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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. With the rapid global growth in online shopping, the volume of light commercial vehicles in urban areas has increased.

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

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—Group Board member for Sales Christian Klingler. The Group handed over 670,900 (668,300; +0.4%) vehicles to customers in Central and Eastern Europe in the period to December, of which 275,800 (316,000; -12.7%) were delivered in Russia. 1.24 (1.19; +4.5%) million units were delivered in the home market of Germany.

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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

Just this past year Russia sent tanks into oil-rich Georgia, and an oil tanker was hijacked off the coast of Somalia. Of all the frauds that have come to light, none can match the brazen theatricality of the scam allegedly pulled off by superlawyer Marc Dreier. We would also have a degree of resilience in the face of threats.

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Tesla Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript: April 23, 2024

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Vaibhav Taneja: The basics of driving are basically same everywhere, like car is a car, the traffic lights, a road is a road. So, we’re seeing much more competitive prices for sales from our suppliers, dramatically more competitive than in the past. Yeah, it is like Irish Republican Army, the Internet Research Agency from Russia.

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