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IHS Markit: global auto sales to drop 22% this year

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IHS Markit cut its forecasts for global light vehicle sales and production as the impact COVID-19 impact has depressed demand. According the new analysis, global light vehicle sales are now forecast to be 69.6 IHS Markit forecasts a similar decline for global light vehicle production, falling to 69.3 million units.

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IHS Automotive forecasts 88.6M unit global light vehicle market in 2015; 2.4% growth

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IHS Automotive forecasts global automotive sales for 2015 to reach 88.6 over 2014, continuing an unbroken five-year run of sales recovery and growth from the low point set in the depth of the Great Recession in 2009. However, IHS Automotive analysts still expect light vehicle sales in China to grow by 7% in 2015 to 25.2

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Stellantis-Leapmotor announces global expansion, to enter India by Q4 of 2024 | Autocar Professional

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After that homologation, sales will start in September 2024. In Q4 of 2024, Leapmotor International will enter the South America, Middle East, Africa, India, and Asia Pacific regions, informed Tavares. Leapmotor vehicles are likely to be sold via Stellantis India’s existing dealers, which have seen suboptimal volumes so far.

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Nissan Forecasts US$2.9B Loss for Fiscal Year; Cuts Planned Production by 20%

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In March 2008, company and dealer inventory was 630,000 units; that level will be reduced by 20%, to 480,000, by March 2009. Carlos Tavares, Executive Vice President, is responsible for a new region that consolidates all markets in North, Central and South America. Inventory will be tightly controlled.

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BMW MINI E Powered by AC Propulsion?

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In light of this, a service base will be set up on both coasts, staffed by service engineers that are specially trained to perform maintenance and repair work on the MINI E’s electrical components. The BMW Group sales organization is represented in the U.S. Rolls-Royce Motor Cars NA, LLC began distributing vehicles in 2003.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

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operations are small - about 20 people work in a sales and marketing outpost in Elk Grove Village, Ill., BYD currently exports gasoline-powered cars to Africa, South America, and the Middle East, but they compete on price, not quality. near Motorola, and another 20 or so work in San Francisco, not far from Apple.

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