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Toyota keeps world’s top-selling automaker crown in 2023, sells 1.12 crore cars

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In comparison, the world’s top-selling carmaker Toyota sold 104,018 units of battery-powered electric vehicles. Toyota’s CEO Koji Sato has promised that the automaker will be able to sell 15 lakh units of battery-powered electric vehicles annually by 2026, and 35 lakh units by 2030.

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Ford and Portland General Electric Partner to Prepare Region for EVs

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PGE is partnering with state and local government, higher education, the automobile industry, and businesses to expand the electric vehicle infrastructure in Oregon. Ford will introduce its first pure battery electric vehicle, the Transit Connect Electric small commercial van, this year.

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Volkswagen Group Research and KUKA partner to develop robot-supported services for autonomous and electric vehicles

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These will be all-electric battery-powered vehicles. KUKA AG is one of the biggest providers of intelligent automation solutions and is the world’s leading manufacturer of production plants in the automobile industry. By the end of 2018, more than ten new electrified models will be launched on the market.

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Yamaha introduces the NEO and E01 electric scooters in India

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With India’s automobile industry pushing towards electrification, we believe Yamaha will add electric vehicles to its inventory in the near future. A battery-powered version of the Burgman Street is presently being developed by Suzuki and is scheduled to be available here by the end of the year.

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Europe’s biggest EV market is about to hit a perfect storm of problems

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Germany’s VDA, an interest group for the country’s automobile industry, says that battery-powered vehicles are likely to see a decline from 524,000 units last year – more than any other European market – to 451,000 units this year.

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China publishes plan to boost fuel-efficient and new energy vehicles and domestic auto industry; targeting 500K PHEVs and EVs in 2015, rising to 2M by 2020

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Experts urged greater efforts on China’s part to boost development of the new energy vehicle industry. Energy-saving and new energy vehicles have become the development direction of the international automobile industry. The scale of China’s automobile production and sales in the world, is expected to continue to grow.

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DLR and Wuppertal publish comprehensive global analysis of e-mobility technologies, outlook and lifecycle assessments

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At the moment, the automobile industry in Japan and the United States is pioneering the development of marketable vehicle models; they also produce the highest-selling models on the market. The analysts also found nearly 52,000 publications and 82,000 patents in the field of hybrid and electric vehicles over a period of 10 years.

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