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Saab Automobile AB files for voluntary reorganization, Saab Automobile Parts AB And Overseas Subsidiaries Excluded

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Swedish Automobile N.V. Swan) announced that Saab Automobile AB and its subsidiaries Saab Automobile Powertrain AB and Saab Automobile Tools AB (collectively Saab Automobile) filed for voluntary reorganization today with the District Court in Vänersborg, Sweden.

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Groupe Renault changes China strategy: light commercial vehicles and electric passenger cars

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EV sales are expected to reach 25% of the Chinese market by 2030. Chinese ICE passenger car market. With Renault support in terms of quality and technologies, JMEV will cover 45% of Chinese EV market in 2022 with 4 core models. Ltd (eGT) and Jiangxi Jiangling Group Electric Vehicle Co. JMEV was created in 2015.

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Saab Automobile and Spyker enter into MOU with Pang Da Automobile on distribution/manufacturing partnership for China and equity participation

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Spyker) announced that it and Saab Automobile AB have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Pang Da Automobile Trade Co., Ltd (Pang Da), China’s largest publicly traded automobile distributor with more than 1100 dealerships nationwide. Pang Da shall make a €30 million (US$42.4

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Volkswagen and JAC launch new JV for electric cars for mass market in China; 1st vehicle in 2018

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In the presence of Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in Berlin, Volkswagen signed a joint venture agreement with the Chinese automaker Anhui Jianghuai Automobile (JAC). The objective is to deliver 400,000 electric vehicles to the Chinese market in 2020 and 1.5 Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Co.,

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China to allow extended sales periods for ICE models based on existing emissions standard, report says

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China's policy on extending the sales period for vehicles built to the 6a emissions standard may be announced soon, National Business Daily reported today, citing Shen Jinjun, president of the China Auto Dealers Association (CADA), as saying at a forum. A study covering nearly 100 auto dealer groups showed that nearly 98.89

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Here’s how China’s BYD is working on its image problem

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But as the EV giant makes inroads outside of China, it is looking to change that, the old-school way, dealer by dealer. European consumers have no inkling of Chinese brands,” Daniel Kirchert, the head of e-mobility consultancy Noyo and former BMW executive, told Automotive News Europe.

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China’s BYD tops 1.6 million BEV sales in 2023

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The Atto-3 SUV / Source: BYD Europe It was a huge year for profits at Chinese auto behemoth BYD. Of course, the Chinese EV market is booming – but looking at the numbers, it’s pretty staggering. Chinese automakers expect to have sold some 9.4 In 2023, the company sold 1.6 million vehicles. BYD tripled its profits to $1.5

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