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Honda President Ito steps down, Takahiro Hachigo to replace him

Green Car Congress

Hachigo joined Honda in 1982, and began his career in its automobile research and development operations, principally as an engineer in the area of chassis design. where he became actively involved in the local development of Honda and Acura automobiles. In April 2006, Hachigo became Operating Officer of Honda R&D Co.,

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Southeast Asia market will become a competitive place for Chinese and Japanese car companies

Setec Powerr

Europe, the birthplace of the automobile industry, to North America across the Pacific Ocean, has always been the top stage that Chinese car companies hope to step on. And there is also a 150,000 baht (equal to more than 27,000 yuan) subsidy for each pure electric vehicle purchase. What is the mystery behind it?.

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Geely exports more than 100,000 vehicles in 2012; 164% year-on-year growth

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According to figures released by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM), in the first eleven months of 2012 Chinese self-developed brands exported 470,000 passenger vehicles in total—with automotive manufacturers on average showing a 30% sales increase over 2011 figures.

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Report: Mitsubishi Planning Dealer Expansion, More Models for U.S.

The Truth About Cars

A few years ago, your author speculated that Toyota would probably be having a good run as there was mounting evidence that Americans couldn’t really afford new automobiles. But they have no dealer nearby to make that purchase." However, this also nuked the brand's identity and U.S. volumes cratered immediately after that.

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How do Chinese language EV makers roll out unutilized merchandise so temporarily?

Baua Electric

The corporate delivered its 100,000th automobile on April nineteenth, and as of June, their cumulative deliveries in China reached 120,581 EVs, in keeping with CarNewsChina knowledge. Lynk&Co was once based in 2016, and manufacturing of the primary automobile, Lynk&Co 01, began in 2017. Lynk&Co Any other Geely model.

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