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China publishes plan to boost fuel-efficient and new energy vehicles and domestic auto industry; targeting 500K PHEVs and EVs in 2015, rising to 2M by 2020

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The central government’s plan, posted on its website, is targeting the production of 500,000 plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles by 2015, with output to grow to 2 million units of those types by 2020. 2012 Chinese Auto Industry Development Report. By 2020, average passenger car fuel consumption is to drop to 5.0

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EC rolls out CARS 2020 action plan for European auto industry

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Antonio Tajani, Vice President of the European Commission in charge of Industry and Entrepreneurship, introduced the EC’s CARS 2020 Action Plan aimed at reinforcing the European automotive industry’s competitiveness and sustainability heading towards 2020. of around 16% of GDP to as much as 20% by 2020.

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China Auto Ownership Expected to Exceed 200M in 2020

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Estimated automobile ownership in China will exceed 200 million by 2020, causing serious energy security and environmental issues, according to Wang Fuchang, director of the Department of Equipment Industry under China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. People’s Daily.

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US Auto Industry Down 8% Since 2019

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It’s time for another one of our quarterly US auto sales reports. No other media outlet compares US auto industry trends with as much history and depth as we do in these.

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US Auto Industry Rose 8% in 4th Quarter, While EV Industry Grew 29%

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The US auto industry continues to grow following its long recovery from the COVID-19 epidemic and economic shutdown of 2020–2021. continued] The post US Auto Industry Rose 8% in 4th Quarter, While EV Industry Grew 29% appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Study finds technology cost of achieving European 2020 LDV CO2 targets more than offset by resultant fuel savings

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Provisional 2030 economic impact of achieving the 2020 targets in the two Phase I scenarios—Current Policy Initiatives and Tech 1— compared to baseline. In the second scenario, Tech 1, cars and vans achieve slightly higher efficiency levels in 2020 and continue along a similar trajectory of around 3% annual improvement.

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Navigant Research ranks NVIDIA as top automated vehicle compute platform

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Development of automated driving (AD) technologies continues at a brisk pace in 2020 with more than 70 companies including legacy automakers, suppliers, startups, and technology companies new to the auto industry involved. Automated Vehicle Compute Platforms Leaderboard. Navigant Leaderboard.

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