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Volkswagen, Land Rover, among those paying millions in fines for missing CO2 targets

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European automakers including Volkswagen and Jaguar Land Rover had to pay $552 million in fines for missing CO2 emission targets in 2020, the first year new regulations were put in place, according to a new report. In October 2021, Jaguar Land Rover said that it had paid a fine of about £35 million, or about $43.5

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Tesla sees over 900% sales growth in Germany in January

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In January last year, Tesla had no operational vehicle production facility in Germany as Gigafactory Berlin awaited approval to begin manufacturing from the government. Tesla Model 3, Model Y officially qualify for maximum subsidy in Germany Other brands that saw dramatic increases in sales volume include Maserati, MG, and Suzuki.

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JATO: electrified vehicles 13% of new car reg in Europe in January 2020; electrified vehicles only growth-driver

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By brand, these cars represented an important part of the volume registered by Smart (96%), Lexus and Toyota (95% and 66% respectively), DS (42%), Suzuki (41%) and Land Rover (37%). However, manufacturers need to produce more EV models if they want to keep up the momentum of growth moving forward. —Felipe Munoz.

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Apple introduces CarPlay for iPhone integration into cars

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Users can easily control CarPlay from the car’s native interface or just push-and-hold the voice control button on the steering wheel to activate Siri without distraction.

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Teijin acquires composites company Inapal to expand European automotive business

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The company has two manufacturing locations in Portugal serving a variety of European OEM customers including Jaguar, Land Rover, BMW, Mercedes, Volkswagen and Bentley. —Jun Suzuki, president and CEO, Teijin Limited. Teijin expects its automotive composite business sales to reach approximately €1.7

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Revealed: Maruti Brezza beats Tata Nexon to No. 1 SUV title, India’s Top 25 UVs revealed | Autocar Professional

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Maruti and Mahindra battle it out with 5 models each in Top 25 In terms of OEM share of the Top 25, Maruti Suzuki (Brezza, Ertiga, Grand Vitara, Fronx, XL6) and Mahindra & Mahindra (Scorpio, Bolero, XUV700, Thar, XUV 300) have five models each. The three MPVs accounted for 282,038 units.

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Revealed: Maruti Brezza beats Tata Nexon to No. 1 SUV title, India’s Top 25 UVs revealed | Autocar Professional

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Maruti and Mahindra battle it out with 5 models each in Top 25 In terms of OEM share of the Top 25, Maruti Suzuki (Brezza, Ertiga, Grand Vitara, Fronx, XL6) and Mahindra & Mahindra (Scorpio, Bolero, XUV700, Thar, XUV 300) have five models each. The three MPVs accounted for 282,038 units.

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