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News in brief: Green car goals need Government support

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Government support and incentives will be needed if Japan is to meet its targets in boosting the sales of hybrid and other low carbon vehicles. That’s the verdict of Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association chairman Satoshi Aoki on the goal of increasing sales to 20-50 per cent of the overall domestic total by 2020.

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Manufacturer Spotlight: Volvo

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Where we stand: February 2011 The Swedish automobile manufacturer Volvo has endured a turbulent time in recent years having been sold by the Ford Motor Company to Zhejiang Geely Holding Group in 2010 (see article). However, in the same year it also recorded global sales of 373,525 cars – representing an increase of 11.2

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New car sales surge continues in China

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The automotive boom in China shows no signs of losing momentum as sales leapt by 55.8 Figures released by the Automobile Association, the Ministry of Information Industry and cited by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers showed that production in the country also rose by 57.7 [.].

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Vehicle sales on the rise in China

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Sales of domestically produced vehicles in the country shot up by 64 per cent in July compared to the same month in the previous year. This means that sales topped the one million unit mark for the fifth month in a row, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers.

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China makes new energy vehicles the priority

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The 12th Five Year Plan for China’s auto industry is set to make new energy vehicles a top priority with China reportedly targeting annual sales of one million units by 2015 according [.].

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How Japan can reach its plug-in vehicle goal

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As Japan aims to take its plug-in vehicle sales to 600,000 a year by 2020, the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA) has outlined the steps that will need to be taken to reach this goal.

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New car sales down in January

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It may not be the bleak times of the credit crunch, but demand for new cars slumped dramatically during January. In the first month of the year, new car registrations fell by 7.1 The data, from the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association, shows [.]. per cent in the EU compared to the same month one year ago.