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Forecasting The Future Of The Auto Industry

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He also walks us through where the auto industry is and where it’s going. This week on the TTAC podcast, we discuss Peak Auto, Ram’s return to NASCAR, and how to get bugs out of your grille. Our guest this week is Autoline’s John MacElroy, who helps us figure out if we’ve reached peak auto.

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Pike Research forecasts worldwide grid energy storage spending to reach $22B by 2021, down from 2010 forecast of $35B

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In its new report Energy Storage on the Grid (ESG), Pike Research forecasts that global spending in the ESG market will reach a little over $22 billion over the next 10 years. This is a downward revision from the $35B the firm forecast for ESG spending through 2020 in a report published last August. 2010 vs 2011 forecasts.

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China Forecast to Produce 12M Vehicles This year

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China is forecast to produce a record 12 million vehicles this year, according to an official with the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC). percent from a year earlier, the fifth month in a row that saw auto sales exceed one million units, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers. People’s Daily.

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German ELAB study finds growth of alternative drivetrains to increase employment opportunities in auto industry

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As an exact forecast of the actual market development of future drive concepts by 2030 is not possible, the study bases the employment forecast on four different market scenarios: a likely reference scenario from today’s perspective as well as three extreme scenarios.

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EC rolls out CARS 2020 action plan for European auto industry

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Current forecasts indicate almost 8% year-on-year decline in the EU passenger car market with sales amounting to 12.1 Due to the current macro-economic situation, automotive sales in EU markets have declined this year (a 6.8% decline for the first half of 2012 for passenger cars and a 10.8%

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BNEF forecasts EVs to hit 54% of new car sales by 2040; decreasing importance of PHEVs

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Electric vehicles will make up the majority of new car sales worldwide by 2040, and account for 33% of all the light-duty vehicles on the road, according to a new forecast published by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF). This represents an aggressive jump compared to BNEF’s previous forecast of 35% EV new car market share by 2040.

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PwC’s Autofacts forecasts global light vehicle assembly to hit 81M units in 2013, 101M by 2017

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Strong growth in Developing Asia-Pacific, improving stability in the EU and investment in new technologies will drive the industry forward. Autofacts forecasts annual global light vehicle assembly to reach 101 million by 2017. Megatrends driving the global automotive industry, according to the analyst group: European Union.

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