership also represents the benefits of a globalized approach to delivering sustainable mobility.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2018

BASF and the Research and Development Center of Guangzhou Automobile Group Co. GAC R&D Center) introduced three co-developed electric concept cars at Auto Guangzhou 2018, featuring futuristic designs that address the diverse needs of China’s drivers.

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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

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JUNE 2, 2017

In the presence of Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in Berlin, Volkswagen signed a joint venture agreement with the Chinese automaker Anhui Jianghuai Automobile (JAC). —Matthias Müller, CEO of the Volkswagen Group. 11 brands of the Volkswagen Group are represented in China.

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JUNE 12, 2017

ChangAn Automobile and Groupe PSA signed an in-depth strategic cooperation agreement to further deepen their cooperation started 6 years ago to establish the DS premium brand in China. The partners are planning one DS launch per year from 2018, with New Energy Vehicles to be considered by both partners.

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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. Additionally, Volkswagen Truck & Bus signed a letter of intent with GAZ Group which will enable the companies to identify the possibilities for a long-term strategic partnership. TDI engines.

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JUNE 6, 2022

The Stuttgart-based sports car manufacturer is participating in a Series D funding round by the Croatian automotive technology group Rimac Group. Porsche made its first investment in Rimac in 2018 and has successively increased its interest. Following the transaction, Porsche will continue to hold around 20% of the Rimac Group.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2020

Yamaha Motor has begun accepting orders for a high-performance electric motor prototype that is capable of delivering industry-leading high power density for automobiles and other types of vehicles. 35kW prototype unit under development. Sample dual-motor package.

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MARCH 13, 2018

The Volkswagen Group is expanding its production of electric vehicles to 16 locations around the globe by the end of 2022. This was announced by Matthias Müller, CEO of Volkswagen AG, at the Group’s Annual Media Conference in Berlin. The Volkswagen Group says that it has the financial resources for the transformation.

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JULY 7, 2017

Volkswagen Group Research and leading robotics company KUKA will intensify their strategic partnership with the joint development of area ofrobot-based innovation concepts for vehicles of the future. One of the aims of the research collaboration is to develop robot-based innovations for all-electric and autonomous automobiles.

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DECEMBER 5, 2017

Groupe PSA and Nidec Corporation, through Nidec Leroy-Somer Holding, will form a joint venture in the field of electric traction motors. Groupe PSA has made the strategic choice to anchor the design and production of the main components of the electric traction powertrain in France. billion) in 2030.

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DECEMBER 18, 2019

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. million vehicles, with revenues of nearly €170 billion (US$189 billion), recurring operating profit of more than €11 billion (US$12 billion) and an operating profit margin of 6.6%, all on a simple aggregated basis of 2018 results. DFG has agreed to sell, and Groupe PSA has agreed to buy, 30.7

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JUNE 19, 2020

Through Symbio, the joint venture it formed with the automotive equipment manufacturer Faurecia, Groupe Michelin has become a preferential partner of the MissionH24 project which seeks to accelerate the development of zero-emissions mobility through the use of fuel cell technology in endurance racing.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

For the first time, the Volkswagen Group has been classed as the most sustainable automaker in the world’s leading sustainability ranking. RobecoSAM AG has listed Volkswagen AG as the Industry Group Leader in the Automobiles and Components sector in this year’s review of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI).

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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. Also, at the Beijing Motor Show in 2018, it officially announced that more than 20 electric vehicles would be launched in China by 2025.

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JANUARY 22, 2021

Since winning China’s first commercial road test license in 2018, Trunk.Tech driverless trucks have carried out a large number of practical road tests on China roadways. The ecosystem includes Trunk.Tech and Bosch Group at the driverless truck terminal. It completed the country’s first high-speed test for fully autonomous driving.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2022

liter V8 engine for automobiles that is fueled entirely by hydrogen. Yamaha began developing a hydrogen engine for automobiles about five years ago. Toyota Motor Corporation has commissioned Yamaha Motor to develop a 5.0-liter We are working toward achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. Hydrogen: not a stand-in for gasoline.

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DECEMBER 11, 2018

The new electric car brand Aion S—recently unveiled at Auto Guangzhou 2018 by GAC NE, GAC MOTOR’s new energy vehicle arm—will be the first line of cars to adopt Nidec’s fully integrated traction motor system (E-Axle) ( earlier post ). Earlier post.).

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APRIL 19, 2013

The Volkswagen Group, through its two Chinese joint ventures, will be investing more than €9.8 The Volkswagen Group is building seven new plants in China. By 2018, the workforce is to increase from 75,000 to 100,000 people. The seven new plants will set new standards for sustainable automobile production.

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OCTOBER 17, 2012

The new Pike Pulse Report: Clean Diesel Vehicles from Pike Research ranks the Volkswagen Group as the leader in this market, due to the efforts of the Volkswagen and Audi brands. Hyundai Kia Automotive Group; Fiat-Chrysler; and the automotive partnership of RenaultNissan. Volkswagen Group. Pike Pulse Grid for clean diesels.

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OCTOBER 6, 2014

Aluminum companies are in an “ ebullient mood ”, WSD says, due in part to the aluminum-bodied 2015 Ford F-150 ( earlier post ) and an Aluminum Association report, authored by the Ducker Worldwide consulting group, forecasting that by 2025 three-in-four pickup trucks will have an all-aluminum body. From 2018 to 2021: 11.4%, or 166 pounds.

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JULY 22, 2019

BMW Brilliance Automotive (BBA) has become the first automobile manufacturer to enable full 5G wireless coverage at all its plants. With this development, BBA becomes the first automobile manufacturer to use 5G technology in automotive development and production. Full 5G coverage, transfer rate of 1 Gbps.

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MAY 11, 2016

PSA Group and Dongfeng Motors (DFM) have deepened their strategic partnership with the signing of a new agreement to design an electric version of the Common Modular Platform (CMP), which they have been developing jointly since April 2015. PSA Peugeot Citroën and Dongfeng Group (DFG) entered their strategic partnership in March 2014.

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JULY 15, 2022

The combustion engine is based on the DTM unit used in the BMW M4 DTM in 2017 and 2018. The normally-aspirated P66/1 eight-cylinder engine used in the 2017 and 2018 seasons in the BMW M4 DTM was the one that got the nod. BMW M Hybrid V8 engine.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Buick’s vehicle-to-everything (V2X) technology made its debut at the Guangzhou International Automobile Exhibition. Later this year, Buick will become the first brand in China officially to roll out the market-ready technology on a production vehicle, a Buick GL8. Past work on V2X in China.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2014

China’s Dongfeng Motor Group (DFG) will invest at least €800 (US$1.1 A capital increase reserved for employees will be offered in the course of 2014, in order to give them the opportunity to participate in the value creation potential of the Group. billion by 2018, shared equally by the two partners. Industrial partnership.

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OCTOBER 24, 2017

the BMW Group opened a new “High-Voltage Battery Center” in Shenyang, China. The Group believes that in-house production gives it a decisive competitive advantage by securing know-how in new technologies, gaining key systems expertise and leveraging cost benefits. In 2014, the BMW Group and Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Ltd.

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JANUARY 4, 2018

The Volkswagen Group and self-driving technology startup Aurora Innovation, founded by technology veterans from Google, Tesla and Uber, announced a strategic collaboration ahead of the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. For me this is the reinvention of mobility and the automobile. Earlier post.).

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DECEMBER 11, 2012

The Volkswagen Group laid the foundation stone for its new engine plant next to the Volkswagen vehicle plant at Kaluga. From 2015, the Group will supply its vehicle assembly plant at Kaluga and contract production at the GAZ plant in Nizhny Novgorod with the locally produced engines. billion) in Russia over the next three years.

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MAY 25, 2010

The Volkswagen Group will take a 90.1% The Volkswagen Group has enjoyed successful cooperation with IDG for many decades. The Volkswagen Group will be continuing its model initiative over the coming years and will benefit from the capacity and competence of Italdesign. stake in Italdesign Giugiaro S.p.A. —Prof.

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JANUARY 10, 2018

Visteon Corporation, a global leader in automotive cockpit electronics, signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Guangzhou Automobile Group Co., Automotive Engineering Institute (GAC Engineering), a leading China-based vehicle manufacturer, to develop and deploy autonomous driving and other cockpit electronics solutions.

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MARCH 15, 2018

The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers (Auto Alliance) is strongly supporting the passage of Maryland’s SB 1234 , a bill that would require the State of Maryland to purchase zero emission vehicles (ZEVs) for state fleets. The bill would take effect 1 July 2018. Maryland is one of nine states that has adopted California’s ZEV Mandate.

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APRIL 11, 2019

Sales of electric vehicles in the US increased by more than 80% in 2018 and two manufacturers have already hit the lifetime cap of 200,000 units (GM and Tesla). The Nature Conservancy, Toyota Motor North America, Union of Concerned Scientists, Volkswagen Group of America, and Volta. ITC Holdings Corp., ITC Holdings Corp.,

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OCTOBER 17, 2018

Groupe Renault and Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Limited (Brilliance), who earlier this year formed Renault-Brilliance-Jinbei Automotive Co., 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.

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JULY 6, 2021

The Volkswagen Group’s Porsche and Croatian hyper-EV developer Rimac have agreed to set up a joint venture that incorporates Bugatti—another Volkswagen Group brand that is moving to the control of Porsche. Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. Today is a good day for Bugatti and Rimac, Porsche and also for the Volkswagen Group.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2010

The Volkswagen Group will invest around €51.6 billion), the Group will spend most of the total amount to be invested in property, plant and equipment in the Automotive Division on modernizing and extending the product range of all its brands. The Group is trying to complete a complex merger with Porsche. billion (US$76.5

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2009

The Volkswagen Group is set to continue its growth in China over the next few years. Between 2009 and 2011, the Group is to invest a total of €4 billion (US$5.8 For the Volkswagen Group, China is one of the most important markets in the world. Winfried Vahland, President and CEO of Volkswagen Group China.

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