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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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The report was jointly released by the Research Department of Industrial Economics under the Development Research Center of the State Council, the Society of Automotive Engineers of China and Volkswagen China. China has made big progress in electric car technologies but still lags behind other countries in certain areas, said the report.

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charging stations business in India.

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As we all can see how Electric vehicles were growing day by day and there is a lot of opportunity in the automobile industry at moment there are fewer charging stations in India but in the future, it will become a game-changer in Indian business in other. Need for charging stations. Currently, our country is riding the EV wave.

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ColognE-Mobil 2-Year EV Field Trial to Launch in January; 25 Ford BEVs

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Customer acceptance and financing models for electric vehicles. Dr. Ferdinand Dudenhoeffer, general business and automotive industry I; Prof. Dr. Heike Proff, Business Administration and automobile industry II. The NRW state government has in this context created a Master Plan for Electric Mobility.

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VW Chief Executive Says Company Will Introduce EVs Based on the Up! New Small Family in 2013; Cautions Against Electro-Hype

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Cautioning that the development and commercialization of the electric car is “ not a sprint, but a marathon ”, Volkswagen AG Chairman of the Board of Management Prof. Dr. Martin Winterkorn said that Volkswagen would introduce its first electric vehicles based on the up! Currently, cars contribute. VW and the electric car.

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

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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. 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.

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Exploring the adoption of EVs in the US, Europe and China; charging scenarios and infrastructure

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percent of total car sales. The automobile industry has said that without additional government subsidies they can only sell 600,000 electric cars by 2020 at best. This could mean greater opportunities for EVs to provide valuable services to the electric grid.

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Career Opportunities in the Electric Vehicle Industry

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Upskilling some of these profiles with electrical and electronics engineering needs to be the main goal. The skilling initiatives outlined in the budget will help in the creation of new skilling avenues and produce a pool of employable resources that can be used by emerging sectors like electric vehicles and related businesses.