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Volkswagen Group and Tata Motors Ltd. to explore strategic alliance for joint development projects; ŠKODA to lead

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With more than 9 million Tata vehicles plying in India, Tata Motors is the country’s market leader in commercial vehicles and among the top in passenger vehicles. Tata cars, buses and trucks are being marketed in several countries in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, South East Asia, South America, Australia, CIS and Russia.

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Volkswagen again reaffirms 20 new PEV models coming across the Group; MEB development

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Positive effects from exchange rates and from the efficiency program were unable to compensate for negative effects arising from the markets in Brazil and Russia as well as from market support measures linked to the emissions issue. billion, Porsche sales revenue exceeded the prior-year figure by 25.2%. year-on-year. billion in 2015.

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Volkswagen Group delivers more than 10M vehicles in one year for first time

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city car to heavy commercial vehicles. Including the figures for heavy commercial vehicles, Group brands delivered a total of 3.95 (3.75; +5.1%) million vehicles to customers on the overall European market in 2014. Porsche delivered a total of 189,800 (162,100; +17.1%) vehicles in the period to December. In total, 10.14

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Volkswagen Group global deliveries up 4.8% in 1st 3 quarters to 7M vehicles

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from 479,000 in 2012, of which 226,100 (-3.7%) were handed over in Russia, the region’s largest single market. Porsche, which became a Volkswagen Group brand on 1 August 2012, delivered a total of 119,700 vehicles in the period to September. 37,700 customers took delivery of a new Porsche in the overall European market.

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Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand delivers nearly 6M vehicles in 2013, 2.51M to China (42%)

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Porsche: 37,425 units, 60% of sales. General Motors and its joint ventures sold a record 3,160,377 vehicles in China in 2013, including light commercial vehicles (not reflected in the VW tally) but excluding Hong Kong. The brand delivered 156,300 (2012: 164,700; -5.1%) units in Russia, that region’s largest single market.

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Volkswagen Group: 10-million vehicle sold mark for 2014 within reach; China largest single market

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240,700 (276,200; -12.9%) models were handed over to customers in Russia. Porsche delivered a total of 169,200 (147,300; +14.9%) vehicles from January to November. Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles also recorded growth in the Asia-Pacific region, where the company handed over 20,300 (18,800; +7.7%) vehicles to customers.

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Manganese Could Be the Secret Behind Truly Mass-Market EVs

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Global nickel stockpiles were already dwindling before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February. Investors and traders got antsy over potential bans or interruptions of metals from Russia, which produces about 17 percent of the world’s high-purity nickel. High-manganese batteries have yet to demonstrate commercial viability.

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