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Magna lags profit estimates, cuts annual sales forecast on supply chain snags – ET Auto

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Canada’s Magna International missed first-quarter profit estimates and cut its full-year overall sales forecast on Friday, as auto parts suppliers navigate ongoing supply constraints and bumpy demand for electric vehicles. Magna said it expects full-year 2024 sales of USD 42.6 billion to USD 44.2 billion to USD 45.4

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Can small car segment bounce back by 2026? Trends suggest otherwise

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By: HT Auto Desk | Updated on: 10 May 2024, 13:15 PM The small car segment, which includes the hatchbacks, once ruled the Indian auto industry with nearly half the market share. After the surge of SUVs, the share has dropped to below 30 per cent in the last couple of years. It currently has at least five SUVs.

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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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—things are far from back to “normal,” or at least the normal defined by the consumer-incentive-induced sales levels of the past. —things are far from back to “normal,” or at least the normal defined by the consumer-incentive-induced sales levels of the past. million units in lost vehicle sales this year.

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Hatchbacks not giving up territorial rights so easily | Autocar Professional

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In those days, India revolved around the pulse of small cars, an automotive ethos that endured for decades, reigning supreme until 2017-18, after which tides started turning in the favour of SUVs (sports utility vehicles). What’s more, in March 2024, for the first time, the top two vehicles sold were SUVs—Tata Punch and Hyundai Creta.

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Three perspectives on China’s EV industry (spoiler alert: legacy brands are toast) – Charged EVs

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Jeremiads lamenting China’s takeover of the global auto industry are everywhere these days. Retreating behind tariff walls or outright bans will further isolate America’s auto industry into a Galapagos market of ridiculous trucks sold at nosebleed prices.” Three recent accounts stand out from the pack. Hard to imagine?

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

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Cleantech Crunched Top 10 Low Carbon Footprint Cars (and one SUV) for. Agassi’s Davos Insights Success with V2G would be a double win for electric utilities. Millions of EVs and PHEVs would expand the sale of electricity as an alternative to oil. A Perfect Storm for Water Counting Calories and Counting Carbon: The Role of.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Posted by: tons of | Apr 13, 2009 8:23:08 PM When Toyota first sold the Prius in the US, they were losing money on every sale. Blending the MPG of SUVs and small cars understates the real consumption and rewards automakers for building gas hogs and unsafe micro cars which makes people want to buy "safe" gas hogs. Let them go bankrupt.

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