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MARCH 16, 2021

Preliminary data in EPA’s 2020 Automotive Trends Report shows average fuel economy for model year 2020 light-duty vehicles increased to 25.7 From 2005–2020 average fuel economy rose by 29%. Source: EPA 2020 Automotive Trends Report. miles per gallon (MPG).

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

His analysis found that if electrolyzed hydrogen were to be produced using a 2020 US electrical grid mix, its use would be associated with approximately 2.5x He looked at three different resources that forecast the future composition of the US electrical power grid. Ansell presented his findings at AIAA Aviation 2023 in June.

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JANUARY 30, 2023

In the first half of 2022, motors with oil cooling became the dominant form in the electric car market, taking 50% market share, according to a report from IDTechEx. IDTechEx is predicting oil to gain an even greater market share with purely water jacket-cooled motors remaining in a significant way.

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JULY 20, 2020

Solid-oxide-fuel-cell manufacturer Bloom Energy is entering the commercial hydrogen market by introducing hydrogen-powered fuel cells and electrolyzers that produce renewable hydrogen. The Bloom Energy Servers are a proven market leader in clean, reliable, and resilient on-site power. —Jason Ahn, CEO of SK E&C.

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MARCH 18, 2022

Toyota Ventures launched its third global “call for innovation” today to search for early-stage companies that can help make the factory of the future a reality sooner. We take a founder-first approach to investing, partnering with entrepreneurs to help them bring disruptive technologies and business models to market more quickly.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2019

The BMW Group and Great Wall Motor have launched a new joint venture—Spotlight Automotive Limited—and are building a joint plant in China, where the BMW Group will produce future fully-electric models of its MINI brand. The construction phase is planned for 2020 to 2022.

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DECEMBER 9, 2020

In a new report—“ Full Hybrid Electric Vehicle Markets 2021-2041 ”—IDTechEx forecasts that market value for hybrid electric vehicles will peak at $792 billion in 2027. The European car market is expected to see a significant drop in sales for 2020 due to COVID-19 related shutdowns.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2019

develop the Volkswagen Automotive Cloud, one of the largest dedicated automotive industry clouds for all future Volkswagen digital services and mobility offerings. Volkswagen intends to expand the global footprint of its Automotive Cloud, which has previously been developed mainly for the European market, to China and the United States.

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JANUARY 17, 2019

In an industry-first move, Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) has announced that in 2020 it will start the launch of an electric range of Volvo-branded compact wheel loaders and compact excavators. With this move, Volvo CE is the first construction equipment manufacturer to commit to an electric future for its compact machine range.

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AUGUST 25, 2015

will drive global market growth, resulting in a global rare earth elements market reaching $10.96 billion in 2020. Factors such as limited reserves, strict regulatory guidelines, complicated extraction process and heavy capital deployment are likely to adversely affect market growth. from 2014 to 2020.

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JULY 2, 2021

GM announced today that a “significant portion” of GM’s future battery-grade lithium hydroxide and carbonate could come from the Hell’s Kitchen development. GM will be the first company to make a multi-million dollar investment in CTR’s Hell’s Kitchen project.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Whether steel mills will revert to vanadium now that prices of ferro-vanadium and ferro-niobium are close to parity is unsure as niobium price stability is perceived as a major marketing advantage, according to Roskill. Another key characteristic of the niobium market is its highly concentrated supply.

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JANUARY 26, 2015

Market research firm ABI Research forecasts that the market for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) will grow from US$11.1 billion by 2020, passing the US$200 billion mark by 2024. These findings are part of ABI Research’s Automotive Safety and Autonomous Driving Market Research. billion in 2014 to US$91.9

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Electric Driver

AUGUST 29, 2023

Recently, someone asked me, “What’s the future of electric vehicles in five years?” Electric vehicles have come a long way since the first inception of an electric vehicle in 1832; 2020 has […] The post What’s the Future of Electric Vehicles in Five Years?

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FEBRUARY 2, 2021

to break into Singapore’s last-mile delivery market. On January 28, the two companies signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at launching a pilot project in Singapore using the Niro EV and evaluating the potential for a future PBV-based business model. From Kia’s Plan S presentation in 2020.

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JANUARY 22, 2019

British luxury yacht manufacturer Sunseeker International and Rolls-Royce will present the first yacht fitted with an MTU series-production hybrid propulsion system in 2020. Sunseeker and MTU are presenting the new hybrid propulsion system at Boot Düsseldorf until 27 January.

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DECEMBER 10, 2012

In a new report, Pike Research forecasts that the advanced lead-acid battery (LAB) market will expand at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 19.8% Of the projected US$18-billion market in 2020, 58% of the sales will be from the transportation sector, historically one of the most of important industries for lead-acid batteries.

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JANUARY 31, 2023

trillion cubic feet (Tcf) in 2021, a 32% increase from 2020, according to the US Energy Information Administration’s (EIA’s) recently released Proved Reserves of Crude Oil and Natural Gas in the United States, Year-End 2021 report. per million British thermal units in 2021, almost doubling from 2020, according to data from Refinitiv.

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OCTOBER 30, 2022

While electric cars will remain the largest electric vehicle market for the foreseeable future in terms of battery demand and market revenue generation, most transport sectors are facing a transition. There are relatively few strong market drivers for electric vehicles in construction. Electric Trucks - 4.3

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MARCH 22, 2018

SEAT, a member of the Volkswagen Group, will introduce its first fully electric vehicle in 2020. The EV launch comes as part of a product offensive, in which SEAT will launch one new car every six months until 2020. SEAT is going to launch one new car every six months until 2020. —SEAT President Luca de Meo. billion (US$4.1

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JANUARY 7, 2021

million vehicles in China in 2020. million vehicles in 2020 followed on 3.09 million vehicles in 2020 followed on 3.09 We expect China’s vehicle market to continue growing in the long term and have a positive outlook on 2021. Its NEV sales in 2020 grew four-fold from a year earlier. from a year earlier.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Hyundai Motor Group also expects to reduce complexity of its EV assembly line, allowing for rapid response to changing market demands and customer preferences. With this collaboration, Hyundai Motor Group doubles down on its recent commitment to invest US$87 billion over the next five years to foster future growth. Earlier post.)

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JUNE 9, 2023

A suggestive market-wide simulation extrapolation indicates that if every gasoline vehicle had a BEV option in 2030, the majority of new car and near-majority of new sport-utility vehicle choice shares could be electric in that year due to projected technology improvements alone. —Forsythe et al. Forsythe et al.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Additionally, major automakers are investing heavily in R&D to develop affordable and high-performing electric vehicle models specifically designed for the Indian market. The Indian government has introduced various incentives and initiatives, such as subsidies and tax benefits, to promote the adoption of electric autos.

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JUNE 13, 2011

Light-duty vehicle sales, 2010 vs. 2020. billion—is expected to reach 11 million light-vehicle sales by 2020. This would make India the third-largest light-vehicle market in the world, behind China (expected to reach 35 million light-vehicle sales in 2020) and the United States (expected to reach 17.4 Source: J.D.

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JANUARY 14, 2021

A future star lands in a record market (19% share!) If the overall automotive market had a horrible 2020 (-26% YoY), with the 1.7 If the overall automotive market had a horrible 2020 (-26% YoY), with the 1.7 20% by the end of 2021?

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Earlier this month, Fain also called workers at Tesla, Toyota, Honda and others “UAW members of the future,” highlighting his ambitions to boost membership to include the automakers. UAW President: Tesla workers are union “members of the future” Tesla and other automakers, such as Toyota and Volkswagen, have U.S.

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MARCH 6, 2021

The technology can serve the fast-growing electrified vehicles and hydrogen transportation markets. Our cooperation will drive the Asian automotive market’s adoption of our technology in the near future as the cost down will be much faster than for lithium-ion batteries. million ($48.5

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JANUARY 18, 2021

The German automotive market has opened the flood gates to plugin vehicles, with December setting yet another record month, with a little less than 83,000 units, PEVs scored an amazing 27% share (14% BEV) in December, making Germany the largest PEV market outside China, beating even the USA by a wide margin (394k vs 330k).

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DECEMBER 28, 2022

million tons in 2020 to 97 million tons in 2030 and 249 million tons in 2050. Decarbonizing hydrogen supply is critical to initiate uptake in these new sectors, and an industry-standard emissions measurement and verification process is key to providing the market transparency that facilitates new supply agreements.

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JULY 29, 2020

Canadian oil sands production is expected to decline by nearly 175,000 barrels per day (b/d) in 2020 as a result of COVID-19—the largest annual decline on record. million barrels per day (MMbd) in 2030—nearly 11 MMbd higher than 2020 levels. The previous IHS Markit forecast expected production to reach 3.9 MMbd in 2030.

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MARCH 17, 2015

Frost & Sullivan forecasts that with the Chinese Government’s push and pull strategy of new energy vehicle development, gasoline powertrains’ unit production market share is expected to slightly reduce to 94.9%, while the electric vehicle (EV) powertrain segment’s share will expand to 4.2% by 2020, up from 0.1%

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MAY 24, 2018

Toyota projects that global sales of fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV) will increase significantly after 2020 to at least 30,000 per year from today’s 3,000. Details of the respective facilities will be announced later with a view to start operations around 2020. Expanding sales.

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JANUARY 22, 2021

Among the early adopters who own an EV, 82% say they “definitely will” consider purchasing another in the future, according to the inaugural J.D. In both premium and mass market segments, accuracy of the stated battery range and actual battery range experienced by the owner account for about 20% of owners’ overall satisfaction.

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JANUARY 25, 2020

Consumers continue to lack confidence in the future mobility technologies that automakers are eager to bring to market, according to the J.D. There are] more entries into the market that are better and are actually vehicles customers want to drive—from brands they trust,” said one expert.

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MARCH 1, 2021

In 2020, global electric car sales were higher than ever before. In fact, EVs in 2020 recorded the most sales and the largest market share ever. … Global Electric Car Sales in 2020 Read More » . … Global Electric Car Sales in 2020 Read More »

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FEBRUARY 7, 2020

The partnership announcement at the CNH Industrial Capital Markets Day in September 2019 was quickly followed in December with the unveiling of the Nikola TRE, a battery electric vehicle (BEV) heavy duty truck, which is the first step towards the fuel-cell electric (FCEV) model. Earlier post.) Earlier post.).

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