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150 millionth Volkswagen rolls off assembly line at Wolfsburg plant: a Golf GTE plug-in hybrid

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family based on the new electric architecture (MEB) marks the start of the Volkswagen brand’s focused electric offensive from 2020. One million electric Volkswagens are to hit the road by 2025. In the post-war era, it was the Volkswagen Beetle that initially shaped the automobile industry. All in all, 21.5

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Ford Executive Chair Bill Ford Asks UAW to End Strike

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From AP : The company, he said, builds more vehicles in America and has more United Auto Workers employees than any company, which has increased its costs in a highly competitive industry. Many of our competitors moved jobs to Mexico as we added jobs here in the U.S.,” [Chairman] Ford said. billion by the end of 2023.

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“Energiewende” in a tank; Audi e-fuels targeting carbon-neutral driving with synthetic fuels from renewables, H2O and CO2; Swiss policy test case

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Underneath the e-fuels banner, Audi also includes renewable electricity for recharging its e-tron vehicles (“e-power”) and, should the market so require it, “green” hydrogen (e-hydrogen, derived in the e-gas process). Electric cars are necessary for cities, with their short distances. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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DOE awards $25M to improve natural gas operations

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The University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK) plans to develop, build, and validate a low-cost, field-installable, remotely-controlled natural gas compressor retrofit kit. This project brings together an experienced team consisting of a pipeline company (Enbridge), a welding company (Lincoln Electric), and a corrosion expert (DNV GL USA, Inc).

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Trump promises 100% tariff on Mexico-built Chinese cars—EV or not

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Former President Donald Trump has announced that he would apply a tariff of 100% to cars built in Mexico by Chinese companies for U.S.-market In a Saturday campaign speech in Dayton, Ohio, Trump said that over a period of 30 years Mexico has taken away 34% of the automobile manufacturing business in the U.S.

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