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Rare earth magnet supply crisis has no impact on production so far, says Skoda India

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View Personalised Offers on Check Offers Skoda Auto India, the Czech automobile manufacturer under the Volkswagen Group, claims there is no disruption to its production operations due to the ongoing rare earth magnet crisis that has resulted in the Indian automobile industry hitting the panic button and lobbying the government seeking a resolution.

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Abandoned History: America's 1970s Convertible Controversy, Who's to Blame?

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Automotive safety was newly in the public eye, after Ralph Nader’s book Unsafe at Any Speed arrived in 1965 to skewer the domestic automobile industry. Air conditioning became a more widely available option across the market, where previously it was limited to very high-end vehicles and carried a hefty option surcharge.

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Japanese automobile industry establishes joint Research Association of Automotive Internal Combustion Engines (AICE)

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Through these initiatives, AICE will strive to realize the practical use of advanced technologies toward promoting the market introduction of higher-performance, more fuel-efficient and cleaner internal combustion engines.

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Motor vehicle taxation brings in €440.4B for governments in major European markets

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New data shows that motor vehicles generate more than €440 billion in taxation per year for national governments in the major EU markets plus the UK, the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) reports. This just goes to show the sheer scale of the importance of the automobile industry to Europe. billion.

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Volkswagen Group and FAW to build 2 new vehicle plants in China; “Our most important market”

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China has become our largest and most important market. Volkswagen has been active on the Chinese market for 30 years and is one of the Western pioneers of the automobile industry in the country. Together with its two joint ventures FAW-Volkswagen and Shanghai-Volkswagen, the Group delivered about 1.51

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Keio University Spin-Off Forms Consortium to Develop New EV Prototype for Mass Market; Commercialization in 2013

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will form a consortium to develop a new electric car prototype, with mass-market sales being the end goal. SIM-Drive’s vision is to support the automobile industry by producing components and SIM-Drive platforms for electric cars. SIM-Drive Corp. , and Isuzu Motors Ltd.,

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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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