Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2020

IHS Markit cut its forecasts for global light vehicle sales and production as the impact COVID-19 impact has depressed demand. According the new analysis, global light vehicle sales are now forecast to be 69.6 IHS Markit forecasts a similar decline for global light vehicle production, falling to 69.3 Production.

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MARCH 6, 2021

By turning the vehicle into a software-based product, Volkswagen is setting the scene for new, data-based business models aimed at lowering entry barriers to individual mobility while offering very attractive service packages for the customers. This will significantly reduce production complexity. Business model 2.0:

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Teslarati

MARCH 20, 2024

In order to keep up with that demand, production figures better be high. This is all made possible by the Model Y’s strong sales figures in various regions, including North America, Europe, and Asia. The question many firms have asked is how Tesla will manage to handle an expected slump in growth rate in 2024.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2013

UD Trucks, part of the Volvo Group, launched Quester, a new heavy-duty truck range developed specifically for growth markets. UD Trucks has served the Japanese market, and exported trucks to markets across Asia, Africa, South America and the Middle-East for many decades.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2020

Volkswagen will unveil a refreshed Tiguan SUV later in 2020, featuring new front and rear styling, a redesigned interior and new powertrains, including a plug-in hybrid version for the European market. In spring 2020, the Volkswagen Tiguan broke the production barrier of six million units, with 910,926 units manufactured in 2019 alone.

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APRIL 6, 2022

The companies are working together to enable global production of millions of EVs starting in 2027, including compact crossover vehicles, leveraging the two companies’ technology, design and sourcing strategies. —Doug Parks, GM executive vice president, Global Product Development, Purchasing and Supply Chain.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2009

GM’s SAIC-GM-Wuling joint venture signed a framework agreement with GM’s former Latin America, Africa and Middle East operations and distribution agreements with individual countries to export and distribute two of its most popular mini-commercial vehicles from China to markets in South America, the Middle East and North Africa.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2011

Mazda Motor Corporation has signed formal agreements and begun preparations to establish a Mazda vehicle production facility in Mexico and a sales company in Brazil, in alliance with Sumitomo Corporation. Mazda will hold 70% of both the production plant and the sales company; Sumitomo will hold 30% of each. million units.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2015

In its latest Global Auto Report , Scotiabank forecasts record global car sales in 2015, with the total market advancing 4% over 2014, reaching more than 74 million units. Under the forecast, China will thus represent 26% of global auto sales in 2015. million units sold, according to the report, or 46% of global auto sales.

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MAY 25, 2018

Foton Motor and Piaggio Group signed the agreement for a joint development project for new light-duty commercial vehicle products in Italy. The final signing of this agreement symbolizes that the two parties have sufficiently completed the project feasibility analysis and officially entered the implementation stage of new product development.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2014

Production is planned to start in 2019. The Americas are among the most important growth markets for the BMW Group. We are continuing our strategy of “production follows the market.” —Harald Krueger, member of the BMW AG Board of Management, responsible for Production. billion locally last year.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

The continued growth of turbocharging technologies will be driven by requirements for manufacturers to meet global environmental emissions regulations and bolstered by strong demand in emerging markets. Regional growth projections. million turbocharged vehicles by 2019.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2015

IHS Automotive forecasts global automotive sales for 2015 to reach 88.6 over 2014, continuing an unbroken five-year run of sales recovery and growth from the low point set in the depth of the Great Recession in 2009. The North American market will continue its upswing, though the pace differs by country. North America.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2010

In response to reports from its dealers, Audi is increasing the production capacity of the new A1, which goes on sale tomorrow in Germany, Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg and Switzerland, followed by most other European markets from mid-September, by 20%. The Audi A1 is initially launching with three engine options: the 1.2

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Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2009

HAB), Honda’s automobile production and sales subsidiary in Brazil, began sales of the City FFV (Fuel Flexible Vehicle) in Brazil. The production of the model is underway at HAB’s plant. The company is planning to begin export of this model to Mexico and other countries of South America starting from September 2009.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2016

Honeywell’s Transportation Systems Forecast projects that turbocharged vehicles will acount for 48% of annual global sales by 2021, up 9 percentage points from 2016. In addition, Honeywell’s forecast calls for electric boosting products to help support compliance with more stringent national environmental standards.

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 5, 2023

Ford Motor Company is tweaking plans in China and seeking to turn around financial losses after five years of lackluster sales within the region. The new strategy will be focused on exporting to other countries, commercial product, and reinforcing the necessary supply chain for all-electric vehicles. Ah, transparency.

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Teslarati

MARCH 9, 2023

While the effects of Tesla’s price cuts earlier this year have certainly been felt in western markets, the impact has been even more profound in China, where Tesla is locked in a head-to-head battle for EV sales dominance with BYD. BYD has announced discounts on its most popular EV models for the month of March.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Ballard Power Systems has signed a product development agreement with Hydrogene de France ( HDF Energy ), an independent power producer dedicated to renewable power generation, for the development and integration of a multi-megawatt (MW) scale fuel cell system into HDF Energy’s Renewstable power plant designed for stationary power applications.

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

To provide these various products, countless little companies popped up, most of them lost to history. ITR soon became known as the company for time-recording products in the United States and Canada. A highly successful sales executive who had recently spent two decades working at the National Cash Register Co.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2011

Axion International, a leading producer of industrial building products and railroad ties made from 100% recycled plastic ( earlier post ), has signed a non-binding Letter of Intent (LOI) with Sicut Holding Limited (previously Micron Inc. In addition, Axion’s products are completely recyclable at the end of their functional life.

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MAY 12, 2014

Volkswagen Passenger Cars delivered 567,800 (545,300; +4.1%) vehicles on the overall European market in the first four months, of which 298,400 (279,300; +6.8%) were handed over in Western Europe (excluding Germany). Deliveries on the home market of Germany rose slightly to 184,100 (180,500; +2.0%) units. The brand recorded a 16.2%

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

are combining their compressor manufacturing subsidiaries to form a new standalone company that will immediately become one of the leading global suppliers of natural gas compressors and other related products. Landi Renzo S.p.a. and Clean Energy Fuels Corp. —Cristiano Musi, currently Group CEO of Landi Renzo and CEO of the new company.

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OCTOBER 30, 2013

This will bring the region in sync with the recent recoveries in North America and Eastern Europe and the continued growth in developing Asia-Pacific and South America, according to the consultancy. Global automotive industry regional highlights include: North America. Autofacts sees full-year 2013 sales reaching 15.6

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2021

By sourcing lithium from a second supplier, we are securing requirements for production of our current fifth generation of battery cells. Based on its current market forecast, the BMW Group expects at least 50% of its global sales to come from fully-electric vehicles in 2030.

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EV Central

APRIL 5, 2023

The Ram 1500 Revolution will launch in Australia “very close” the model’s US launch in 2024, with the brand’s global chief promising to prioritise Australian production to get the all-electric pick-up truck into our market as quickly as possible. Not anymore,” he said.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 6, 2011

billion) to construct a new manufacturing facility in Resende in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro and develop, industrialize and launch new products. The new plant is a major step in Nissan’s strategy as a leading automaker in the fast-growing BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) markets. Nissan Motor Co.,

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Shanghai GM, GM’s flagship passenger car joint venture in China, began exports of the Chevrolet New Sail to the Chilean market. Plans are in place to sell the small family sedan to additional markets in South America, North Africa and the Middle East. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

The plant is expected to have a production capacity of up to five million gallons of isobutanol per year. For these projects, Gevo would be the direct licensor of its technology and the marketer for any isobutanol produced, and would expect to receive all royalties and sales and marketing fees generated from these projects.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 10, 2013

The deal will create an alliance that commands 25% of the worldwide pickup truck market. and Southeast Asia, pickup trucks are expected to serve as a growth engine for the global auto market along with subcompacts. The worldwide pickup truck market will expand by nearly 20% from 2011 to reach 5.4 Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2011

Ltd (GMD), a member of the state-owned China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) Group, have signed a licence agreement for the manufacture and sale of Wärtsilä 2-stroke engines in China. These are located mainly in Asia (Japan, Korea, China, Vietnam), but also in Europe (Croatia, Poland and Russia) and South America (Brazil).

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 22, 2024

BYD Atto 3 (Source: BYD) Europe and the US say that Chinese EV development is running wild and unchecked and on the verge of overwhelming the global market with, well, EVs the rest of the world can’t compete with. million fully battery-electric vehicles last year, overtaking Telsa in overall BEV sales.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Approximately 70% of world lithium carbonate and other lithium chemicals production is produced through a solar evaporation process using brine from salt lakes in South America. Moreover, they are widely used as raw materials for glass, ceramics, lubricants, and other products.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 18, 2016

The Volkswagen Group is having a very strong sales year so far in China. For the first nine months of 2016, retail sales by GM and its joint ventures in China increased 9% on an annual basis to a record 2,718,315 units. While the situation in Brazil in particular remained tense, there was significant growth on the Chinese market.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2017

The first step will address topics such as the application of specific market knowledge as well as local development expertise. In the long term, the Volkswagen Group is looking to further expand its product portfolio in the fast-growing emerging markets. Global ŠKODA sales reached 1.3 million cars in 2016.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 29, 2016

Brazil’s Petrobras closed two asset sales for the total sum of US$587 million. The Petrobras Board of Directors also approved the sale of Companhia Petroquímica de Pernambuco (PetroquímicaSuape) and Companhia Integrada Têxtil de Pernambuco (Citepe) to two subsidiaries of the Mexican company Alpek, for US$385 million.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2017

Ford also announced changes in roles for three top executives: Jim Farley (Global Markets), Joe Hinrichs (Global Operations) and Marcy Klevorn (Mobility). Fleet previously served as vice president, Marketing, Sales and Service, Asia Pacific. Mark Ovenden is named vice president, Marketing, Sales and Service, Asia Pacific.

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