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Navigant forecasts MHD vehicle market to nearly double by 2035 with declining share of conventional engines; gases win out over electricity

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The number of medium- and heavy-duty vehicles (MHDVs) in use worldwide will nearly double between 2014 and 2035, according to a new forecast report by Navigant Research. Navigant projects that annual MHDV sales will grow throughout the forecast period at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2.4%. Source: Navigant.

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Opel provides some market and customer data about the Opel Ampera extended range EV

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The Opel Ampera has been on sale for almost two years in Europe, and has been bought by 7,700 customers, who have driven a total of 100 million kilometers (62 million miles) on pure electric power, according to Opel. The Ampera is increasingly being driven in pure battery-powered mode, as reflected in fuel consumption figures.

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CRU: EVs will transform aluminum demand

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In addition, scrap-intensive secondary castings usage will fall as the shift to full battery electric vehicles occurs, CRU predicts. CRU forecasts global battery electric (BEV), plug-in hybrid electric (PHEV) and hybrid electric (HEV) sales will increase to 42 million vehicles worldwide by 2030.

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Li Auto CEO predicts China NEV penetration to exceed 80% by Dec 2025

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By December 2025, NEVs will account for more than 80 percent of all new vehicle sales in China, Li said in his WeChat status today, adding that the five permanent NEV brands will be born by then. On March 25, Li said on Weibo that NEVs will contribute 70 percent of new car sales in China by the fourth quarter of 2025. million units.

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Audi banking on Gen 2 3.0L TDI diesel for US sales; calls for a “fair shot” for diesel

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TDI clean diesel represents almost 25% of Audi and Volkswagen US sales. Are these sales incentivized? Fuel cells are seen as hitting 1% by 2025; extended range electric vehicles, 3%; and battery-electric vehicles, 4%. liter TDI in the models currently on sale in the US: the Q5, Q7, A6, A7 and A8.

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Near-Term Prospects for Automotive Li-ion Batteries: 21% of Hybrid and EV Market by 2011

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Representative battery pack size is below each segment. In the near-term (2011), lithium-ion batteries could grow to represent about 21% of the hybrid and EV advanced battery market, according to Dr. Menahem Anderman, President of Advanced Automotive Batteries and the organizer of last week’s Advanced Automotive Battery Conference 2009.

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Hilux, Ranger EV ute conversions by Roev from $47,990 as company confirms 2023 production

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That makes the locally-converted utes cheaper than the LDV eT60 that has just gone on sale priced from $92,990 drive-away. Roev will remove the ICE from Toyota Hiluxes and Ford Rangers and replace them with an electric motor and batteries. That’s for a 64kWh battery pack with a claimed 240km of EV range.