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Volkswagen Group expands presence in Russia with agreements with GAZ

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The Volkswagen Group and GAZ Group have extended their manufacturing agreement for Volkswagen and ŠKODA models in Russia until 2025. TDI engines for GAZ light commercial vehicles, opening up new business opportunities in international markets. Petersburg and other major cities in Russia as well as some export markets.

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Hyundai and Kia make €100M strategic investment in Arrival to co-develop electric commercial vehicles

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Founded in 2015, Arrival has production plants and R&D centers in the US, Germany, Tel Aviv, Russia and the UK. Currently, Arrival is carrying out pilot projects with multiple logistics companies in Europe using cargo vans manufactured with the technology.

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Rio Tinto and Alcoa announce world’s first carbon-free aluminum smelting process; Apple assist; Elysis JV to commercialize

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million light-duty vehicles off the road. This represents 90% of Canada’s production, which ranks fourth in the world behind that of China, Russia and the Middle East. In Canada alone, use of the technology could eliminate the equivalent of 6.5 That represents an amount roughly equal to taking nearly 1.8

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Polk forecasts global new vehicle auto sales to reach 77.7M in 2012, up 6.7%; expects China sales to grow 16% while US sales recovery slows

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The US market will experience single digit growth, primarily due to the relatively strong year for sales in 2011, and the effects of the weak economy that will continue to impact new vehicle demand through most of 2012. Polk expects light-duty vehicle sales in the US to grow at a moderate pace, with a 7.3% Source: Polk.

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Andy Grove: The U.S. must create an electric car industry - Apr. 17, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

So far, Asian manufacturers are leaving U.S. Just this past year Russia sent tanks into oil-rich Georgia, and an oil tanker was hijacked off the coast of Somalia. auto manufacturers. Battery technology has been the domain of consumer electronics manufacturers, and that industry migrated out of America decades ago.

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Tesla Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript: April 23, 2024

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As people have seen the EV adoption rate globally is under pressure and a lot of other auto manufacturers are pulling back on EVs and pursuing plugin hybrids instead. Lars Moravy: No heavy integration work for vehicle manufacturers. About a third of that was coming from the unboxed manufacturing process. Vaibhav Taneja: Exactly.

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