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Study of Sustainable Value in Automobile Manufacturing Finds Mixed Performance for Most OEMs, BMW and Toyota as the Clear Leaders

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billion, in comparison with BMW, which having used all the resources considered necessary to create value doubled its sustainable value to €2.8 Economic crisis, energy crisis, climate crisis and recent global developments have affected the automobile industry like few other sectors. Click to enlarge. billion from 1999 to 2007.

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

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The Japanese automobile giant’s global sales, including those of its subsidiaries Daihatsu and Hino, increased by 7.2 In comparison, the world’s top-selling carmaker Toyota sold 104,018 units of battery-powered electric vehicles. lakh units. per cent to 1.12 BYD claims to have sold about 30.2

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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 million BEVs in 2023 to Germany’s 1.2

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KPMG study identifies 10 sustainability “megaforces” with accelerating impacts on business; imperative of sustainability changing the automotive business radically

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Environmental costs are often not shown on financial statements because the bearers of such costs can be either particular individuals or society at large, are often both non-monetary and problematic to quantify for comparison with monetary values. Sector analysis: Automobiles. The three nexuses are linked by climate change.

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German OEMs to upgrade emissions control on 5.3M Euro 5 and 6 diesels, contribute to €500M Sustainable Mobility fund

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…In addition, a broad understanding and a clear strategy of the future are to be developed in order to actively shape the mobility of the future and the transformation process of the entire automobile industry towards emission-free and digitally networked mobility. Rail transport. Land power supply in sea and inland ports.

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Toshiba launches 20Ah-HP SCiB rechargeable Li-ion battery; high energy and high power

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Comparison of capacity falloff of 20Ah and 20Ah-HP products. Toshiba expects to see the new cell deployed in automobiles, industrial equipment, and storage battery systems. Toshiba testing). Compatibility.

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Renault presents the 235 mpg EOLAB prototype; plug-in “Z.E. Hybrid”; targeting production

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liters/100 km in comparison with the benchmark vehicle. Renault said that EOLAB breaks new ground in the automobile industry by using magnesium sheeting. The thin windscreen, the form of which is particularly aerodynamic, is an automobile industry first. the majority of the market’s steering wheel armatures).

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