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Capgemini and Audi launch XL2 joint venture to support digital transformation of auto industry

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XL2 is designed to enable end-to-end digital manufacturing, covering all central. processes, including production planning, logistics, finance, maintenance, quality and materials management. The company’s goal is to expand its project business gradually and achieve a powerful workforce within the next five years.

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India could be the largest electric vehicle market by 2030, says Piyush Goyal | Autocar Professional

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With the adoption of electric vehicles picking up in the country, India could become the largest electric vehicle market in the world by 2030, Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal today. India is currently the third-largest automobile market in the world. lakh units, with two-wheelers leading the race.

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thyssenkrupp Automotive pressing on with transformation of its powertrain business towards e-mobility

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Starting out from traditional valve train systems for internal combustion engines, around ten years ago we started developing and industrializing new products for electric powertrains. Today we already manufacture rotor shafts for renowned OEMs and are achieving faster-than-market growth with this product.

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EC rolls out CARS 2020 action plan for European auto industry

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The anticipated action plan comes at a time when the automotive industry is facing particular pressure due to a strong decline of the EU market and structural overcapacities. It is the first deliverable of the New European Industrial Policy outlined in an earlier communication. social impacts of restructuring.

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South 8 Technologies raises $12M in Series A to commercialize liquefied gas electrolytes for high-performance Lithium-ion batteries

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South 8 Technologies, a developer of electrolyte formulations for next-generation lithium batteries, has raised $12 million in Series A financing, led by Anzu Partners with participation from LG Technology Ventures, Shell Ventures, Foothill Ventures, and Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation (TNSC). —Cyrus Rustomji, Ph.D.,

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AlixPartners study finds post-crisis auto industry facing new set of challenges; sales projected below historical levels for foreseeable future

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The AlixPartners 2011 Automotive Outlook finds that while automakers and suppliers have seen profits bounce back—North American original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) posted $12.5 AlixPartners also estimates that on-going unemployment and underemployment could cost the auto industry up to 1.5 billion on a net margin of 4.3%—things

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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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2012 Chinese Auto Industry Development Report. The fifth annual report on China’s auto industry—2012 Chinese Auto Industry Development Report—says that the next 20-30 years will be a “critical period” that will see the formation of a global new-energy vehicle industry.