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Volkswagen quits Australian auto industry lobby over emissions standards – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

As regular Charged readers know, when it comes to EVs, legacy automakers tend to follow two tracks—while preparing for the transition, and telling the media about how committed they are to electrification, they simultaneously participate in trade groups that actively lobby against emissions standards and other pro-EV regulations.

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AIDA servicing evolving needs of the auto industry | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

Since 1917, AIDA has led the metal-forming industry as the well-known manufacturer of metal-forming systems, particularly servo and mechanical presses for various applications in the global automotive and component industries, including OEMs and Tier 1 to Tier 3 suppliers. AIDA specialises in metal forming equipment for the industry.

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Will the Japanese Auto Industry Completely Collapse?

My Electric Car

The Japanese auto industry is facing a potential demise due to its slow adoption of electric cars. In recent years, the demand for electric vehicles has been on the rise, as consumers are becoming more environmentally conscious and governments are implementing stricter emissions regulations.

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Canada Declares All Cars Must Be Zero-Emission By 2035 And The Auto Industry Is Mad

InsideEVs

Also on today's morning news roundup: an investigation into Tesla wheels falling off, and the latest on China's cautious EV expansion plans.

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UK auto industry warns anti-diesel agenda and slow uptake of EVs could mean missing 2021 CO2 targets; rising CO2 average in 2017

Green Car Congress

The UK automotive industry warned that the current anti-diesel agenda combined with the ongoing slow take-up of electric vehicles could mean industry misses its next round of CO 2 targets in 2021, with negative consequences for the UK’s own climate change goals. less CO 2 than those they replaced. of the UK’s 2.5

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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. social impacts of restructuring. of around 16% of GDP to as much as 20% by 2020.

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Auto Industry Doing Fine In Meeting Gas-Mileage Goals, It Turns Out

Green Car Reports

The auto industry came very near to the precipice in 2009, and it agreed to significant new regulations to enable it to step back from the brink. Now, it turns out that it''s not only meeting, but actually beating, the required reductions in emissions. That means that, according to the U.S.