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Daimler/Renault-Nissan collaboration expanding

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The chief executives of the Renault-Nissan Alliance and Daimler AG said during an annual briefing at the Frankfurt Motor Show that their companies’ partnership ( earlier post ) is advancing quickly, and the scope of the collaboration is increasingly global. The Q30 concept car can be seen for the first time at the Frankfurt Motor Show.

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Nissan to produce Mercedes-Benz 4-cylinder gasoline engines in North America; latest step in collaboration

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powertrain assembly plant will build Mercedes-Benz 4-cylinder gasoline engines for Infiniti and Mercedes-Benz models. Two-seater smart vehicles will be produced at Daimler’s plant in Hambach, France, and four-seater smart and Renault production are slated for Renault’s plant in Novo Mesto, Slovenia. Powertrain cross-supply.

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Carmakers are going green but British motorists are not

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Director at the ETA, Andrew Davis, said: “Car makers can build green cars, but they need us to buy them. Slovenia / 156 / 156 / 11. EU regulation is striving to cut the CO2 emitted by cars to an average figure of 130 g/km by 2015. Malta / 147 / 148 / 3. Belgium / 148 / 153 / 5. Spain / 148 / 153 / 6. Poland / 153 / 154 / 7.

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Europe Expands Virtual Borders To Thwart Migrants

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In 2015, under pressure to address migration from Syria’s civil war, European leaders failed to build a working redistribution of asylum seekers, but they did set in motion a legal framework for a newly empowered European border agency. Meanwhile, the European Union spends at least €2 billion (US $2.13 The weather would change.

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Drive Electric Submission on the Emissions Reduction Plan Discussion Document

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Slovenia, Iceland, the Netherlands, Ireland, India, Denmark, Sweden, Israel, Germany and the United Kingdom all have 2030 deadlines. SAIC Motor, China’s top automaker, are producing EVs for as little as $4,500 USD. . The Hyundai Motor Group aims to produce 1 million EVs globally, by 2025. Japan has a 2035 deadline.