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FCA proposes 50:50 merger with Groupe Renault

Green Car Congress

Groupe Renault has a strong presence across Europe, Russia, Africa and Middle East, while FCA is uniquely positioned in the high margin segments in North America and is a market leader in Latin America.

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China’s JAC plans Aussie push with EV ute benchmarked against Rivian R1T

EV Central

To be distributed in Australia by independent BLK Auto, JAC has already commenced sales here with the N55EV electric van and will follow with the turbo diesel T9 Hunter dual cab ute in mid-2023. The future of JAC is EV,” declared Jason Pecotic, the managing director of BLK Auto. 2023 JAC T9 Hunter pick-up. “We 2023 JAC JS6 SUV.

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Cooperation of Daimler and Renault-Nissan Alliance accelerates, strengthens in 2015

Green Car Congress

Carlos Ghosn, Chairman and CEO of the Alliance, described the partnership as “ one of the most productive in the auto industry. ”. As announced by the two executives, EV versions of the smart fortwo and forfour will go on sale in late 2016. We look forward to its continued growth, with more joint projects in the future.

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Hatchbacks not giving up territorial rights so easily | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

Now, SUVs make up more than half of India’s PV sales. Therefore, SUVs seem to be winning with annual sales of over 2 million units. Hatchbacks saw peak sales in 2017-18, at 1.5 India’s affluence is as good as Europe, and also, her people could be as deprived as someone in Africa.” So what brought about this change?

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Three perspectives on China’s EV industry (spoiler alert: legacy brands are toast) – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

Jeremiads lamenting China’s takeover of the global auto industry are everywhere these days. Retreating behind tariff walls or outright bans will further isolate America’s auto industry into a Galapagos market of ridiculous trucks sold at nosebleed prices.” Three recent accounts stand out from the pack.

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Electric vehicles trends in India

Electric Vehicles India

As per the company, this is the largest amount that is raised by an electric mobility company in all of Sub-Saharan Africa. The funding raised by the company will be used to scale its operations in electric motorcycle and bus manufacturing in Africa. In the first half of FY22, EV sales have more than tripled to 1.18

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Electric Car Watch #4: Toyota is the new Kodak

Plug In India

The entire auto industry has given up on investing in Hydrogen cars. Car sales people loathe losing a single sale and they hate bad publicity. ” Toyota will manufacture the BZ4X in Japan and China and hopes to begin worldwide sales of the model by the middle of 2022. This is the new Toyota.

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