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Toyota Motor Manufacturing Turkey to become Toyota’s first European plant to produce plug-in-hybrid vehicles and batteries

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The second-generation Toyota C-HR will be produced at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Turkey (TMMT) in Sakarya—about 150 km east of Istanbul. Available in hybrid and plug-in hybrid versions, the new Toyota C-HR will also be the first plug-in hybrid passenger car to be produced in Turkey.

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Toyota Motor Manufacturing Turkey to start producing the new Toyota C-HR plug-in hybrid

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The second generation Toyota C-HR will be produced at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Turkey (TMMT) in Sakarya. Available in hybrid and plug-in hybrid versions, the new Toyota C-HR will also be the first plug-in hybrid passenger car to be produced in Turkey.

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Ford to invest £230M to transform UK Halewood transmission operations to build EV power units

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This is an important step, marking Ford’s first in-house investment in all-electric vehicle component manufacturing in Europe. It strengthens further our ability to deliver 100 percent of Ford passenger vehicles in Europe being all-electric and two-thirds of our commercial vehicle sales being all-electric or plug-in hybrid by 2030.

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Remy to supply HVH 250 motors to DMA in Turkey for PHEVs

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signed a long-term supply agreement with DMA (Derindere) in Istanbul, Turkey. DMA will use Remy’s HVH 250 motor to power their plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) sedan. DMA will install Remy’s HVH 250 machine as the traction motor in the 5-passenger plug-in hybrid sedan, which will be available during the third quarter of 2012.

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Ford starts production of Deutsche Post StreetScooter WORK XL electric delivery van

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Based on a Transit chassis, produced at the Ford Otosan joint venture plant in Kocaeli, Turkey, the medium-sized electric delivery van is fitted with a battery-electric drivetrain and a body designed and built to StreetScooter specifications. Electrified powertrains will play a key role in Ford’s European product line-up.

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WEC report: EVs need 16% market share by 2020 for fuel economy standards to be met

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Key recommendations of the report include: For industry: Vehicle manufacturers will need to respond to regulatory pressures and shift their product portfolio to avoid material penalties. In the EU, the EV gap is 1.4 million, 10% of the estimated 2020 projected passenger sales, in the US, 0.9 million (11%) and in China roughly 5.3

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New Ford C-MAX sales double across Europe

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in 2010), with the C-MAX range claiming segment leadership in Italy, Turkey and Ireland. More than 60% of customers buying this model have moved to Ford from other manufacturers. In the US, Ford will introduce the C-MAX Energi plug-in hybrid and C-MAX Hybrid based on the new Ford C-MAX five-passenger multi-activity vehicle.

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