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China to Encourage Consolidation in Auto Industry; Push to Increase Market Share of Domestic Automakers

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China Daily. China’s central government plans to implement a new policy in the first half of this year to encourage auto industry consolidation and further the development of Chinese-brand passenger vehicles, an official from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said at a recent news conference.

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BYD expects its Q1 NEV sales to grow over 80% YoY, aims to be largest automaker in China by year-end

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Based on January-February retail sales, BYD is already the largest automaker in China with an 11.8 percent share. | BYDDY.US | BYD HK BYD's new energy vehicle (NEV) sales are expected to maintain strong growth in the first quarter, despite the overall weak performance of China's passenger vehicle market. percent share.

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Li Auto's Beijing plant expected to see 1st vehicle roll off line by Sept

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Li Auto 's first all-electric model will go into production at its Beijing plant, with an annual capacity of 100,000 all-electric vehicles in the first phase. Li Auto US | Li Auto HK (A rendering of Li Auto's factory posted on Weibo by Beijing Shunyi district authorities.) The plant was originally Hyundai's No.

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Volkswagen extending Automotive Cloud to China and US in addition to Europe; core markets for future ID. EV

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Among the coming developments, the Volkswagen Automotive Cloud will be extended step-by-step to further regions of the world and to be available in Europe, China and the USA—the core markets for the future full-electric, fully connected ID. Production is to start in China the same year and a member of the ID. model family.

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Say it ain’t so: BMW, Volkswagen, and Renault take aim at Europe’s ICE ban

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By the end of 2025 the world will note that it’s not that easy,” he added, speaking at the automaker’s annual results conference. “By By then the pressure then will be significant for the European automotive industry.” China rules, the U.S. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. Now we must get down to it.”

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Baidu opening up its autonomous driving platform; leveraging AI capabilities

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IDG combines Baidu’s Autonomous Driving Unit, Intelligent Vehicle Unit, and CarLife with a mission to accelerate auto industry upgrade in AI era. Baidu says that is the first among the major players to open its technology and platform to the industry. China is the world’s largest market for automotive sales and production.

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The Long View from SAE 2009 World Congress

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the session counted among its panelists: Professor John Heywood, Sun Jae Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Sloan Auto Laboratory at MIT. Thrun reminded the audience that more than 42,000 Americans are killed each year in auto accidents and 2.7 Organized by Shane Chang at Honda Research Institute USA Inc.,

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