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Nikkei: India passes Japan to become world’s No. 3 auto market in 2022

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million sold in Japan, according to a Nikkei report. In Japan, 4,201,321 vehicles were sold in 2022, down 5.6% from 2021, according to data from the Japan Automobile Dealers Association and the Japan Light Motor Vehicle and Motorcycle Association. In Japan, 4,201,321 vehicles were sold in 2022, down 5.6%

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Toyota launches new RAV4 PHEV in Japan

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Toyota has launched the new model RAV4 plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) ( earlier post ) through dealerships in Japan. The fifth generation RAV4 was released in April 2019. Since its debut in 1994, RAV4 has pioneered the crossover SUV market, and remains the market leader.

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Nissan to establish EV battery plants in Japan & Britain

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Nissan to establish EV battery plants in Japan & Britain. Nissan Motor Co will partners with China-based battery maker Envision AESC group to establish new battery plants for electric vehicles in Japan and United Kingdom. Gupta said that it had battery sourcing in China, Japan, Europe and the United States.

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JATO: global vehicle sales fall by 39% in March; electrified vehicles up to 17.4% new registration market share in Europe

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million units in March 2020, down by 39% from March 2019. Overall, the total for the first quarter of 2020 already highlights a reduction of 26% Q1 2019 with sales decreasing to 17.42 The passenger cars registrations for Europe-27 were 848,800 units, down by 52% compared to March 2019. Global vehicle sales totalled 5.55

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IHS Markit: global auto sales to drop 22% this year

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million units, a drop of 15% from 2019 levels. Nearly all dealers are back to work and there are signals of an uptick in showroom traffic, but consumer confidence remains fragile. million-unit decline from 2019, according to the latest IHS Markit forecast. million in 2019. million in 2019. million in 2019.

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Nissan announced £1bn battery plant & EV crossover in UK  

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Recently, it has also announced the partnership with China-based battery maker Envision AESC group to establish new battery plants for electric vehicles in Japan and United Kingdom. Gupta said that it had battery sourcing in China, Japan, Europe and the United States. million cars last year, about 23% down from 2019.

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TVS & BMW Motorrad extends partnership to develop electric vehicles 

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” Their products are widely accepted across all over the world such as in the EU, the US, Japan, China and India. TVS Motor had also announced in 2019 that it is going to launch India’s first ethanol motorcycle.

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