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

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The driver simply has to position the electrically powered automobile in a designated parking space. 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.

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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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Yamaha introduces the NEO and E01 electric scooters in India

Electric Vehicles India

Everything from all-LED lights to a touchscreen display with smartphone connection and an in-built SIM card to regenerative brakes and driving modes (Eco, Normal and Power) are included in the package. For a retail price of €3,099 (about INR 2.5 These two electric scooters have yet to go on sale in India, and it’s unclear when it will happen.

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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. For comparison, the US produced 1.1

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Are Rising EV Inventories Proof Nobody Wants Them?

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Despite elevated fuel prices, aggressive marketing, and most companies vowing to transition toward building electrified automobiles exclusively, America has an EV supply of more than 100 days on dealer lots. Power, recently told Automotive News this is the result of supply chain improvements. Though there are certainly exceptions.

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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.