Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2016

Toyota (Japan) is the overall global leader in autonomous automotive innovation, followed by Bosch (Germany), Denso (Japan), Hyundai (South Korea) and GM (US). In driver assistance technologies, Germany takes three of the top five innovator spots: Bosch leads the group while Daimler and Continental come in fourth and fifth, respectively.

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Push EVs

JULY 15, 2023

share in Germany, down from 26.0% Overall auto volume was 280,047 units, up 24.7% The Tesla Model Y was the best selling BEV in June, and third best seller of any auto. Recall that Germany entirely cut the ecobonus for PHEVs from January 1st this year, and their fall in share since then was fully expected.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2018

The study found that of the roughly 100,000 charging points available today, 76% are concentrated in just four countries (the Netherlands, Germany, France and the UK). The auto industry is eager to move as fast as it can towards zero-emission vehicles. There is no doubt that this is the future. —ACEA report.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 6, 2024

The jury panel for the 58th ACMA Excellence Awards, besides Vinod Aggarwal, included, Sunil Kakkar, SIAM Aatmnirbhar Bharat Sourcing Group; and Senior Executive Officer – Supply Chain & Enterprise Strategy at Maruti Suzuki India, Sanjeev Jain, Director Purchase at Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India; Ganesh Mani S.,

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Revenge of the Electric Car

APRIL 12, 2010

The actual carbon fibers themselves are fabricated at Moses Lake, after which they’re flown to Germany, where they’re processed into lightweight fabrics in Wackersdorf. –> Germany x 3. At another German plant, in Landshut, the actual carbon-fiber components for the MegaCity are made from those fabrics.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2009

But you won’t see the dramatic changes you see in Germany and Japan because they have their inspection regimes that drive them towards newer cars. Honda demonstrated their “ Walking Assist Device ” at the Congress. Similar programs have been successful in Western Europe. More detail can be found at autoaluminum.org.

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Baua Electric

MAY 14, 2024

Jeremiads lamenting China’s takeover of the global auto industry are everywhere these days. When it was over, all the British and Italian motorcycle brands were wiped out, leaving the field to one US brand—Harley Davidson—and four Japanese brands—Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki and Yamaha. Three recent accounts stand out from the pack.

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