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Nissan launches expanded strategy for Brazil with new $1.4B manufacturing plant; Renault boosting production capacity there by 100,000 units

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The Brazilian factory, scheduled to begin production in the first half of 2014, will have the capacity to produce up to 200,000 units annually of Nissan’s ā€˜Vā€™ platform products for sale in Brazil. Along with India and Russia, Brazil is one of Renault’s three priority markets as part. Renault’s second-largest market.

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Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

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Brazil, the largest and most populous country in South America, was importing 80% of its oil and 40% of its foreign exchange was used to pay for that imported oil. When the car is filled at the pump, an internal system analyses the mix of the two fuel types and adjusts accordingly. As used in this section and Sec.

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As Electric Car Makers Ante Up Billions, Software Is Ace in the Hole

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Deciding that the future of transportation, and therefore their survival, will be based on EVs, many of the top auto companies have promised to end production of their internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles by 2035, if not earlier. The Tesla EV has only around 20 such parts. Additional vehicle elements are also simplified.

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

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The company went on to design and manufacture mobile-phone handsets and parts for Motorola ( MOT , Fortune 500 ), Nokia ( NOK ), Sony Ericsson, and Samsung. This "human resource advantage" is "the most important part" of BYDs strategy, Wang says. "Their cars are way behind Toyota, for sure," Sokol admits.

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