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Report: Honda resuming production of minicars

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But demand for cheap, fuel-efficient minivehicles has remained strong; they now account for around 30% of all car sales in Japan by volume. Immediately after taking the wheel at Honda in 2009, President Takanobu Ito decided to get back into the minicar game, predicting the segment will account for half the domestic auto market in the future.

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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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In sync with its past annual auto studies, AlixPartners continues to predict that US auto sales will climb more slowly, and to a lower peak, than many others are predicting. Specifically, the firm estimates US auto sales will reach just 12.7 billion in 2010 profit on a net margin of 4.6% billion on a net margin of 4.3%—things

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Was the Jeep Wrangler 4xe 2021’s 3rd Highest-Selling EV in the US?

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I’m estimating 28,000 as an executive with a leading auto analyst firm confirmed to me privately that their registration estimates for 2021 put the RAV4 Prime and Wrangler 4xe as a toss up. Auto Industry Analyst. credit off the the cap cost makes it a real cheap lease on 53k Jeep. Flip a coin. Rocksteadyrobk, 4xeForums.

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Report finds US automakers remain profitable under future CAFE standards even with fuel price fluctuation

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In all of our fuel price scenarios (from Very Low to High), the auto industry would be profitable if current standards stay in place. When gas is very cheap, people tend to buy bigger, more profitable trucks. —co-author and independent auto industry analyst Dan Luria. With gas at $1.80

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Governor George Pataki Calls for 40% Penetration of Electric Drive Vehicles in US by End of Decade

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Pataki suggested some approaches: Autos. Incentivize auto manufacturers, for example, by exempting the profits resulting from the sale of the first 10 million vehicles that deliver more than 75 mpg from any corporate taxes. Gasoline is too cheap. —Governor Pataki. The challenge is demand creation. —Mary Ann Wright.

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Ghosn: Renault-Nissan needs both high- and low-spec EVs to be player in China market; ongoing importance of gov’t support

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At a press roundtable held at the Auto China 2016, Renault-Nissan Alliance CEO Carlos Ghosn observed that both Nissan and Renault had what he called “high-spec” electric vehicle offers in China: the Venucia for Nissan, and the coming Freelance Electric by Renault. But at the same time what is really evolving are the cheap electric cars.

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Cash for Volts?

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“A coalition of auto makers, battery manufacturers, utility operators and shipping companies wants the U.S. All stressed that plug-in technology already exists and just needs a push on the financial front from Congress.&#. A coalition of auto makers, battery manufacturers, utility operators and shipping companies wants the U.S.

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